Climate averages 1991–2020

Puducherry weather
in September.

A hot, wet month: the 6th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.

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

Average high 31.6°C Daytime mean, September
Average low 26.5°C Night-time mean, September
Rainfall 99 mm 15 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
Every month in Puducherry · average highYear overview

September is a hot month in Puducherry: daytime highs average 31.6°C and nights cool to about 26.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 99 mm of rain on roughly 15 days, which makes September a wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 12 min on an average September day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Cuddalore (21 km away). In September its highs average 31.7°C, about as warm as Puducherry, with 92 mm of rain.

Among the 692 cities listed in India, Puducherry ranks joint 202nd of 692 for the warmest September highs and joint 139th of 692 for the driest September (rainfall, lowest first). The mean September high of those 692 cities is 30.7°C; Puducherry is 1.0°C warmer than that mean.

From September to October, average highs fall by 1.8°C to 29.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 99 mm to 215 mm.

The annual picture

September 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, selected 31.6°C26.5°C26.5°C9914.812.212 h
October 29.9°C25.4°C25.4°C21519.811.912 h
November 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

September 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.