Climate averages 1991–2020
Kozhikode weather
in March.
A hot, fairly dry month: the warmest and the 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a hot month in Kozhikode: daytime highs average 32.4°C and nights cool to about 24.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 27 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes March a fairly dry month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 04 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Koyilandy (23 km away). In March its highs average 30.9°C, 1.6°C cooler than Kozhikode, with 23 mm of rain.
Among the 692 cities listed in India, Kozhikode ranks joint 388th of 692 for the warmest March highs and joint 564th of 692 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 692 cities is 32.4°C; Kozhikode is 0.1°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 0.8°C to 31.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 27 mm to 118 mm.
The annual picture
March 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, selected | 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
March in nearby cities
- Koyilandy in MarchIndia · 23 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 24.9°C · 23 mm rain
- Manjeri in MarchIndia · 40 kmHigh 33.9°C · Low 23.6°C · 37 mm rain
- Malappuram in MarchIndia · 40 kmHigh 34.2°C · Low 24.1°C · 37 mm rain
- Badagara in MarchIndia · 45 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 24.2°C · 30 mm rain
- Ponnāni in MarchIndia · 56 kmHigh 34.2°C · Low 25.2°C · 48 mm rain
- Tellicherry in MarchIndia · 64 kmHigh 31.7°C · Low 24.1°C · 22 mm rain
- Thrissur in MarchIndia · 94 kmHigh 34.3°C · Low 25.2°C · 47 mm rain
- Taliparamba in MarchIndia · 99 kmHigh 32.7°C · Low 24.3°C · 18 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.