Pondicherry Airport

VOPC · Tamil Nadu, India

Climate Pondicherry Airport 2020-2024

Climate and trends: average temperature, flight conditions, precipitation, wind speed and direction.

Calculated from historical METAR data of Pondicherry Airport (VOPC) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 0.0 0 0 0 0 0
February 0.0 0 0 0 0 0
March 0.0 0 0 0 0 0
April 0.0 0 0 0 0 0
May 0.0 0 0 0
June 0.0 0 0 0 0
July 0.0 0 0 0
August 0.0 0 0 0 0
September 0.0 0 0 0
October 0.0 0 0 0 0
November 0.0 0 0 0
December 0.7 0 5 0 0
Average 0.0 0.3

32nd best VFR conditions of India

VFR conditions during daylight period

Percentage of observations where the VFR minimums for ceiling and visibility are met: visibility of 8 km or more and a ceiling of 3,000 ft or more. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Marginal VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 85.6 95 98 67 95 84
February 89.9 99 94 94 94 87
March 96.4 100 99 93 96 97
April 99.7 100 100 100 100 100
May 99.7 100 100 100
June 99.6 98 100 100 100
July 98.2 98 100 100
August 97.8 100 100 100 92
September 96.8 100 92 100
October 85.8 98 69 100 100
November 82.0 89 86 100
December 74.4 89 69 100 33
Average 93.1 98.4 96.4 91.1 97.4 89.0

Marginal VFR conditions or better during daylight period

Percentage of observations where the MVFR minimums for ceiling and visibility are met: visibility of 5 km or more and a ceiling of 1,000 ft or more. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Maximum temperatures (°C)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 29.6 30 29 28 29 31
February 30.9 32 31 31 29 31
March 32.4 33 33 33 31 32
April 34.6 36 35 35 34 35
May 35.2 35 35 34
June 36.0 36 36 34 34
July 34.4 34 35 33
August 34.1 36 34 32 33
September 33.3 34 33 33
October 31.6 33 31 29 32
November 29.8 30 30 29
December 29.0 29 29 30 28
Average 32.3 32.4 33.0 33.0 31.6 31.3

12th highest temperature of India

Average highest temperature per day

The maximum temperature is typically observed some hours after noon.

Minimum temperatures (°C)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 24.2 25 25 25 25 24
February 25.8 27 29 28 27 24
March 27.9 29 31 27 28 27
April 31.0 31 33 32 31 30
May 31.4 32 33 32
June 31.3 32 33 30 32
July 30.1 31 32 30
August 29.9 32 32 31 28
September 28.9 31 31 28
October 27.0 30 26 27 32
November 26.3 27 27 28
December 25.0 26 26 29 25
Average 28.0 27.9 29.8 29.8 28.6 25.8

80th lowest temperature of India

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 1.1 3 1 0 0 1
February 0.4 0 3 0 0 1
March 0.6 0 0 0 0 0
April 0.0 0 0 0 0 0
May 0.6 0 3 0
June 1.1 4 1 0 0
July 2.5 3 3 0
August 2.0 0 4 0 0
September 1.3 0 3 0
October 8.5 5 8 0 0
November 12.5 18 11 0
December 7.1 7 14 0 0
Average 2.2 0.8 4.0 4.3 0.5

Precipitation during daylight period

Percentage of observations with observed rain, drizzle, snow or hail. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Wind speed (knots)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 6.4 8 7 4 5 5
February 5.9 8 6 6 4 6
March 4.9 7 5 6 4 4
April 4.7 7 4 5 4 3
May 3.8 4 4 3
June 4.8 5 5 6 6
July 5.8 5 6 5
August 6.1 6 5 8 5
September 4.8 5 5 6
October 4.8 6 4 4 6
November 5.5 6 6 6
December 7.1 9 6 5 7
Average 5.5 7.6 5.8 5.1 4.7 5.0

12th highest wind speed of India

Average wind speed

Excluding wind gusts. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Prevailing wind direction

Month 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 054° 084° 063° 036° 064°
February 076° 105° 073° 069° 079°
March 119° 109° 063° 093° 087°
April 127° 140° 104° 125° 123°
May 170° 223° 102°
June 218° 215° 249° 267°
July 246° 248° 236°
August 238° 247° 266° 267°
September 238° 244° 254°
October 108° 292° 213° 057°
November 076° 054° 061°
December 041° 060° 090° 036°

Prevailing wind direction

Average wind direction, weighed by wind speed. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.