Climate averages 1991–2020
Tiruchirappalli weather
in August.
A very hot, moderately wet month: the 6th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a very hot month in Tiruchirappalli: daytime highs average 35.5°C and nights cool to about 25.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 66 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes August a moderately wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 29 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Thanjavur (48 km away). In August its highs average 35.3°C, about as warm as Tiruchirappalli, with 84 mm of rain.
Among the 692 cities listed in India, Tiruchirappalli ranks 8th of 692 for the warmest August highs and joint 15th of 692 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 692 cities is 30.2°C; Tiruchirappalli is 5.2°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 0.3°C to 35.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 66 mm to 94 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
Tiruchirappalli climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 30.1°C20.1°C | 20.1°C | 12 | 2.5 | 11.612 h |
| February | 33.1°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 9.9 | 2.0 | 11.812 h |
| March | 36.2°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 17 | 3.1 | 12.112 h |
| April | 37.7°C25.9°C | 25.9°C | 37 | 6.6 | 12.412 h |
| May | 38.3°C27.2°C | 27.2°C | 53 | 10.4 | 12.613 h |
| June | 36.7°C26.6°C | 26.6°C | 47 | 9.5 | 12.713 h |
| July | 35.8°C26.0°C | 26.0°C | 42 | 9.2 | 12.713 h |
| August, selected | 35.5°C25.6°C | 25.6°C | 66 | 11.4 | 12.512 h |
| September | 35.2°C25.4°C | 25.4°C | 94 | 14.0 | 12.212 h |
| October | 32.3°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 159 | 18.8 | 11.912 h |
| November | 29.6°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 176 | 15.9 | 11.612 h |
| December | 28.7°C21.0°C | 21.0°C | 81 | 8.2 | 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
- Thanjavur in AugustIndia · 48 kmHigh 35.3°C · Low 26.1°C · 84 mm rain
- Pudukkottai in AugustIndia · 50 kmHigh 34.9°C · Low 25.6°C · 67 mm rain
- Karur in AugustIndia · 69 kmHigh 34.1°C · Low 24.7°C · 62 mm rain
- Kumbakonam in AugustIndia · 78 kmHigh 34.9°C · Low 26.1°C · 80 mm rain
- Pattukkottai in AugustIndia · 81 kmHigh 34.8°C · Low 26.0°C · 81 mm rain
- Kāraikkudi in AugustIndia · 84 kmHigh 34.6°C · Low 25.4°C · 80 mm rain
- Dindigul in AugustIndia · 93 kmHigh 32.7°C · Low 23.6°C · 151 mm rain
- Virudhachalam in AugustIndia · 104 kmHigh 34.5°C · Low 25.7°C · 99 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 Tiruchirappalli) is explained once on the Tiruchirappalli year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.