Puducherry Weather in May
Puducherry in May
The short of it: Puducherry in May averages a high of 36 °C (98 °F) and a low of 27 °C (81 °F), with 50 mm (2.0 in) of rain and about 12 h 40 min of daylight. Rated 2 of 5 for a visit; the best months are January and February. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 36° · low 27° · rain 50 mm · daylight 12 h 40 min
✦✦ Travel with care for a visit · best months: January & February
Thirty years of records give Puducherry an average May high of 36°, a low of 27° and some 50 mm of rain. The height of summer in Puducherry, with afternoons near 36°. Rain is modest, about 50 mm, the 8th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 12 h 40 min in mid-May, 17 minutes more than a month before.
For the traveller: pack linen, a wide hat and water. The Almanac rates May 2 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are January and February.
Against its neighbours, Puducherry runs warmer than most and about as wet in May. Gundupālaiyam, 3 km to the WNW, sees much the same highs.
May in Puducherry, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 1st warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 8th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 2° warmer, 33 mm more rain
- Versus June
- about the same
- Day–night spread
- 9°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 12 h 40 min
- Average wind
- 11 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GundupālaiyamPuducherry | 3 km WNW | 36° | 27° | 50 mm |
| KottaikuppamTamil Nadu | 3 km NNE | 36° | 27° | 50 mm |
| AriyānkuppamPuducherry | 5 km SSW | 36° | 27° | 51 mm |
| ManaveliPuducherry | 5 km SSW | 36° | 27° | 51 mm |
| KurumbapetPuducherry | 6 km W | 37° | 27° | 50 mm |
| VillianurPuducherry | 8 km WSW | 37° | 27° | 51 mm |
| KoonimeduTamil Nadu | 18 km NNE | 37° | 27° | 48 mm |
| CuddaloreTamil Nadu | 21 km SSW | 36° | 27° | 54 mm |