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Pondicherry in October

avoid · not the best time to go

The year in Pondicherry

Tap a month for its page

  1. Pondicherry in January: good, busy
  2. Pondicherry in February: sweet spot
  3. Pondicherry in March: ok
  4. Pondicherry in April: ok
  5. Pondicherry in May: avoid
  6. Pondicherry in June: avoid
  7. Pondicherry in July: avoid
  8. Pondicherry in August: avoid
  9. Pondicherry in September: avoid
  10. Pondicherry in October: avoid
  11. Pondicherry in November: avoid
  12. Pondicherry in December: ok, busy
  • Sweet spot
  • Good
  • OK
  • Avoid
  • Busy
October at Pondicherry is 30°C by day and 25°C at night, with 14 rainy days and about 9 hours of sun a day. 30C max, 14 rainy days.

The numbers

Daily high30°C
Nightly low25°C
Feels like, afternoon36°C
Rainy days, 1 mm or more14 · 246 mm
Humidity82%
Sunshine9.1 h/day
Daylight11.9 h/day
Days over 35°C0
Crowds90 / 100, higher is quieter

Ten-year averages for this calendar month. A rainy day is one with at least 1 mm of rain, as a weather station counts it. The model these figures come from drizzles more than a rain gauge, the more so the warmer the month, so its days count from 2 mm, rising to 5 mm in the hottest.

Weather read at the centre: ten years of ERA5 and ERA5-Land reanalysis, through Open-Meteo's open data.

How busy it gets

October: about usual. Busiest in January; quietest from April to June.

Public holidays in October

Holidays crowd a place out and push fares up around them; they count toward the crowd score above.

Pondicherry in pictures

What to pack

  • Summer clothes by day, highs around 30°C.
  • Rain gear you will actually use: about 14 rainy days and 246 mm.
  • Sun protection: about 9 hours of sunshine a day.
  • Humidity averages 82%; breathable fabrics dry faster.

Each line is a threshold over the ten-year figures above, not advice from anywhere else.

Before you go

Type C and D plugs at 230 V. Drives on the left. The currency is the Indian rupee. UK Foreign Office: avoid all travel to parts. Everything for India: cost of living, languages, emergency numbers and health.

On arrival in Pondicherry: the apps, paying, getting around, tipping and the emergency numbers.

October elsewhere

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