Puducherry climate

Name: Puducherry
Address: IN

Puducherry is warmest in June, with average highs of 34 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 22 °C. November is the wettest month (265 mm) and February the driest (10 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Puducherry averages 1,041 mm of rain and 364 days above 25 °C.

India · population 657,209 · 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 June 34 °C
Coldest month January 22 °C
Driest month February 10 mm
Wettest month November 265 mm
Least cloud March 35 % cloud
Hottest on record May 41 °C
Coldest on record February 18 °C
Warmest sea April 30 °C

What to expectPuducherry through the year

Puducherry has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 27 °C in January to 34 °C in June, a swing of 5.7 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 364 days a year reach 25 °C, 211 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 41 °C, in May.

Rain is strongly seasonal. November averages 265 mm against 10 mm in February — 26 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

The sea off Puducherry 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	27.3 °C	20 mm	46 %
February	28.6 °C	10 mm	37 %
March	30.4 °C	18 mm	35 %
April	32.0 °C	31 mm	43 %
May	33.5 °C	43 mm	56 %
June	33.5 °C	45 mm	83 %
July	33.1 °C	60 mm	89 %
August	32.4 °C	92 mm	86 %
September	31.7 °C	101 mm	76 %
October	29.9 °C	220 mm	72 %
November	28.0 °C	265 mm	69 %
December	27.1 °C	136 mm	60 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	27.3 °C	22.3 °C	24.8 °C	29.3 °C	17.8 °C	31	0
February	28.6 °C	22.8 °C	25.7 °C	31.0 °C	17.7 °C	28	1
March	30.4 °C	24.3 °C	27.4 °C	33.3 °C	18.8 °C	31	19
April	32.0 °C	26.8 °C	29.2 °C	36.5 °C	22.2 °C	30	29
May	33.5 °C	28.1 °C	30.5 °C	40.9 °C	24.2 °C	31	30
June	33.5 °C	27.8 °C	30.3 °C	39.3 °C	24.9 °C	30	29
July	33.1 °C	27.3 °C	29.8 °C	37.5 °C	24.2 °C	31	30
August	32.4 °C	26.8 °C	29.2 °C	37.3 °C	24.3 °C	31	29
September	31.7 °C	26.4 °C	28.7 °C	35.3 °C	24.1 °C	30	26
October	29.9 °C	25.2 °C	27.4 °C	35.1 °C	22.4 °C	31	15
November	28.0 °C	24.0 °C	25.9 °C	31.8 °C	20.5 °C	29	1
December	27.1 °C	22.9 °C	25.0 °C	30.3 °C	19.2 °C	30	0

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind	Sea temp
January	20 mm	4	12 h/day	46 %	75 %	18 km/h	26.7 °C
February	10 mm	2	12 h/day	37 %	74 %	17 km/h	27.4 °C
March	18 mm	3	12 h/day	35 %	75 %	18 km/h	28.6 °C
April	31 mm	4	12 h/day	43 %	76 %	20 km/h	29.7 °C
May	43 mm	6	13 h/day	56 %	72 %	21 km/h	29.5 °C
June	45 mm	9	13 h/day	83 %	68 %	20 km/h	29.1 °C
July	60 mm	12	13 h/day	89 %	67 %	20 km/h	28.9 °C
August	92 mm	13	13 h/day	86 %	71 %	19 km/h	28.7 °C
September	101 mm	15	12 h/day	76 %	75 %	17 km/h	28.9 °C
October	220 mm	20	12 h/day	72 %	80 %	16 km/h	29.2 °C
November	265 mm	18	12 h/day	69 %	82 %	18 km/h	28.4 °C
December	136 mm	10	11 h/day	60 %	78 %	20 km/h	27.1 °C

How Puducherry 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
Puducherry	34 °C	22 °C	1,041 mm	364
Cuddalore · India	34 °C	22 °C	1,067 mm	363
Neyveli · India	38 °C	20 °C	1,049 mm	362
Kallakurichi · India	38 °C	19 °C	973 mm	362
Kanchipuram · India	38 °C	19 °C	956 mm	363

Where Puducherry ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
Best beach destinations in Asia in February	23rdof 50	98/100
Best beach destinations in Asia in March	29thof 50	92/100
Best beach destinations in Asia in January	32ndof 50	98/100
Best beach destinations in the world in February	32ndof 50	98/100
Best beach destinations in the world in January	43rdof 50	98/100

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Puducherry’s climate

When is the best time to visit Puducherry?

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, June is the warmest month and February the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.

How hot does Puducherry get?

In June, the warmest month, daily highs average 34 °C. About 211 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 41 °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 Puducherry?

November, averaging 265 mm over 18 days with rain. The driest month is February with 10 mm. The year as a whole averages 1,041 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 Puducherry 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.