Climate averages 1991–2020
Puducherry weather
in December.
A warm, wet month: the coolest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a warm month in Puducherry: daytime highs average 27.0°C and nights cool to about 23.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 141 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes December a wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 26 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Cuddalore (21 km away). In December its highs average 26.9°C, about as warm as Puducherry, with 157 mm of rain.
Among the 692 cities listed in India, Puducherry ranks joint 288th of 692 for the warmest December highs and 687th of 692 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 692 cities is 25.6°C; Puducherry is 1.4°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs rise by 0.2°C to 27.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 141 mm to 18 mm.
The annual picture
December 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 | 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, selected | 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
December in nearby cities
- Cuddalore in DecemberIndia · 21 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 23.0°C · 157 mm rain
- Villupuram in DecemberIndia · 37 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 21.1°C · 105 mm rain
- Tindivanam in DecemberIndia · 38 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 21.2°C · 108 mm rain
- Neyveli in DecemberIndia · 51 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 21.2°C · 123 mm rain
- Virudhachalam in DecemberIndia · 72 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 21.0°C · 99 mm rain
- Tiruvannamalai in DecemberIndia · 88 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 19.6°C · 69 mm rain
- Mayiladuthurai in DecemberIndia · 94 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 23.1°C · 194 mm rain
- Kallakurichi in DecemberIndia · 97 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 20.2°C · 90 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.