Climate averages 1991–2020
Kanayannur weather
in May.
A hot, very wet month: the 5th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a hot month in Kanayannur: daytime highs average 29.8°C and nights cool to about 25.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 324 mm of rain on roughly 28 days, which makes May a very wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 34 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Edattala (16 km away). In May its highs average 30.3°C, about as warm as Kanayannur, with 284 mm of rain.
Among the 692 cities listed in India, Kanayannur ranks joint 664th of 692 for the warmest May highs and 682nd of 692 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 692 cities is 37.3°C; Kanayannur is 7.5°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 2.0°C to 27.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 324 mm to 564 mm.
The annual picture
May 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, selected | 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
May in nearby cities
- Edattala in MayIndia · 16 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 24.9°C · 284 mm rain
- Alappuzha in MayIndia · 53 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 25.5°C · 299 mm rain
- Thrissur in MayIndia · 61 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 25.5°C · 237 mm rain
- Valparai in MayIndia · 85 kmHigh 25.4°C · Low 19.7°C · 372 mm rain
- Ponnāni in MayIndia · 97 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 25.5°C · 286 mm rain
- Palakkad in MayIndia · 99 kmHigh 32.6°C · Low 24.9°C · 81 mm rain
- Pollachi in MayIndia · 112 kmHigh 32.5°C · Low 23.9°C · 67 mm rain
- Malappuram in MayIndia · 121 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 24.5°C · 267 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.