Climate averages 1991–2020
Kanayannur weather
in December.
A hot, moderately wet month: the 6th warmest and the 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a hot month in Kanayannur: daytime highs average 29.2°C and nights cool to about 23.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 53 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes December a moderately wet month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 33 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Edattala (16 km away). In December its highs average 30.2°C, 1.0°C warmer than Kanayannur, with 49 mm of rain.
Among the 692 cities listed in India, Kanayannur ranks joint 67th of 692 for the warmest December highs and joint 624th of 692 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 692 cities is 25.6°C; Kanayannur is 3.6°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs rise by 0.7°C to 29.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 53 mm to 18 mm.
The annual picture
December 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
Kanayannur climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.9°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 18 | 5.5 | 11.612 h |
| February | 30.8°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 23 | 7.5 | 11.812 h |
| March | 31.5°C25.4°C | 25.4°C | 61 | 15.1 | 12.112 h |
| April | 31.1°C25.9°C | 25.9°C | 167 | 25.5 | 12.312 h |
| May | 29.8°C25.7°C | 25.7°C | 324 | 28.0 | 12.613 h |
| June | 27.8°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 564 | 29.7 | 12.713 h |
| July | 27.2°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 509 | 30.1 | 12.613 h |
| August | 27.3°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 375 | 29.3 | 12.412 h |
| September | 27.8°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 262 | 25.2 | 12.212 h |
| October | 28.2°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 290 | 26.5 | 11.912 h |
| November | 28.7°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 164 | 19.4 | 11.712 h |
| December, selected | 29.2°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 53 | 8.5 | 11.612 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
December in nearby cities
- Edattala in DecemberIndia · 16 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 22.0°C · 49 mm rain
- Alappuzha in DecemberIndia · 53 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 23.4°C · 64 mm rain
- Thrissur in DecemberIndia · 61 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 23.2°C · 34 mm rain
- Valparai in DecemberIndia · 85 kmHigh 24.9°C · Low 16.7°C · 87 mm rain
- Ponnāni in DecemberIndia · 97 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 22.9°C · 29 mm rain
- Palakkad in DecemberIndia · 99 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 21.0°C · 28 mm rain
- Pollachi in DecemberIndia · 112 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 19.3°C · 53 mm rain
- Malappuram in DecemberIndia · 121 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 21.1°C · 33 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 Kanayannur) is explained once on the Kanayannur year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.