Kozhikode climate

Name: Kozhikode
Address: IN

Kozhikode is warmest in March, with average highs of 32 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 22 °C. June is the wettest month (720 mm) and February the driest (6.2 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Kozhikode averages 2,997 mm of rain and 362 days above 25 °C.

India · population 550,440 · 1991–2020 normals

Temperature below 0 °C to above 30 °C Rain band height is that month’s share of the wettest month

Warmest month March 32 °C
Coldest month January 22 °C
Driest month February 6 mm
Wettest month June 720 mm
Least cloud February 30 % cloud
Hottest on record March 35 °C
Coldest on record January 16 °C
Warmest sea April 30 °C

What to expectKozhikode through the year

Kozhikode has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 31 °C in January to 32 °C in March, a swing of 3.3 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 362 days a year reach 25 °C, 138 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 35 °C, in March.

Rain is strongly seasonal. June averages 720 mm against 6 mm in February — 117 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

The sea off Kozhikode is warmest in April at 30 °C and coldest in August at 27 °C. Sea temperature lags the air by a month or two, which is why late summer swims warmer than early summer at the same air temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	30.5 °C	7 mm	34 %
February	31.7 °C	6 mm	30 %
March	32.4 °C	33 mm	37 %
April	31.6 °C	130 mm	60 %
May	30.2 °C	297 mm	79 %
June	27.6 °C	720 mm	92 %
July	26.9 °C	617 mm	95 %
August	27.1 °C	416 mm	91 %
September	27.8 °C	283 mm	84 %
October	28.3 °C	304 mm	80 %
November	28.8 °C	151 mm	68 %
December	29.4 °C	33 mm	48 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	30.5 °C	21.8 °C	26.4 °C	33.2 °C	15.9 °C	31	23
February	31.7 °C	22.9 °C	27.3 °C	34.1 °C	18.2 °C	28	27
March	32.4 °C	24.5 °C	28.3 °C	35.3 °C	21.0 °C	31	30
April	31.6 °C	25.4 °C	28.4 °C	35.2 °C	23.4 °C	30	27
May	30.2 °C	25.3 °C	27.6 °C	34.3 °C	22.9 °C	31	19
June	27.6 °C	24.3 °C	25.7 °C	33.0 °C	22.3 °C	30	1
July	26.9 °C	23.8 °C	25.1 °C	29.9 °C	22.3 °C	30	0
August	27.1 °C	23.7 °C	25.1 °C	30.3 °C	22.0 °C	30	0
September	27.8 °C	23.6 °C	25.5 °C	31.4 °C	21.7 °C	30	0
October	28.3 °C	23.5 °C	25.8 °C	30.7 °C	20.3 °C	31	1
November	28.8 °C	23.1 °C	26.0 °C	31.5 °C	18.6 °C	30	3
December	29.4 °C	21.8 °C	25.8 °C	32.5 °C	16.7 °C	31	8

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind	Sea temp
January	7 mm	1	12 h/day	34 %	71 %	11 km/h	28.3 °C
February	6 mm	2	12 h/day	30 %	70 %	12 km/h	28.6 °C
March	33 mm	6	12 h/day	37 %	73 %	12 km/h	29.3 °C
April	130 mm	18	12 h/day	60 %	78 %	10 km/h	29.9 °C
May	297 mm	22	13 h/day	79 %	83 %	11 km/h	29.8 °C
June	720 mm	29	13 h/day	92 %	89 %	12 km/h	28.7 °C
July	617 mm	29	13 h/day	95 %	90 %	13 km/h	27.1 °C
August	416 mm	26	13 h/day	91 %	89 %	13 km/h	26.6 °C
September	283 mm	22	12 h/day	84 %	87 %	11 km/h	27.2 °C
October	304 mm	25	12 h/day	80 %	87 %	8.8 km/h	28.4 °C
November	151 mm	17	12 h/day	68 %	83 %	7.6 km/h	28.9 °C
December	33 mm	6	11 h/day	48 %	76 %	8.3 km/h	28.7 °C

Where Kozhikode ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
Warmest sea temperatures in Asia in March	25th of 50	29 °C
Warmest sea temperatures in the world in March	31st of 50	29 °C
Warmest sea temperatures in Asia in April	35th of 50	30 °C
Warmest sea temperatures in the world in April	35th of 50	30 °C
Warmest sea temperatures in Asia in February	41st of 50	29 °C
The warmest places in Asia in January	42nd of 50	31 °C

Planning a trip? See the best time to visit Kozhikode.

QuestionsCommon questions about Kozhikode’s climate

When is the best time to visit Kozhikode?

That depends on what you want, so the honest answer is a comparison rather than a single month. July, August, September sit closest to 20 °C on average, March is the warmest month and February the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.

How hot does Kozhikode get?

In March, the warmest month, daily highs average 32 °C. About 138 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 35 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 22 °C in January, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.

Which month is wettest in Kozhikode?

June, averaging 720 mm over 29 days with rain. The driest month is February with 6 mm. The year as a whole averages 2,997 mm.

Are these figures a forecast?

No. They are 1991–2020 climate normals: the average of thirty years, which describes what a month is usually like in Kozhikode rather than what any particular week will bring. Individual years can differ substantially from the normal.

Data sources and method

ERA5 / ERA5-Land reanalysis — Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), ECMWF. Copernicus Licence
Open-Meteo — Open-Meteo.com. CC BY 4.0
NOAA OISST v2.1 — NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Public domain
GeoNames — GeoNames.org. CC BY 4.0

Normal period: 1991–2020
Data point: 11.248°, 75.780° (the coordinates the reanalysis values are taken for)
Dataset version: era5-1991-2020-scores1.1
Last processed: 1 August 2026

Measured values come from ERA5 reanalysis and are reproduced unchanged. Calculated by us: monthly rankings, daylight hours, beach and comfort scores. Full formulas are on the methodology page.

Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026. Neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use that may be made of the Copernicus information or data it contains.