Puducherry climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Puducherry?

Puducherry has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 27.8 °C and it receives 967 mm of precipitation per year.

Q: What is the hottest day ever recorded in Puducherry?

The hottest day measured in Puducherry between 1940 and 2025 was 13 May 1956, reaching 38.5 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Puducherry?

The coldest day measured in Puducherry between 1940 and 2025 was 26 December 1941, at 18.4 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Puducherry?

Almost never: Puducherry sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.

Q: Has the climate of Puducherry warmed?

Yes: Puducherry warmed by +0.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Puducherry?

The wettest day measured in Puducherry between 1940 and 2025 was 31 October 2012, with 203 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Puducherry?

The windiest day measured in Puducherry between 1940 and 2025 was 30 December 2011, with winds reaching 55.9 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Puducherry?

The warmest month in Puducherry is May (30.6 °C on average); the coldest is January (24.6 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Puducherry?

Puducherry receives on average 967 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 122 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Puducherry?

Puducherry gets on average 10.3 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,760 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Puducherry (India) has a tropical savanna climate (Aw) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 27.8 °C and it receives 967 mm of precipitation per year.

These figures are normals computed over 86 complete calendar years, from 1940 to 2025, using ERA5 reanalysis data from the Copernicus programme.

The warmest month is May (30.6 °C on average) and the coldest is January (24.6 °C). Rainfall peaks in November.

Puducherry averages 0 frost days, 213 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 122 rainy days per year.

Puducherry has warmed by +0.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.08 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 38.5 °C (on 13 May 1956) and the coldest 18.4 °C (on 26 December 1941).

Data from ERA5 reanalysis (Copernicus Climate Change Service), redistributed under a CC-BY 4.0 licence. Normals are recomputed whenever the archive is updated.

Climate normals · ERA5

PuducherryPuducherry

coords: 11.93°, 79.83°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

AwTropical savannaWarmest monthMayColdest monthJanuaryWettest monthNovemberDriest monthFebruary

Mean daily temperature

27.8°C

Average daily high

30.5°C

Average daily low

25.6°C

Annual rainfall

967mm

Sunshine / day

10.3h

Mean relative humidity

74%

Average peak wind

19.3km/h

Seasonal range

6.0°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

213 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

122 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

34.8 °C

Average feels-like low

28.9 °C

Average peak gust

32.0 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

364 d/yr

Solar radiation

19.7 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+0.7 °C

since 1940

+0.1 °C per decade · r² = 0.44 · p = < 0.001

19402025

Trend fitted by linear regression (ordinary least squares) on annual means. A trend is shown only when it is statistically significant (p < 0.05).

A climograph overlays rainfall (bars) and temperature (line): the standard reading in climatology, where you can see at a glance whether the warm season is also the dry one.

Records for the period

Hottest day

38.5 °C

13 May 1956

Coldest day

18.4 °C

26 December 1941

Wettest day

203 mm

31 October 2012

Windiest day

55.9 km/h

30 December 2011

Strongest gust

85.3 km/h

30 December 2011

Hottest feels-like

44.7 °C

31 May 2024

Coldest feels-like

17.1 °C

9 December 2022

Sunniest day

12.6 h

31 May 1972

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	35.1 °C29 July 2025	21.7 °C13 December 2025	28.2 °C	957 mm	231
2024	35.6 °C31 May 2024	22.8 °C8 February 2024	28.5 °C	1,518 mm	237
2023	35.1 °C16 May 2023	21.4 °C16 January 2023	28.2 °C	1,117 mm	228
2022	34.1 °C1 July 2022	20.5 °C9 December 2022	27.9 °C	1,069 mm	222
2021	35.0 °C16 June 2021	21.7 °C7 February 2021	28.0 °C	1,578 mm	216
2020	36.9 °C19 May 2020	21.6 °C25 January 2020	28.1 °C	1,338 mm	223
2019	35.4 °C17 June 2019	21.2 °C9 January 2019	28.4 °C	946 mm	235
2018	35.3 °C22 July 2018	20.5 °C2 February 2018	28.1 °C	711 mm	220
2017	35.7 °C18 May 2017	21.5 °C8 February 2017	28.2 °C	1,215 mm	224
2016	35.4 °C15 June 2016	21.4 °C24 December 2016	28.4 °C	737 mm	249
2015	36.1 °C5 July 2015	21.5 °C13 November 2015	28.2 °C	1,287 mm	224
2014	36.8 °C15 June 2014	21.1 °C6 February 2014	28.2 °C	1,044 mm	216
2013	36.1 °C25 May 2013	20.7 °C10 December 2013	28.1 °C	794 mm	230
2012	35.7 °C10 June 2012	19.9 °C16 January 2012	28.1 °C	939 mm	229
2011	34.7 °C8 May 2011	20.3 °C13 February 2011	27.8 °C	1,129 mm	221
2010	36.2 °C27 May 2010	20.9 °C22 December 2010	28.0 °C	1,363 mm	223
2009	35.6 °C12 July 2009	20.4 °C19 January 2009	28.0 °C	1,255 mm	217
2008	35.3 °C2 May 2008	20.2 °C15 January 2008	27.8 °C	1,139 mm	204
2007	35.1 °C10 May 2007	20.5 °C26 December 2007	27.6 °C	1,244 mm	195
2006	35.3 °C3 July 2006	19.8 °C20 January 2006	27.8 °C	1,020 mm	208
2005	35.5 °C17 June 2005	20.3 °C14 February 2005	27.9 °C	1,612 mm	213
2004	34.6 °C22 August 2004	20.4 °C14 January 2004	27.5 °C	1,253 mm	203
2003	35.8 °C30 May 2003	19.9 °C15 December 2003	28.1 °C	744 mm	216
2002	35.8 °C19 May 2002	20.5 °C13 January 2002	28.0 °C	639 mm	215
2001	36.5 °C7 July 2001	21.0 °C7 February 2001	28.1 °C	990 mm	224
2000	35.7 °C15 May 2000	19.3 °C23 January 2000	27.8 °C	783 mm	213
1999	35.5 °C14 April 1999	19.8 °C27 January 1999	27.8 °C	837 mm	217
1998	35.9 °C29 May 1998	20.9 °C16 December 1998	28.2 °C	966 mm	228
1997	35.4 °C4 August 1997	19.9 °C17 February 1997	27.8 °C	944 mm	205
1996	35.2 °C13 May 1996	19.5 °C2 December 1996	27.6 °C	1,463 mm	197
1995	35.3 °C1 July 1995	20.3 °C2 January 1995	27.7 °C	780 mm	206
1994	35.6 °C2 June 1994	19.5 °C12 December 1994	27.8 °C	832 mm	210
1993	35.8 °C15 July 1993	19.9 °C19 January 1993	27.7 °C	1,226 mm	214
1992	35.3 °C21 May 1992	19.5 °C7 January 1992	27.6 °C	686 mm	216
1991	35.7 °C23 July 1991	20.7 °C29 November 1991	28.0 °C	860 mm	220
1990	35.4 °C22 June 1990	18.5 °C15 January 1990	27.9 °C	1,014 mm	223
1989	35.3 °C31 May 1989	19.0 °C4 February 1989	27.4 °C	1,014 mm	200
1988	35.7 °C10 May 1988	20.2 °C1 December 1988	27.9 °C	970 mm	219
1987	36.1 °C5 June 1987	20.6 °C12 February 1987	28.0 °C	887 mm	210
1986	36.0 °C11 May 1986	21.1 °C18 November 1986	27.9 °C	874 mm	218
1985	37.1 °C28 May 1985	21.1 °C28 January 1985	27.8 °C	900 mm	223
1984	35.7 °C4 June 1984	19.9 °C14 December 1984	27.6 °C	1,257 mm	190
1983	36.3 °C31 May 1983	20.2 °C9 January 1983	28.0 °C	825 mm	233
1982	35.2 °C1 June 1982	20.9 °C16 January 1982	28.0 °C	441 mm	215
1981	36.1 °C21 June 1981	19.1 °C11 December 1981	27.7 °C	738 mm	198
1980	36.6 °C23 May 1980	20.4 °C28 January 1980	28.0 °C	566 mm	211
1979	35.8 °C29 June 1979	21.0 °C16 January 1979	27.9 °C	967 mm	199
1978	35.9 °C16 May 1978	18.8 °C19 January 1978	27.8 °C	897 mm	210
1977	34.6 °C22 May 1977	19.6 °C27 January 1977	27.6 °C	955 mm	193
1976	36.4 °C24 May 1976	20.0 °C18 January 1976	27.6 °C	812 mm	203
1975	35.3 °C12 May 1975	19.5 °C11 January 1975	27.7 °C	865 mm	206
1974	35.3 °C17 June 1974	19.7 °C6 February 1974	27.6 °C	533 mm	208
1973	36.3 °C12 July 1973	21.0 °C15 January 1973	27.9 °C	807 mm	207
1972	36.1 °C5 June 1972	20.2 °C11 January 1972	27.6 °C	1,075 mm	190
1971	35.3 °C4 May 1971	20.4 °C21 December 1971	27.4 °C	1,021 mm	201
1970	35.1 °C15 May 1970	19.4 °C3 December 1970	27.7 °C	749 mm	215
1969	35.2 °C13 May 1969	19.1 °C27 January 1969	28.0 °C	1,268 mm	216
1968	35.4 °C13 September 1968	20.0 °C17 January 1968	27.6 °C	884 mm	196
1967	35.4 °C25 May 1967	19.1 °C7 February 1967	27.4 °C	1,042 mm	193
1966	36.8 °C28 May 1966	19.3 °C14 December 1966	27.4 °C	1,402 mm	187
1965	35.9 °C1 June 1965	20.4 °C14 January 1965	27.5 °C	1,118 mm	213
1964	37.3 °C13 May 1964	19.4 °C15 January 1964	27.6 °C	886 mm	216
1963	36.5 °C27 May 1963	19.8 °C13 February 1963	27.5 °C	1,145 mm	209
1962	35.1 °C2 August 1962	20.4 °C2 January 1962	27.4 °C	751 mm	189
1961	34.7 °C27 May 1961	20.3 °C27 December 1961	27.5 °C	613 mm	218
1960	35.8 °C7 June 1960	19.8 °C4 February 1960	27.6 °C	1,209 mm	202
1959	35.6 °C23 May 1959	21.1 °C22 December 1959	27.8 °C	852 mm	222
1958	35.7 °C5 June 1958	20.9 °C6 January 1958	27.9 °C	863 mm	222
1957	35.5 °C4 July 1957	19.8 °C6 February 1957	27.6 °C	818 mm	206
1956	38.5 °C13 May 1956	19.9 °C21 January 1956	27.2 °C	1,063 mm	193
1955	35.1 °C12 May 1955	20.3 °C30 December 1955	27.2 °C	1,144 mm	204
1954	35.8 °C29 May 1954	19.5 °C30 December 1954	27.4 °C	987 mm	212
1953	36.4 °C8 June 1953	20.5 °C22 December 1953	27.9 °C	673 mm	211
1952	36.9 °C20 May 1952	20.6 °C21 January 1952	28.2 °C	417 mm	253
1951	35.9 °C9 May 1951	20.0 °C27 February 1951	27.9 °C	805 mm	218
1950	38.3 °C25 May 1950	20.2 °C2 January 1950	27.9 °C	459 mm	234
1949	36.1 °C23 April 1949	20.7 °C7 January 1949	27.6 °C	681 mm	212
1948	35.9 °C18 May 1948	21.6 °C25 December 1948	27.9 °C	1,106 mm	214
1947	35.4 °C23 June 1947	20.8 °C6 February 1947	27.6 °C	742 mm	190
1946	37.6 °C12 May 1946	19.5 °C26 January 1946	27.5 °C	1,355 mm	218
1945	37.1 °C10 June 1945	19.7 °C2 December 1945	27.7 °C	888 mm	231
1944	35.2 °C24 July 1944	20.8 °C25 December 1944	27.4 °C	1,025 mm	195
1943	35.2 °C15 May 1943	20.4 °C20 January 1943	26.9 °C	1,150 mm	179
1942	34.3 °C9 May 1942	19.0 °C1 January 1942	27.1 °C	792 mm	194
1941	37.7 °C23 May 1941	18.4 °C26 December 1941	27.5 °C	1,155 mm	216
1940	35.5 °C2 June 1940	19.3 °C9 January 1940	27.5 °C	638 mm	222

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

30.7 °C

+0.2 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

231 d/yr

+18

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

957 mm

-10 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	27.6 °C	+0.5 °C	26 mm	-4 mm
Feb	29.2 °C	+0.8 °C	4 mm	-9 mm
Mar	30.7 °C	+0.5 °C	33 mm	+13 mm
Apr	32.1 °C	+0.1 °C	23 mm	-4 mm
May	32.7 °C	-0.8 °C	128 mm	+89 mm
Jun	33.2 °C	-0.1 °C	47 mm	+9 mm
Jul	33.2 °C	+0.6 °C	28 mm	-28 mm
Aug	31.5 °C	-0.6 °C	85 mm	+8 mm
Sep	31.8 °C	+0.3 °C	68 mm	-27 mm
Oct	29.9 °C	+0.1 °C	239 mm	+41 mm
Nov	28.8 °C	+0.7 °C	214 mm	-25 mm
Dec	27.5 °C	+0.4 °C	63 mm	-72 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

35.1 °C

29 Jul 2025

Coldest day

21.7 °C

13 Dec 2025

Wettest day

91.7 mm

29 Nov 2025

Windiest day

35.3 km/h

28 Nov 2025

Strongest gust

55.1 km/h

28 Nov 2025

Hottest feels-like

42.7 °C

12 May 2025

Coldest feels-like

22.7 °C

13 Dec 2025

Sunniest day

12.4 h

4 Jun 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Puducherry?

Puducherry has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 27.8 °C and it receives 967 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Puducherry?

The hottest day measured in Puducherry between 1940 and 2025 was 13 May 1956, reaching 38.5 °C.

What is the coldest day in Puducherry?

The coldest day measured in Puducherry between 1940 and 2025 was 26 December 1941, at 18.4 °C.

Does it snow in Puducherry?

Almost never: Puducherry sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.

Has the climate of Puducherry warmed?

Yes: Puducherry warmed by +0.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Puducherry?

The wettest day measured in Puducherry between 1940 and 2025 was 31 October 2012, with 203 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Puducherry?

The windiest day measured in Puducherry between 1940 and 2025 was 30 December 2011, with winds reaching 55.9 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Puducherry?

The warmest month in Puducherry is May (30.6 °C on average); the coldest is January (24.6 °C).

How much does it rain in Puducherry?

Puducherry receives on average 967 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 122 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Puducherry?

Puducherry gets on average 10.3 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,760 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Puducherry?

Yes: Puducherry has on average 364 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Puducherry?

In Puducherry, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 44.7 °C on 31 May 2024, and the lowest was 17.1 °C on 9 December 2022.

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