Climate averages 1991–2020
Tiruvannamalai weather
in August.
A very hot, moderately wet month: the 6th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a very hot month in Tiruvannamalai: daytime highs average 34.0°C and nights cool to about 25.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 87 mm of rain on roughly 13 days, which makes August a moderately wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 32 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Villupuram (56 km away). In August its highs average 34.4°C, about as warm as Tiruvannamalai, with 115 mm of rain.
Among the 692 cities listed in India, Tiruvannamalai ranks joint 32nd of 692 for the warmest August highs and joint 38th of 692 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 692 cities is 30.2°C; Tiruvannamalai is 3.8°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 0.6°C to 33.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 87 mm to 115 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
Tiruvannamalai climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.9°C18.4°C | 18.4°C | 8.3 | 2.4 | 11.511 h |
| February | 31.8°C19.3°C | 19.3°C | 5.2 | 1.3 | 11.712 h |
| March | 34.8°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 13 | 1.7 | 12.112 h |
| April | 36.6°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 25 | 4.0 | 12.412 h |
| May | 37.6°C26.7°C | 26.7°C | 62 | 10.2 | 12.713 h |
| June | 35.5°C26.4°C | 26.4°C | 65 | 10.8 | 12.813 h |
| July | 34.6°C25.9°C | 25.9°C | 65 | 11.4 | 12.813 h |
| August, selected | 34.0°C25.4°C | 25.4°C | 87 | 12.8 | 12.513 h |
| September | 33.4°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 115 | 14.6 | 12.212 h |
| October | 31.0°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 146 | 18.1 | 11.912 h |
| November | 28.7°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 126 | 13.3 | 11.612 h |
| December | 27.7°C19.6°C | 19.6°C | 69 | 6.8 | 11.411 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
- Villupuram in AugustIndia · 56 kmHigh 34.4°C · Low 26.1°C · 115 mm rain
- Kallakurichi in AugustIndia · 56 kmHigh 33.9°C · Low 25.0°C · 107 mm rain
- Tindivanam in AugustIndia · 63 kmHigh 34.3°C · Low 26.3°C · 105 mm rain
- Vaniyambadi in AugustIndia · 71 kmHigh 32.1°C · Low 23.8°C · 87 mm rain
- Ambur in AugustIndia · 74 kmHigh 32.3°C · Low 24.0°C · 91 mm rain
- Vellore in AugustIndia · 77 kmHigh 33.3°C · Low 25.1°C · 107 mm rain
- Rānipet in AugustIndia · 83 kmHigh 33.8°C · Low 25.5°C · 107 mm rain
- Neyveli in AugustIndia · 83 kmHigh 34.3°C · Low 25.8°C · 106 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 Tiruvannamalai) is explained once on the Tiruvannamalai year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.