Climate averages 1991–2020
Salem weather
in August.
A hot, wet month: the 7th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Salem: daytime highs average 32.0°C and nights cool to about 23.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 105 mm of rain on roughly 16 days, which makes August a wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 30 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Tiruchengode (42 km away). In August its highs average 31.5°C, 0.5°C cooler than Salem, with 106 mm of rain.
Among the 692 cities listed in India, Salem ranks joint 124th of 692 for the warmest August highs and joint 85th of 692 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 692 cities is 30.2°C; Salem is 1.8°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 0.1°C to 31.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 105 mm to 140 mm.
The annual picture
August in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Salem climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 30.2°C19.2°C | 19.2°C | 4.6 | 1.8 | 11.512 h |
| February | 33.0°C20.7°C | 20.7°C | 7.1 | 1.8 | 11.812 h |
| March | 36.0°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 16 | 3.1 | 12.112 h |
| April | 36.8°C25.6°C | 25.6°C | 56 | 7.8 | 12.412 h |
| May | 36.1°C25.8°C | 25.8°C | 101 | 15.6 | 12.713 h |
| June | 33.2°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 93 | 16.3 | 12.813 h |
| July | 32.3°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 86 | 15.1 | 12.713 h |
| August, selected | 32.0°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 105 | 15.5 | 12.513 h |
| September | 31.9°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 140 | 16.1 | 12.212 h |
| October | 30.6°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 176 | 18.9 | 11.912 h |
| November | 29.1°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 122 | 13.6 | 11.612 h |
| December | 28.5°C19.6°C | 19.6°C | 52 | 6.2 | 11.511 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
August in nearby cities
- Tiruchengode in AugustIndia · 42 kmHigh 31.5°C · Low 23.3°C · 106 mm rain
- Kumarapalayam in AugustIndia · 54 kmHigh 31.8°C · Low 23.3°C · 117 mm rain
- Erode in AugustIndia · 58 kmHigh 32.0°C · Low 23.6°C · 101 mm rain
- Karur in AugustIndia · 78 kmHigh 34.1°C · Low 24.7°C · 62 mm rain
- Kallakurichi in AugustIndia · 88 kmHigh 33.9°C · Low 25.0°C · 107 mm rain
- Krishnagiri in AugustIndia · 96 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 22.7°C · 76 mm rain
- Tiruppur in AugustIndia · 106 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 23.1°C · 69 mm rain
- Velampālaiyam in AugustIndia · 108 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 22.7°C · 159 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Salem) is explained once on the Salem year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.