Climate averages 1991–2020
Virudhachalam weather
in October.
A hot, very wet month: the joint 8th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a hot month in Virudhachalam: daytime highs average 31.7°C and nights cool to about 24.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 182 mm of rain on roughly 20 days, which makes October a very wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 53 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Neyveli (21 km away). In October its highs average 31.2°C, 0.5°C cooler than Virudhachalam, with 200 mm of rain.
Among the 692 cities listed in India, Virudhachalam ranks joint 165th of 692 for the warmest October highs and 632nd of 692 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 692 cities is 30.6°C; Virudhachalam is 1.1°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 2.6°C to 29.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 182 mm to 194 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
Virudhachalam climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.0°C19.9°C | 19.9°C | 14 | 3.7 | 11.512 h |
| February | 31.7°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 8.9 | 2.2 | 11.812 h |
| March | 34.9°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 15 | 2.7 | 12.112 h |
| April | 36.9°C25.7°C | 25.7°C | 27 | 4.8 | 12.412 h |
| May | 38.1°C27.4°C | 27.4°C | 53 | 10.0 | 12.613 h |
| June | 36.4°C26.9°C | 26.9°C | 71 | 12.8 | 12.813 h |
| July | 35.2°C26.1°C | 26.1°C | 81 | 14.4 | 12.713 h |
| August | 34.5°C25.7°C | 25.7°C | 99 | 15.0 | 12.513 h |
| September | 34.1°C25.3°C | 25.3°C | 116 | 16.1 | 12.212 h |
| October, selected | 31.7°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 182 | 19.7 | 11.912 h |
| November | 29.1°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 194 | 17.4 | 11.612 h |
| December | 28.1°C21.0°C | 21.0°C | 99 | 9.7 | 11.511 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
- Neyveli in OctoberIndia · 21 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 24.2°C · 200 mm rain
- Kallakurichi in OctoberIndia · 47 kmHigh 31.3°C · Low 23.5°C · 172 mm rain
- Villupuram in OctoberIndia · 51 kmHigh 31.3°C · Low 24.2°C · 199 mm rain
- Cuddalore in OctoberIndia · 55 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 25.3°C · 215 mm rain
- Mayiladuthurai in OctoberIndia · 58 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 25.2°C · 200 mm rain
- Kumbakonam in OctoberIndia · 62 kmHigh 31.6°C · Low 24.5°C · 169 mm rain
- Puducherry in OctoberIndia · 72 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 25.4°C · 215 mm rain
- Thanjavur in OctoberIndia · 84 kmHigh 31.9°C · Low 24.4°C · 174 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 Virudhachalam) is explained once on the Virudhachalam year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.