Climate averages 1991–2020
Kanayannur weather
in January.
A hot, fairly 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 Kanayannur: daytime highs average 29.9°C and nights cool to about 23.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 18 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes January a fairly dry month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 37 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Edattala (16 km away). In January its highs average 31.8°C, 1.9°C warmer than Kanayannur, with 9.3 mm of rain.
Among the 692 cities listed in India, Kanayannur ranks joint 75th of 692 for the warmest January highs and joint 504th of 692 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 692 cities is 25.0°C; Kanayannur is 5.0°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 0.9°C to 30.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 18 mm to 23 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
Kanayannur climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 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 | 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
January in nearby cities
- Edattala in JanuaryIndia · 16 kmHigh 31.8°C · Low 21.9°C · 9.3 mm rain
- Alappuzha in JanuaryIndia · 53 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 23.3°C · 26 mm rain
- Thrissur in JanuaryIndia · 61 kmHigh 33.1°C · Low 23.2°C · 6.7 mm rain
- Valparai in JanuaryIndia · 85 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 16.1°C · 25 mm rain
- Ponnāni in JanuaryIndia · 97 kmHigh 33.0°C · Low 23.0°C · 6.4 mm rain
- Palakkad in JanuaryIndia · 99 kmHigh 32.6°C · Low 20.9°C · 2.5 mm rain
- Pollachi in JanuaryIndia · 112 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 18.9°C · 6.1 mm rain
- Malappuram in JanuaryIndia · 121 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 Kanayannur) is explained once on the Kanayannur year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.