Climate averages 1991–2020
Puducherry weather
in August.
A hot, moderately wet month: the 4th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Puducherry: daytime highs average 32.3°C and nights cool to about 26.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 88 mm of rain on roughly 14 days, which makes August a moderately wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 31 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Cuddalore (21 km away). In August its highs average 32.2°C, about as warm as Puducherry, with 87 mm of rain.
Among the 692 cities listed in India, Puducherry ranks joint 90th of 692 for the warmest August highs and joint 42nd of 692 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 692 cities is 30.2°C; Puducherry is 2.0°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 0.6°C to 31.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 88 mm to 99 mm.
The annual picture
August 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 | 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, selected | 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
August in nearby cities
- Cuddalore in AugustIndia · 21 kmHigh 32.2°C · Low 26.8°C · 87 mm rain
- Villupuram in AugustIndia · 37 kmHigh 34.4°C · Low 26.1°C · 115 mm rain
- Tindivanam in AugustIndia · 38 kmHigh 34.3°C · Low 26.3°C · 105 mm rain
- Neyveli in AugustIndia · 51 kmHigh 34.3°C · Low 25.8°C · 106 mm rain
- Virudhachalam in AugustIndia · 72 kmHigh 34.5°C · Low 25.7°C · 99 mm rain
- Tiruvannamalai in AugustIndia · 88 kmHigh 34.0°C · Low 25.4°C · 87 mm rain
- Mayiladuthurai in AugustIndia · 94 kmHigh 33.0°C · Low 26.6°C · 58 mm rain
- Kallakurichi in AugustIndia · 97 kmHigh 33.9°C · Low 25.0°C · 107 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.