Climate averages 1991–2020
Kanhangad weather
in May.
A hot, very wet month: the 5th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a hot month in Kanhangad: daytime highs average 30.5°C and nights cool to about 25.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 219 mm of rain on roughly 18 days, which makes May a very wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 41 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Payyanur (26 km away). In May its highs average 30.1°C, about as warm as Kanhangad, with 211 mm of rain.
Among the 692 cities listed in India, Kanhangad ranks joint 651st of 692 for the warmest May highs and 656th of 692 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 692 cities is 37.3°C; Kanhangad is 6.8°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 3.0°C to 27.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 219 mm to 719 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
Kanhangad climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 30.8°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 3.3 | 1.0 | 11.511 h |
| February | 31.4°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 3.7 | 1.0 | 11.712 h |
| March | 31.8°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 19 | 3.2 | 12.112 h |
| April | 31.5°C25.7°C | 25.7°C | 68 | 11.0 | 12.412 h |
| May, selected | 30.5°C25.8°C | 25.8°C | 219 | 18.4 | 12.713 h |
| June | 27.6°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 719 | 29.4 | 12.813 h |
| July | 26.8°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 695 | 30.8 | 12.813 h |
| August | 27.0°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 445 | 29.5 | 12.513 h |
| September | 27.8°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 240 | 22.5 | 12.212 h |
| October | 28.6°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 218 | 21.2 | 11.912 h |
| November | 29.6°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 75 | 10.3 | 11.612 h |
| December | 30.3°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 19 | 3.6 | 11.411 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
- Payyanur in MayIndia · 26 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 26.2°C · 211 mm rain
- Taliparamba in MayIndia · 40 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 25.4°C · 211 mm rain
- Mangaluru in MayIndia · 73 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 26.3°C · 175 mm rain
- Tellicherry in MayIndia · 75 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 25.2°C · 246 mm rain
- Badagara in MayIndia · 94 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 25.3°C · 284 mm rain
- Koyilandy in MayIndia · 116 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 25.8°C · 270 mm rain
- Udupi in MayIndia · 121 kmHigh 32.0°C · Low 26.1°C · 159 mm rain
- Hassan in MayIndia · 133 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 20.7°C · 113 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 Kanhangad) is explained once on the Kanhangad year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.