Climate averages 1991–2020
Valparai 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 Valparai: daytime highs average 22.6°C and nights cool to about 18.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 499 mm of rain on roughly 31 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 Pollachi (37 km away). In August its highs average 27.7°C, 5.0°C warmer than Valparai, with 100 mm of rain.
Among the 692 cities listed in India, Valparai ranks 688th of 692 for the warmest August highs and 676th of 692 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 692 cities is 30.2°C; Valparai is 7.6°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 0.9°C to 23.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 499 mm to 356 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
Valparai climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 26.7°C16.1°C | 16.1°C | 25 | 5.2 | 11.612 h |
| February | 28.3°C16.9°C | 16.9°C | 46 | 6.8 | 11.812 h |
| March | 29.0°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 139 | 15.2 | 12.112 h |
| April | 27.1°C19.4°C | 19.4°C | 331 | 28.2 | 12.312 h |
| May | 25.4°C19.7°C | 19.7°C | 372 | 29.9 | 12.613 h |
| June | 23.0°C18.9°C | 18.9°C | 509 | 29.5 | 12.713 h |
| July | 22.3°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 611 | 30.7 | 12.713 h |
| August, selected | 22.6°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 499 | 30.6 | 12.512 h |
| September | 23.5°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 356 | 28.2 | 12.212 h |
| October | 24.1°C18.0°C | 18.0°C | 379 | 27.8 | 11.912 h |
| November | 24.5°C17.7°C | 17.7°C | 238 | 21.1 | 11.712 h |
| December | 24.9°C16.7°C | 16.7°C | 87 | 11.1 | 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
- Pollachi in AugustIndia · 37 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 22.0°C · 100 mm rain
- Palakkad in AugustIndia · 59 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 22.9°C · 153 mm rain
- Palani in AugustIndia · 64 kmHigh 31.3°C · Low 23.5°C · 71 mm rain
- Teni in AugustIndia · 67 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 21.3°C · 83 mm rain
- Edattala in AugustIndia · 69 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 23.3°C · 353 mm rain
- Coimbatore in AugustIndia · 75 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 21.7°C · 97 mm rain
- Dharapuram in AugustIndia · 78 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 23.4°C · 51 mm rain
- Idaiyarpālaiyam in AugustIndia · 79 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 21.4°C · 97 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 Valparai) is explained once on the Valparai year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.