Climate averages 1991–2020
Thanjavur weather
in October.
A hot, wet month: the 9th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a hot month in Thanjavur: daytime highs average 31.9°C and nights cool to about 24.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 174 mm of rain on roughly 20 days, which makes October a wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 54 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kumbakonam (34 km away). In October its highs average 31.6°C, about as warm as Thanjavur, with 169 mm of rain.
Among the 692 cities listed in India, Thanjavur ranks joint 148th of 692 for the warmest October highs and joint 621st of 692 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 692 cities is 30.6°C; Thanjavur is 1.4°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 2.8°C to 29.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 174 mm to 199 mm.
The annual picture
October 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
Thanjavur climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.2°C20.4°C | 20.4°C | 20 | 4.0 | 11.612 h |
| February | 32.0°C21.0°C | 21.0°C | 14 | 2.8 | 11.812 h |
| March | 35.1°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 19 | 3.3 | 12.112 h |
| April | 36.7°C25.9°C | 25.9°C | 37 | 7.2 | 12.412 h |
| May | 37.8°C27.4°C | 27.4°C | 60 | 11.1 | 12.613 h |
| June | 36.6°C27.0°C | 27.0°C | 57 | 11.5 | 12.713 h |
| July | 35.9°C26.5°C | 26.5°C | 57 | 12.3 | 12.713 h |
| August | 35.3°C26.1°C | 26.1°C | 84 | 14.7 | 12.512 h |
| September | 34.8°C25.7°C | 25.7°C | 108 | 16.2 | 12.212 h |
| October, selected | 31.9°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 174 | 20.3 | 11.912 h |
| November | 29.2°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 199 | 18.2 | 11.612 h |
| December | 28.1°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 109 | 10.5 | 11.512 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
October in nearby cities
- Kumbakonam in OctoberIndia · 34 kmHigh 31.6°C · Low 24.5°C · 169 mm rain
- Pattukkottai in OctoberIndia · 45 kmHigh 31.5°C · Low 24.4°C · 186 mm rain
- Tiruchirappalli in OctoberIndia · 48 kmHigh 32.3°C · Low 24.2°C · 159 mm rain
- Pudukkottai in OctoberIndia · 57 kmHigh 31.8°C · Low 24.1°C · 178 mm rain
- Mayiladuthurai in OctoberIndia · 67 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 25.2°C · 200 mm rain
- Nagapattinam in OctoberIndia · 77 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 25.7°C · 207 mm rain
- Kāraikāl in OctoberIndia · 77 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 25.7°C · 200 mm rain
- Virudhachalam in OctoberIndia · 84 kmHigh 31.7°C · Low 24.1°C · 182 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 Thanjavur) is explained once on the Thanjavur year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.