Cuddalore climate

Name: Cuddalore
Address: IN

Cuddalore is warmest in May, with average highs of 34 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 22 °C. November is the wettest month (289 mm) and February the driest (11 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Cuddalore averages 1,067 mm of rain and 363 days above 25 °C.

India · population 173,636 · 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 May 34 °C
Coldest month January 22 °C
Driest month February 11 mm
Wettest month November 289 mm
Least cloud March 35 % cloud
Hottest on record May 40 °C
Coldest on record February 17 °C
Warmest sea April 30 °C

What to expectCuddalore through the year

Cuddalore has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 27 °C in January to 34 °C in May, a swing of 5.9 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 363 days a year reach 25 °C, 214 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 40 °C, in May.

Rain is strongly seasonal. November averages 289 mm against 11 mm in February — 26 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

The sea off Cuddalore is warmest in April at 30 °C and coldest in January at 27 °C. Sea temperature lags the air by a month or two, which is why late summer swims warmer than early summer at the same air temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	27.2 °C	21 mm	47 %
February	28.6 °C	11 mm	38 %
March	30.6 °C	17 mm	35 %
April	32.3 °C	28 mm	43 %
May	33.8 °C	40 mm	56 %
June	33.7 °C	44 mm	83 %
July	33.2 °C	58 mm	88 %
August	32.5 °C	92 mm	85 %
September	31.8 °C	96 mm	76 %
October	29.9 °C	220 mm	72 %
November	27.8 °C	289 mm	69 %
December	27.0 °C	152 mm	61 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	27.2 °C	22.1 °C	24.7 °C	29.8 °C	17.1 °C	31	0
February	28.6 °C	22.5 °C	25.6 °C	31.4 °C	16.9 °C	28	2
March	30.6 °C	24.0 °C	27.3 °C	34.3 °C	18.5 °C	31	21
April	32.3 °C	26.6 °C	29.3 °C	37.6 °C	21.3 °C	30	29
May	33.8 °C	28.0 °C	30.6 °C	40.2 °C	24.3 °C	31	30
June	33.7 °C	27.7 °C	30.4 °C	39.9 °C	24.5 °C	30	29
July	33.2 °C	27.1 °C	29.8 °C	38.5 °C	24.0 °C	31	30
August	32.5 °C	26.6 °C	29.2 °C	38.2 °C	24.3 °C	31	29
September	31.8 °C	26.2 °C	28.7 °C	35.7 °C	23.9 °C	30	27
October	29.9 °C	25.1 °C	27.3 °C	34.9 °C	21.9 °C	31	15
November	27.8 °C	23.9 °C	25.8 °C	31.8 °C	19.7 °C	29	1
December	27.0 °C	22.8 °C	24.9 °C	30.5 °C	18.4 °C	30	0

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind	Sea temp
January	21 mm	4	12 h/day	47 %	75 %	19 km/h	26.7 °C
February	11 mm	3	12 h/day	38 %	74 %	18 km/h	27.4 °C
March	17 mm	3	12 h/day	35 %	75 %	18 km/h	28.6 °C
April	28 mm	4	12 h/day	43 %	75 %	21 km/h	29.7 °C
May	40 mm	5	13 h/day	56 %	71 %	22 km/h	29.5 °C
June	44 mm	9	13 h/day	83 %	66 %	21 km/h	29.1 °C
July	58 mm	11	13 h/day	88 %	66 %	19 km/h	28.9 °C
August	92 mm	13	13 h/day	85 %	70 %	19 km/h	28.7 °C
September	96 mm	15	12 h/day	76 %	75 %	18 km/h	28.9 °C
October	220 mm	20	12 h/day	72 %	81 %	16 km/h	29.2 °C
November	289 mm	19	12 h/day	69 %	83 %	19 km/h	28.4 °C
December	152 mm	11	11 h/day	61 %	78 %	21 km/h	27.1 °C

How Cuddalore compares

The same four figures for nearby destinations, so the numbers above have something to be read against. Summer high is the warmest month's average high; winter low is the coldest month's average low.

Destination	Summer high	Winter low	Rain per year	Days above 25 °C
Cuddalore	34 °C	22 °C	1,067 mm	363
Puducherry · India	34 °C	22 °C	1,041 mm	364
Neyveli · India	38 °C	20 °C	1,049 mm	362
Kallakurichi · India	38 °C	19 °C	973 mm	362
Kumbakonam · India	38 °C	21 °C	952 mm	362

Where Cuddalore ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
Best beach destinations in Asia in February	24thof 50	98/100
Best beach destinations in Asia in March	33rdof 50	91/100
Best beach destinations in the world in February	33rdof 50	98/100
Best beach destinations in Asia in January	41stof 50	97/100

Planning a trip? See the best time to visit Cuddalore.

QuestionsCommon questions about Cuddalore’s climate

When is the best time to visit Cuddalore?

That depends on what you want, so the honest answer is a comparison rather than a single month. January, February, December sit closest to 20 °C on average, May is the warmest month and February the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.

How hot does Cuddalore get?

In May, the warmest month, daily highs average 34 °C. About 214 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 40 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 22 °C in January, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.

Which month is wettest in Cuddalore?

November, averaging 289 mm over 19 days with rain. The driest month is February with 11 mm. The year as a whole averages 1,067 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 Cuddalore 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: 1 August 2026

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.