Ooty climate
Ooty is warmest in April, with average highs of 23 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 9.7 °C. October is the wettest month (216 mm) and January the driest (21 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.
Across a full year Ooty averages 1,510 mm of rain and 2 days above 25 °C.
India · population 233,426 · 1991–2020 normals
Temperature below 0 °C to above 30 °C Rain band height is that month’s share of the wettest month
- Warmest month April 23 °C
- Coldest month January 9.7 °C
- Driest month January 21 mm
- Wettest month October 216 mm
- Least cloud February 36 % cloud
- Hottest on record July 29 °C
- Coldest on record January 4.5 °C
What to expectOoty through the year
Ooty has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 20 °C in January to 23 °C in April, a swing of 3.4 °C in mean temperature across the year.
Counted across a normal year, 2 days a year reach 25 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 29 °C, in July.
Rain is strongly seasonal. October averages 216 mm against 21 mm in January — 10 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.
Month by month
| Month | Avg high | Rainfall | Cloud |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 19.7 °C | 21 mm | 44 % |
| February | 20.7 °C | 25 mm | 36 % |
| March | 22.1 °C | 47 mm | 38 % |
| April | 22.5 °C | 88 mm | 59 % |
| May | 22.0 °C | 171 mm | 75 % |
| June | 20.0 °C | 207 mm | 88 % |
| July | 19.0 °C | 200 mm | 92 % |
| August | 19.2 °C | 179 mm | 90 % |
| September | 19.7 °C | 153 mm | 84 % |
| October | 19.3 °C | 216 mm | 80 % |
| November | 18.8 °C | 140 mm | 73 % |
| December | 19.1 °C | 63 mm | 57 % |
Temperature month by month
| Month | Avg high | Avg low | Mean | Record high | Record low | Days above 25 °C | Days above 30 °C | Days below 0 °C |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 19.7 °C | 9.7 °C | 14.2 °C | 22.7 °C | 4.5 °C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| February | 20.7 °C | 10.2 °C | 15.0 °C | 24.7 °C | 4.9 °C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| March | 22.1 °C | 11.8 °C | 16.6 °C | 26.0 °C | 6.7 °C | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| April | 22.5 °C | 13.4 °C | 17.5 °C | 26.6 °C | 10.1 °C | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| May | 22.0 °C | 14.2 °C | 17.5 °C | 26.1 °C | 10.8 °C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| June | 20.0 °C | 13.9 °C | 16.3 °C | 25.0 °C | 11.5 °C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| July | 19.0 °C | 13.3 °C | 15.6 °C | 28.5 °C | 11.1 °C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| August | 19.2 °C | 13.1 °C | 15.5 °C | 23.3 °C | 10.1 °C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| September | 19.7 °C | 12.8 °C | 15.6 °C | 26.1 °C | 9.3 °C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| October | 19.3 °C | 12.5 °C | 15.3 °C | 24.8 °C | 7.3 °C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| November | 18.8 °C | 11.8 °C | 14.8 °C | 24.6 °C | 6.3 °C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| December | 19.1 °C | 10.6 °C | 14.3 °C | 22.0 °C | 5.7 °C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Rain, sun and wind month by month
| Month | Rainfall | Wet days | Daylight | Cloud cover | Humidity | Wind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 21 mm | 5 | 12 h/day | 44 % | 70 % | 8.9 km/h |
| February | 25 mm | 5 | 12 h/day | 36 % | 64 % | 9.2 km/h |
| March | 47 mm | 8 | 12 h/day | 38 % | 61 % | 10 km/h |
| April | 88 mm | 15 | 12 h/day | 59 % | 70 % | 9.6 km/h |
| May | 171 mm | 23 | 13 h/day | 75 % | 79 % | 9.1 km/h |
| June | 207 mm | 23 | 13 h/day | 88 % | 86 % | 13 km/h |
| July | 200 mm | 24 | 13 h/day | 92 % | 87 % | 14 km/h |
| August | 179 mm | 23 | 13 h/day | 90 % | 86 % | 12 km/h |
| September | 153 mm | 20 | 12 h/day | 84 % | 84 % | 9.3 km/h |
| October | 216 mm | 22 | 12 h/day | 80 % | 86 % | 8.1 km/h |
| November | 140 mm | 17 | 12 h/day | 73 % | 84 % | 9.1 km/h |
| December | 63 mm | 9 | 11 h/day | 57 % | 78 % | 9.2 km/h |
Where Ooty ranks
| Ranking | Position | Value |
|---|---|---|
| The coolest places in Asia in August | 2ndof 50 | 19 °C |
| The coolest places in Asia in July | 3rdof 50 | 19 °C |
| Places with the best weather in Asia in March | 10thof 50 | 94/100 |
| The coolest places in Asia in June | 11thof 50 | 20 °C |
| Places with the best weather in Asia in February | 25thof 50 | 95/100 |
| Places with the best weather in the world in March | 27thof 50 | 94/100 |
Planning a trip? See the best time to visit Ooty.
QuestionsCommon questions about Ooty’s climate
When is the best time to visit Ooty?
That depends on what you want, so the honest answer is a comparison rather than a single month. March, April, May sit closest to 20 °C on average, April is the warmest month and January the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.
How hot does Ooty get?
In April, the warmest month, daily highs average 23 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 29 °C.
How cold does it get in winter?
Nights average 9.7 °C in January, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.
Which month is wettest in Ooty?
October, averaging 216 mm over 22 days with rain. The driest month is January with 21 mm. The year as a whole averages 1,510 mm.
Are these figures a forecast?
No. They are 1991–2020 climate normals: the average of thirty years, which describes what a month is usually like in Ooty rather than what any particular week will bring. Individual years can differ substantially from the normal.
Data sources and method
- ERA5 / ERA5-Land reanalysis — Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), ECMWF. Copernicus Licence
- Open-Meteo — Open-Meteo.com. CC BY 4.0
- NOAA OISST v2.1 — NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Public domain
- GeoNames — GeoNames.org. CC BY 4.0
- Normal period
- 1991–2020
- Dataset version
- era5-1991-2020-scores1.1
- Last processed
Measured values come from ERA5 reanalysis and are reproduced unchanged. Calculated by us: monthly rankings, daylight hours, beach and comfort scores. Full formulas are on the methodology page.
Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026. Neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use that may be made of the Copernicus information or data it contains.