Climate averages 1991–2020
Cuddalore weather
in January.
A warm, fairly dry month: the 11th warmest and the 3rd driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a warm month in Cuddalore: daytime highs average 27.1°C and nights cool to about 22.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 20 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes January a fairly dry month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 31 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Puducherry (21 km away). In January its highs average 27.2°C, about as warm as Cuddalore, with 18 mm of rain.
Among the 692 cities listed in India, Cuddalore ranks joint 283rd of 692 for the warmest January highs and joint 538th of 692 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 692 cities is 25.0°C; Cuddalore is 2.1°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 1.4°C to 28.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 20 mm to 11 mm.
The annual picture
January in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Cuddalore climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 27.1°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 20 | 4.4 | 11.512 h |
| February | 28.5°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 11 | 2.6 | 11.712 h |
| March | 30.5°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 15 | 2.4 | 12.112 h |
| April | 32.2°C26.8°C | 26.8°C | 26 | 4.3 | 12.412 h |
| May | 33.6°C28.1°C | 28.1°C | 39 | 5.4 | 12.713 h |
| June | 33.4°C27.8°C | 27.8°C | 44 | 9.6 | 12.813 h |
| July | 32.9°C27.2°C | 27.2°C | 56 | 11.8 | 12.713 h |
| August | 32.2°C26.8°C | 26.8°C | 87 | 13.5 | 12.513 h |
| September | 31.7°C26.4°C | 26.4°C | 92 | 14.6 | 12.212 h |
| October | 29.8°C25.3°C | 25.3°C | 215 | 19.2 | 11.912 h |
| November | 27.7°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 288 | 19.0 | 11.612 h |
| December | 26.9°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 157 | 11.3 | 11.411 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
January in nearby cities
- Puducherry in JanuaryIndia · 21 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 22.4°C · 18 mm rain
- Neyveli in JanuaryIndia · 33 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 20.1°C · 17 mm rain
- Villupuram in JanuaryIndia · 36 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 19.9°C · 13 mm rain
- Tindivanam in JanuaryIndia · 54 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 20.1°C · 14 mm rain
- Virudhachalam in JanuaryIndia · 55 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 19.9°C · 14 mm rain
- Mayiladuthurai in JanuaryIndia · 74 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 22.6°C · 34 mm rain
- Kallakurichi in JanuaryIndia · 88 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 19.0°C · 11 mm rain
- Tiruvannamalai in JanuaryIndia · 92 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 18.4°C · 8.3 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Cuddalore) is explained once on the Cuddalore year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.