Climate averages 1991–2020
Cuddalore weather
in May.
A hot, fairly dry month: the warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a hot month in Cuddalore: daytime highs average 33.6°C and nights cool to about 28.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 39 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes May a fairly dry month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 40 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Puducherry (21 km away). In May its highs average 33.3°C, about as warm as Cuddalore, with 43 mm of rain.
Among the 692 cities listed in India, Cuddalore ranks 601st of 692 for the warmest May highs and joint 462nd of 692 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 692 cities is 37.3°C; Cuddalore is 3.7°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 0.3°C to 33.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 39 mm to 44 mm.
The annual picture
May 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 | 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, selected | 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
May in nearby cities
- Puducherry in MayIndia · 21 kmHigh 33.3°C · Low 28.2°C · 43 mm rain
- Neyveli in MayIndia · 33 kmHigh 37.6°C · Low 27.5°C · 47 mm rain
- Villupuram in MayIndia · 36 kmHigh 37.7°C · Low 27.6°C · 51 mm rain
- Tindivanam in MayIndia · 54 kmHigh 37.0°C · Low 27.7°C · 44 mm rain
- Virudhachalam in MayIndia · 55 kmHigh 38.1°C · Low 27.4°C · 53 mm rain
- Mayiladuthurai in MayIndia · 74 kmHigh 34.6°C · Low 27.9°C · 41 mm rain
- Kallakurichi in MayIndia · 88 kmHigh 37.6°C · Low 26.7°C · 62 mm rain
- Tiruvannamalai in MayIndia · 92 kmHigh 37.6°C · Low 26.7°C · 62 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.