Climate averages 1991–2020
Kozhikode weather
in October.
A hot, very wet month: the 8th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a hot month in Kozhikode: daytime highs average 28.2°C and nights cool to about 23.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 265 mm of rain on roughly 24 days, which makes October a very wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 53 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Koyilandy (23 km away). In October its highs average 27.9°C, about as warm as Kozhikode, with 280 mm of rain.
Among the 692 cities listed in India, Kozhikode ranks joint 639th of 692 for the warmest October highs and joint 679th of 692 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 692 cities is 30.6°C; Kozhikode is 2.3°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs rise by 0.5°C to 28.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 265 mm to 132 mm.
The annual picture
October 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 | 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Koyilandy in OctoberIndia · 23 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 24.1°C · 280 mm rain
- Manjeri in OctoberIndia · 40 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 22.5°C · 282 mm rain
- Malappuram in OctoberIndia · 40 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 22.7°C · 282 mm rain
- Badagara in OctoberIndia · 45 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 23.6°C · 285 mm rain
- Ponnāni in OctoberIndia · 56 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 23.7°C · 271 mm rain
- Tellicherry in OctoberIndia · 64 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 23.4°C · 266 mm rain
- Thrissur in OctoberIndia · 94 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 23.6°C · 271 mm rain
- Taliparamba in OctoberIndia · 99 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 23.5°C · 219 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.