Climate averages 1991–2020
Thoothukudi weather
in October.
A hot, wet month: the 8th 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 Thoothukudi: daytime highs average 30.7°C and nights cool to about 25.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 156 mm of rain on roughly 13 days, which makes October a wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 56 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Tirunelveli (50 km away). In October its highs average 32.5°C, 1.8°C warmer than Thoothukudi, with 189 mm of rain.
Among the 692 cities listed in India, Thoothukudi ranks joint 316th of 692 for the warmest October highs and joint 592nd of 692 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 692 cities is 30.6°C; Thoothukudi is 0.2°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 2.0°C to 28.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 156 mm to 266 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
Thoothukudi climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.8°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 38 | 7.2 | 11.712 h |
| February | 29.9°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 30 | 6.7 | 11.812 h |
| March | 31.3°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 42 | 7.0 | 12.112 h |
| April | 32.4°C26.8°C | 26.8°C | 50 | 7.7 | 12.312 h |
| May | 33.5°C27.5°C | 27.5°C | 30 | 2.9 | 12.513 h |
| June | 33.1°C26.9°C | 26.9°C | 9.0 | 1.7 | 12.613 h |
| July | 32.7°C26.4°C | 26.4°C | 4.0 | 1.2 | 12.613 h |
| August | 32.4°C26.2°C | 26.2°C | 7.0 | 1.6 | 12.412 h |
| September | 32.3°C26.2°C | 26.2°C | 13 | 2.2 | 12.212 h |
| October, selected | 30.7°C25.4°C | 25.4°C | 156 | 12.5 | 11.912 h |
| November | 28.8°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 266 | 20.7 | 11.712 h |
| December | 28.3°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 140 | 14.1 | 11.612 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.
Compare places
October in nearby cities
- Tirunelveli in OctoberIndia · 50 kmHigh 32.5°C · Low 23.8°C · 189 mm rain
- Kovilpatti in OctoberIndia · 54 kmHigh 32.7°C · Low 23.8°C · 145 mm rain
- Aruppukkottai in OctoberIndia · 83 kmHigh 32.6°C · Low 24.0°C · 186 mm rain
- Sivakasi in OctoberIndia · 84 kmHigh 32.1°C · Low 23.4°C · 186 mm rain
- Thenkasi in OctoberIndia · 92 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 22.1°C · 211 mm rain
- Virudunagar in OctoberIndia · 93 kmHigh 32.5°C · Low 23.9°C · 186 mm rain
- Kadayanallur in OctoberIndia · 93 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 22.3°C · 211 mm rain
- Rajapalayam in OctoberIndia · 99 kmHigh 31.7°C · Low 23.1°C · 231 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 Thoothukudi) is explained once on the Thoothukudi year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.