Climate averages 1991–2020
Kollam 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 Kollam: daytime highs average 30.9°C and nights cool to about 23.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 20 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes January a fairly dry month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 40 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Thiruvananthapuram (60 km away). In January its highs average 29.3°C, 1.5°C cooler than Kollam, with 27 mm of rain.
Among the 692 cities listed in India, Kollam ranks joint 28th of 692 for the warmest January highs and joint 538th of 692 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 692 cities is 25.0°C; Kollam is 5.9°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 0.8°C to 31.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 20 mm to 25 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
Kollam climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 30.9°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 20 | 4.2 | 11.712 h |
| February | 31.7°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 25 | 6.6 | 11.812 h |
| March | 32.0°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 67 | 16.4 | 12.112 h |
| April | 31.2°C25.7°C | 25.7°C | 156 | 26.5 | 12.312 h |
| May | 29.9°C25.7°C | 25.7°C | 302 | 28.4 | 12.513 h |
| June | 28.1°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 414 | 29.9 | 12.613 h |
| July | 27.6°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 355 | 30.0 | 12.613 h |
| August | 27.6°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 286 | 28.9 | 12.412 h |
| September | 28.1°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 245 | 26.6 | 12.212 h |
| October | 28.4°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 251 | 27.1 | 11.912 h |
| November | 28.8°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 178 | 20.7 | 11.712 h |
| December | 29.7°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 64 | 8.7 | 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
- Thiruvananthapuram in JanuaryIndia · 60 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 23.0°C · 27 mm rain
- Alappuzha in JanuaryIndia · 73 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 23.3°C · 26 mm rain
- Neyyāttinkara in JanuaryIndia · 77 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 22.3°C · 27 mm rain
- Thenkasi in JanuaryIndia · 81 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 19.7°C · 13 mm rain
- Kadayanallur in JanuaryIndia · 86 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 19.8°C · 13 mm rain
- Nāgercoil in JanuaryIndia · 122 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 22.6°C · 12 mm rain
- Tirunelveli in JanuaryIndia · 122 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 20.4°C · 32 mm rain
- Rajapalayam in JanuaryIndia · 124 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 20.2°C · 25 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 Kollam) is explained once on the Kollam year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.