Climate averages 1991–2020
Kozhikode weather
in February.
A hot, very dry month: the joint 2nd warmest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a hot month in Kozhikode: daytime highs average 31.7°C and nights cool to about 23.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 6.3 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes February a very dry month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 46 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Koyilandy (23 km away). In February its highs average 30.1°C, 1.6°C cooler than Kozhikode, with 5.0 mm of rain.
Among the 692 cities listed in India, Kozhikode ranks joint 123rd of 692 for the warmest February highs and joint 227th of 692 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 692 cities is 28.0°C; Kozhikode is 3.7°C warmer than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 0.7°C to 32.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 6.3 mm to 27 mm.
The annual picture
February 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, selected | 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 | 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
February in nearby cities
- Koyilandy in FebruaryIndia · 23 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 23.4°C · 5.0 mm rain
- Manjeri in FebruaryIndia · 40 kmHigh 33.6°C · Low 21.9°C · 7.0 mm rain
- Malappuram in FebruaryIndia · 40 kmHigh 34.0°C · Low 22.5°C · 7.0 mm rain
- Badagara in FebruaryIndia · 45 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 22.4°C · 7.7 mm rain
- Ponnāni in FebruaryIndia · 56 kmHigh 34.0°C · Low 23.9°C · 11 mm rain
- Tellicherry in FebruaryIndia · 64 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 22.4°C · 5.1 mm rain
- Thrissur in FebruaryIndia · 94 kmHigh 34.1°C · Low 24.0°C · 14 mm rain
- Taliparamba in FebruaryIndia · 99 kmHigh 32.3°C · Low 22.6°C · 3.8 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.