Climate averages 1991–2020
Kozhikode weather
in August.
A warm, very wet month: the 11th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a warm month in Kozhikode: daytime highs average 27.0°C and nights cool to about 23.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 405 mm of rain on roughly 27 days, which makes August a very wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 30 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Koyilandy (23 km away). In August its highs average 26.7°C, about as warm as Kozhikode, with 476 mm of rain.
Among the 692 cities listed in India, Kozhikode ranks joint 635th of 692 for the warmest August highs and 657th of 692 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 692 cities is 30.2°C; Kozhikode is 3.3°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 0.7°C to 27.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 405 mm to 245 mm.
The annual picture
August 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
Kozhikode climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 30.5°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 7.5 | 1.9 | 11.512 h |
| February | 31.7°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 6.3 | 1.8 | 11.812 h |
| March | 32.4°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 27 | 5.7 | 12.112 h |
| April | 31.7°C25.6°C | 25.6°C | 118 | 18.6 | 12.412 h |
| May | 30.2°C25.5°C | 25.5°C | 279 | 22.3 | 12.613 h |
| June | 27.6°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 690 | 29.2 | 12.813 h |
| July | 26.8°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 600 | 29.7 | 12.713 h |
| August, selected | 27.0°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 405 | 26.8 | 12.512 h |
| September | 27.7°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 245 | 20.8 | 12.212 h |
| October | 28.2°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 265 | 24.0 | 11.912 h |
| November | 28.8°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 132 | 16.8 | 11.612 h |
| December | 29.4°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 32 | 6.4 | 11.511 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
August in nearby cities
- Koyilandy in AugustIndia · 23 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 24.0°C · 476 mm rain
- Manjeri in AugustIndia · 40 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 22.8°C · 370 mm rain
- Malappuram in AugustIndia · 40 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 22.9°C · 370 mm rain
- Badagara in AugustIndia · 45 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 23.5°C · 457 mm rain
- Ponnāni in AugustIndia · 56 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 23.8°C · 385 mm rain
- Tellicherry in AugustIndia · 64 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 23.3°C · 423 mm rain
- Thrissur in AugustIndia · 94 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 23.7°C · 359 mm rain
- Taliparamba in AugustIndia · 99 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 23.5°C · 355 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 Kozhikode) is explained once on the Kozhikode year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.