Climate averages 1991–2020
Thrissur weather
in August.
A warm, very wet month: the 11th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a warm month in Thrissur: daytime highs average 27.8°C and nights cool to about 23.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 359 mm of rain on roughly 28 days, which makes August a very wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 28 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Ponnāni (42 km away). In August its highs average 27.9°C, about as warm as Thrissur, with 385 mm of rain.
Among the 692 cities listed in India, Thrissur ranks joint 581st of 692 for the warmest August highs and joint 618th of 692 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 692 cities is 30.2°C; Thrissur is 2.4°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 0.7°C to 28.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 359 mm to 244 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
Thrissur climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 33.1°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 6.7 | 1.5 | 11.612 h |
| February | 34.1°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 14 | 3.0 | 11.812 h |
| March | 34.3°C25.2°C | 25.2°C | 47 | 10.2 | 12.112 h |
| April | 32.5°C25.7°C | 25.7°C | 129 | 23.2 | 12.412 h |
| May | 30.7°C25.5°C | 25.5°C | 237 | 26.0 | 12.613 h |
| June | 28.3°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 493 | 29.4 | 12.713 h |
| July | 27.7°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 479 | 29.7 | 12.713 h |
| August, selected | 27.8°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 359 | 28.4 | 12.512 h |
| September | 28.5°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 244 | 23.7 | 12.212 h |
| October | 29.1°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 271 | 25.5 | 11.912 h |
| November | 29.9°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 134 | 15.2 | 11.712 h |
| December | 31.2°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 34 | 4.8 | 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
August in nearby cities
- Ponnāni in AugustIndia · 42 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 23.8°C · 385 mm rain
- Edattala in AugustIndia · 54 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 23.3°C · 353 mm rain
- Palakkad in AugustIndia · 56 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 22.9°C · 153 mm rain
- Malappuram in AugustIndia · 60 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 22.9°C · 370 mm rain
- Kanayannur in AugustIndia · 61 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 24.1°C · 375 mm rain
- Manjeri in AugustIndia · 68 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 22.8°C · 370 mm rain
- Valparai in AugustIndia · 83 kmHigh 22.6°C · Low 18.2°C · 499 mm rain
- Pollachi in AugustIndia · 88 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 22.0°C · 100 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 Thrissur) is explained once on the Thrissur year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.