Climate averages 1991–2020
Edattala weather
in January.
A hot, very dry month: the 4th warmest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a hot month in Edattala: daytime highs average 31.8°C and nights cool to about 21.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 9.3 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes January a very dry month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 36 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kanayannur (16 km away). In January its highs average 29.9°C, 1.9°C cooler than Edattala, with 18 mm of rain.
Among the 692 cities listed in India, Edattala ranks 8th of 692 for the warmest January highs and joint 276th of 692 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 692 cities is 25.0°C; Edattala is 6.8°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 1.1°C to 32.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 9.3 mm to 11 mm.
The annual picture
January in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Edattala climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 31.8°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 9.3 | 1.8 | 11.612 h |
| February | 32.9°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 11 | 2.7 | 11.812 h |
| March | 33.5°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 34 | 7.3 | 12.112 h |
| April | 32.1°C25.1°C | 25.1°C | 114 | 18.5 | 12.312 h |
| May | 30.3°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 284 | 26.4 | 12.613 h |
| June | 28.0°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 516 | 29.7 | 12.713 h |
| July | 27.6°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 460 | 30.0 | 12.613 h |
| August | 27.7°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 353 | 29.1 | 12.512 h |
| September | 28.3°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 269 | 25.2 | 12.212 h |
| October | 28.7°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 282 | 25.9 | 11.912 h |
| November | 29.3°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 162 | 16.3 | 11.712 h |
| December | 30.2°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 49 | 5.8 | 11.512 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
January in nearby cities
- Kanayannur in JanuaryIndia · 16 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 23.2°C · 18 mm rain
- Thrissur in JanuaryIndia · 54 kmHigh 33.1°C · Low 23.2°C · 6.7 mm rain
- Alappuzha in JanuaryIndia · 63 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 23.3°C · 26 mm rain
- Valparai in JanuaryIndia · 69 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 16.1°C · 25 mm rain
- Palakkad in JanuaryIndia · 85 kmHigh 32.6°C · Low 20.9°C · 2.5 mm rain
- Ponnāni in JanuaryIndia · 94 kmHigh 33.0°C · Low 23.0°C · 6.4 mm rain
- Pollachi in JanuaryIndia · 96 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 18.9°C · 6.1 mm rain
- Malappuram in JanuaryIndia · 114 kmHigh 32.6°C · Low 21.3°C · 5.9 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Edattala) is explained once on the Edattala year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.