Climate averages 1991–2020
Valparai weather
in October.
A warm, very wet month: the 8th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a warm month in Valparai: daytime highs average 24.1°C and nights cool to about 18.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 379 mm of rain on roughly 28 days, which makes October a very wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 54 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Pollachi (37 km away). In October its highs average 28.6°C, 4.5°C warmer than Valparai, with 175 mm of rain.
Among the 692 cities listed in India, Valparai ranks 682nd of 692 for the warmest October highs and 692nd of 692 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 692 cities is 30.6°C; Valparai is 6.5°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs rise by 0.4°C to 24.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 379 mm to 238 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
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 | 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Pollachi in OctoberIndia · 37 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 21.8°C · 175 mm rain
- Palakkad in OctoberIndia · 59 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 22.9°C · 159 mm rain
- Palani in OctoberIndia · 64 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 22.0°C · 156 mm rain
- Teni in OctoberIndia · 67 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 21.5°C · 145 mm rain
- Edattala in OctoberIndia · 69 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 23.2°C · 282 mm rain
- Coimbatore in OctoberIndia · 75 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 21.5°C · 167 mm rain
- Dharapuram in OctoberIndia · 78 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 22.4°C · 148 mm rain
- Idaiyarpālaiyam in OctoberIndia · 79 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 21.2°C · 167 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.