Is Pudukkottai safe? India travel risk
Is Pudukkottai safe right now? Checked 16 October 2026
Pudukkottai scores 48/100 on our travel risk index (Moderate). The US State Department rates India Level 2 (Exercise Increased Caution, updated 16 Jun 2025); the UK FCDO advises against all travel to parts of the country (updated 7 Oct 2026); Canada says: exercise a high degree of caution (with regional advisories). No GDACS or USGS hazard events within 100 km in the last 14 days. No change in government advice in the last 7 days.
Pudukkottai scores 48/100 (Moderate). The score combines security, crime and scams, health and medical access, natural hazards and current alerts measured for this location and India (how it is calculated). The sections below are specific to Pudukkottai: nearest emergency and transport facilities, local climate normals, 5-year natural hazard history within 100 km.
Driven by: security (60/100) and natural hazards (56/100).
A score of 48 is higher than the scores of 63% of the 241 countries we cover.
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Geographic & Regional Coordinates
Geographically located in Tamil Nādu (10.3833° N, 78.8001° E), Pudukkottai sits 2,033.9 km N from New Delhi at 102 m elevation.
Tamil Nādu
10.3833° N, 78.8001° E
102 m
Asia/Kolkata
225,500
Emergency & Aviation Access
Nearby Towns & Settlements in India
Climate by Month
Hottest: May (39 °C avg high); Wettest: October (192 mm).
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High °C | 30° | 33° | 36° | 39° | 39° | 37° | 35° | 36° | 35° | 33° | 30° | 29° |
| Low °C | 20° | 21° | 23° | 26° | 28° | 27° | 26° | 26° | 25° | 24° | 23° | 21° |
| Rain mm | 39 | 14 | 19 | 23 | 51 | 39 | 58 | 60 | 89 | 192 | 138 | 69 |
Normals: Trichinopoly (46.4 km away).
Natural Hazard Calendar & History
5-Year Hazard Calendar (100 km Radius)
| Hazard | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Floods | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 3 |
Most flood events within 100 km of Pudukkottai happened in December (3 of 4 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
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