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India - weather in October



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October is an autumn month in the Northern Hemisphere. In India, a large country crossed by the Tropic of Cancer in the center-north, it is generally a hot, dry month in the north-west, with decreasing rainfall in the center and north-east, and increasing in the south-east.
October is the month in which the summer monsoon, which blew from the south-west and brought rain, retreats in much of the territory, and is replaced by the drier north-east monsoon. In September, the monsoon had already retreated in the northwest.
Instead, in the south-east, the new monsoon, also called the retreating monsoon, is loaded with humidity as it passes over the Bay of Bengal, and brings abundant rainfall. Therefore, while in most of India the dry season begins in October, in the south-east, the rainiest period of the year begins, as can be seen in the following map.

Normal dates of withdrawal of the southwest monsoon in India

As a result, the rains are very rare in the northwest (see Amritsar, New Delhi, Jodhpur) and in the west (see Gujarat, Mumbai), they are still abundant at first but then they cease during the month in the north-east (see Kolkata, North Lakhimpur), while they increase in Tamil Nadu, in the south-east, which was not affected by the summer monsoon (see Chennai). Even in Kerala, in the far south-west, rainfall is abundant. On the islands, both those of the south-west (Laccadive, see Minicoy), and those of the south-east (Nicobar and Andaman, see Port Blair), the rains remain abundant.

In the north-west, the night temperature decreases, but during the day, with the return of good weather, it is still high, and on the hottest days it can still reach 40 °C (104 °F).
In the southern mountains (see Ooty or Udhagamandalam), instead, the climate is quite cool.

In October, tropical cyclones can form, affecting both coasts, that of the Arabian Sea to the west and that of the Bay of Bengal to the east. This is one of the two periods when cyclones are more frequent and intense (the other was at the onset of the summer monsoon). Normally, southern India is hit by cyclones only from mid-October to December, while the extreme south (Kerala, Tamil Nadu) is directly affected only in November and December.

The sea is warm enough to swim in anywhere.

The following tables show the climate averages in the month of October in India in a selection of locations.

Monthly climate averages - October

(from north to south)

Srinagar
(1,600 m.)
Srinagar, position on the map
Srinagar, position on the map
Temperature
(°C)
PrecipitationHumiditySunshineDay length
MinMaxmmDays
62330466%7.3h11.3h

New Delhi
New Delhi, position on the map
New Delhi, position on the map
Temperature
(°C)
PrecipitationHumiditySunshineDay length
MinMaxmmDays
193315262%8.4h11.4h

Gangtok
(1,400 m.)
Gangtok, position on the map
Gangtok, position on the map
Temperature
(°C)
PrecipitationSunshineDay length
MinMaxmmDays
1420175137.2h11.4h

Jodhpur
(280 m.)
Jodhpur, position on the map
Jodhpur, position on the map
Temperature
(°C)
PrecipitationHumiditySunshineDay length
MinMaxmmDays
21365141%7.5h11.5h

Kolkata
Kolkata, position on the map
Kolkata, position on the map
Temperature
(°C)
PrecipitationHumiditySunshineDay lengthSea
temperature
MinMaxmmDays
2432160778%6.5h11.6h29

Mumbai
Mumbai, position on the map
Mumbai, position on the map
Temperature
(°C)
PrecipitationHumiditySunshineDay lengthSea
temperature
MinMaxmmDays
243480367%7.7h11.7h29

Hyderabad
(550 m.)
Hyderabad, position on the map
Hyderabad, position on the map
Temperature
(°C)
PrecipitationHumiditySunshineDay length
MinMaxmmDays
2131105667%7.3h11.7h

Chennai
Chennai, position on the map
Chennai, position on the map
Temperature
(°C)
PrecipitationHumiditySunshineDay lengthSea
temperature
MinMaxmmDays
24332651679%8.3h11.8h29

Bangalore
(920 m.)
Bangalore, position on the map
Bangalore, position on the map
Temperature
(°C)
PrecipitationHumiditySunshineDay length
MinMaxmmDays
2028170874%5.6h11.8h

Port Blair
Port Blair, position on the map
Port Blair, position on the map
Temperature
(°C)
PrecipitationHumiditySunshineDay lengthSea
temperature
MinMaxmmDays
24302951887%5.4h11.9h29

Udhagamandalam
(2,250 m.)
Udhagamandalam, position on the map
Udhagamandalam, position on the map
Temperature
(°C)
PrecipitationSunshineDay length
MinMaxmmDays
1119190115.7h11.9h

Trivandrum
Trivandrum, position on the map
Trivandrum, position on the map
Temperature
(°C)
PrecipitationHumiditySunshineDay lengthSea
temperature
MinMaxmmDays
25312801679%5.6h11.9h28

Minicoy
Minicoy, position on the map
Minicoy, position on the map
Temperature
(°C)
PrecipitationSunshineDay lengthSea
temperature
MinMaxmmDays
2530185136h11.9h29



See also: India, the weather in September - November
The climate of India

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