Climate averages 1991–2020
Puducherry weather
in April.
A hot, fairly dry month: the 5th warmest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a hot month in Puducherry: daytime highs average 31.9°C and nights cool to about 27.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 30 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes April a fairly dry month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 23 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Cuddalore (21 km away). In April its highs average 32.2°C, about as warm as Puducherry, with 26 mm of rain.
Among the 692 cities listed in India, Puducherry ranks 647th of 692 for the warmest April highs and joint 518th of 692 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 692 cities is 36.0°C; Puducherry is 4.1°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 1.4°C to 33.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 30 mm to 43 mm.
The annual picture
April 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
Puducherry climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 27.2°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 18 | 3.7 | 11.512 h |
| February | 28.5°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 9.4 | 2.3 | 11.712 h |
| March | 30.3°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 17 | 2.4 | 12.112 h |
| April, selected | 31.9°C27.0°C | 27.0°C | 30 | 4.4 | 12.412 h |
| May | 33.3°C28.2°C | 28.2°C | 43 | 6.2 | 12.713 h |
| June | 33.3°C27.9°C | 27.9°C | 47 | 9.9 | 12.813 h |
| July | 32.9°C27.4°C | 27.4°C | 61 | 12.1 | 12.813 h |
| August | 32.3°C26.9°C | 26.9°C | 88 | 13.6 | 12.513 h |
| September | 31.6°C26.5°C | 26.5°C | 99 | 14.8 | 12.212 h |
| October | 29.9°C25.4°C | 25.4°C | 215 | 19.8 | 11.912 h |
| November | 27.9°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 259 | 18.0 | 11.612 h |
| December | 27.0°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 141 | 10.2 | 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
April in nearby cities
- Cuddalore in AprilIndia · 21 kmHigh 32.2°C · Low 26.8°C · 26 mm rain
- Villupuram in AprilIndia · 37 kmHigh 35.7°C · Low 25.7°C · 30 mm rain
- Tindivanam in AprilIndia · 38 kmHigh 34.9°C · Low 25.8°C · 29 mm rain
- Neyveli in AprilIndia · 51 kmHigh 35.8°C · Low 25.7°C · 28 mm rain
- Virudhachalam in AprilIndia · 72 kmHigh 36.9°C · Low 25.7°C · 27 mm rain
- Tiruvannamalai in AprilIndia · 88 kmHigh 36.6°C · Low 24.8°C · 25 mm rain
- Mayiladuthurai in AprilIndia · 94 kmHigh 33.0°C · Low 26.8°C · 31 mm rain
- Kallakurichi in AprilIndia · 97 kmHigh 36.9°C · Low 25.1°C · 27 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 Puducherry) is explained once on the Puducherry year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.