Climate averages 1991–2020

Puducherry weather
in November.

A warm, very wet month: the 10th warmest and the wettest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 27.9°C Daytime mean, November
Average low 24.1°C Night-time mean, November
Rainfall 259 mm 18 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
Every month in Puducherry · average highYear overview

November is a warm month in Puducherry: daytime highs average 27.9°C and nights cool to about 24.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 259 mm of rain on roughly 18 days, which makes November a very wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 35 min on an average November day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Cuddalore (21 km away). In November its highs average 27.7°C, about as warm as Puducherry, with 288 mm of rain.

Among the 692 cities listed in India, Puducherry ranks joint 389th of 692 for the warmest November highs and 687th of 692 for the driest November (rainfall, lowest first). The mean November high of those 692 cities is 28.2°C; Puducherry is 0.3°C cooler than that mean.

From November to December, average highs fall by 0.9°C to 27.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 259 mm to 141 mm.

The annual picture

November in context

30-year average
Average highAverage low°C
Average daily high and low temperatures by month The same values are available in the monthly table below. Lines show mean daily maxima and minima, not a forecast interval. 2025303540 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm
Average monthly rainfall totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 3000

Averages 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

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Puducherry, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 27.2°C22.4°C22.4°C183.711.512 h
February 28.5°C23.0°C23.0°C9.42.311.712 h
March 30.3°C24.5°C24.5°C172.412.112 h
April 31.9°C27.0°C27.0°C304.412.412 h
May 33.3°C28.2°C28.2°C436.212.713 h
June 33.3°C27.9°C27.9°C479.912.813 h
July 32.9°C27.4°C27.4°C6112.112.813 h
August 32.3°C26.9°C26.9°C8813.612.513 h
September 31.6°C26.5°C26.5°C9914.812.212 h
October 29.9°C25.4°C25.4°C21519.811.912 h
November, selected 27.9°C24.1°C24.1°C25918.011.612 h
December 27.0°C23.1°C23.1°C14110.211.411 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

November in nearby cities

Distance from Puducherry

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 limits

How 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.