Climate averages 1991–2020
Cuddalore weather
in October.
A hot, very wet month: the 8th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a hot month in Cuddalore: daytime highs average 29.8°C and nights cool to about 25.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 215 mm of rain on roughly 19 days, which makes October a very wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 53 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Puducherry (21 km away). In October its highs average 29.9°C, about as warm as Cuddalore, with 215 mm of rain.
Among the 692 cities listed in India, Cuddalore ranks joint 526th of 692 for the warmest October highs and joint 665th of 692 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 692 cities is 30.6°C; Cuddalore is 0.8°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 2.0°C to 27.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 215 mm to 288 mm.
The annual picture
October 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 | 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Puducherry in OctoberIndia · 21 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 25.4°C · 215 mm rain
- Neyveli in OctoberIndia · 33 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 24.2°C · 200 mm rain
- Villupuram in OctoberIndia · 36 kmHigh 31.3°C · Low 24.2°C · 199 mm rain
- Tindivanam in OctoberIndia · 54 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 24.3°C · 202 mm rain
- Virudhachalam in OctoberIndia · 55 kmHigh 31.7°C · Low 24.1°C · 182 mm rain
- Mayiladuthurai in OctoberIndia · 74 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 25.2°C · 200 mm rain
- Kallakurichi in OctoberIndia · 88 kmHigh 31.3°C · Low 23.5°C · 172 mm rain
- Tiruvannamalai in OctoberIndia · 92 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 23.3°C · 146 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.