Climate averages 1991–2020

Sivakasi weather
in August.

A very hot, moderately wet month: the 6th warmest and the 6th driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 34.8°C Daytime mean, August
Average low 24.4°C Night-time mean, August
Rainfall 48 mm 10 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
Every month in Sivakasi · average highYear overview

August is a very hot month in Sivakasi: daytime highs average 34.8°C and nights cool to about 24.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 48 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes August a moderately wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 26 min on an average August day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Virudunagar (23 km away). In August its highs average 35.9°C, 1.0°C warmer than Sivakasi, with 54 mm of rain.

Among the 692 cities listed in India, Sivakasi ranks joint 17th of 692 for the warmest August highs and 4th of 692 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 692 cities is 30.2°C; Sivakasi is 4.6°C warmer than that mean.

From August to September, average highs rise by 0.1°C to 34.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 48 mm to 69 mm.

The annual picture

August in context

30-year average
Average highAverage low°C
Average daily high and low temperatures by month The same values are available in the monthly table below. Lines show mean daily maxima and minima, not a forecast interval. 152025303540 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm
Average monthly rainfall totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 2000

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Sivakasi climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Sivakasi, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 30.4°C19.9°C19.9°C204.211.612 h
February 33.4°C21.0°C21.0°C214.011.812 h
March 36.1°C22.8°C22.8°C325.612.112 h
April 36.6°C25.1°C25.1°C5410.012.312 h
May 36.9°C25.8°C25.8°C6011.412.613 h
June 35.2°C25.2°C25.2°C377.612.713 h
July 34.7°C24.7°C24.7°C378.012.613 h
August, selected 34.8°C24.4°C24.4°C489.912.412 h
September 34.9°C24.3°C24.3°C6911.712.212 h
October 32.1°C23.4°C23.4°C18619.011.912 h
November 29.1°C22.0°C22.0°C19118.711.712 h
December 28.6°C20.6°C20.6°C10710.311.612 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.

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August in nearby cities

Distance from Sivakasi

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 limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Sivakasi) is explained once on the Sivakasi year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.