Climate averages 1991–2020
Palakkad weather
in January.
A hot, very dry month: the joint 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 Palakkad: daytime highs average 32.6°C and nights cool to about 20.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 2.5 mm of rain on fewer than one day, which makes January a very dry month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 34 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Pollachi (41 km away). In January its highs average 29.7°C, 2.9°C cooler than Palakkad, with 6.1 mm of rain.
Among the 692 cities listed in India, Palakkad ranks joint 3rd of 692 for the warmest January highs and joint 93rd of 692 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 692 cities is 25.0°C; Palakkad is 7.6°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 2.4°C to 35.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 2.5 mm to 8.4 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
Palakkad climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 32.6°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 2.5 | 0.6 | 11.612 h |
| February | 35.0°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 8.4 | 1.7 | 11.812 h |
| March | 36.9°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 22 | 4.7 | 12.112 h |
| April | 35.7°C25.2°C | 25.2°C | 52 | 11.7 | 12.412 h |
| May | 32.6°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 81 | 18.1 | 12.613 h |
| June | 28.6°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 212 | 26.4 | 12.713 h |
| July | 27.8°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 202 | 25.5 | 12.713 h |
| August | 28.1°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 153 | 22.0 | 12.512 h |
| September | 29.0°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 117 | 19.7 | 12.212 h |
| October | 29.4°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 159 | 21.6 | 11.912 h |
| November | 29.7°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 101 | 11.7 | 11.612 h |
| December | 30.4°C21.0°C | 21.0°C | 28 | 3.6 | 11.512 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
- Pollachi in JanuaryIndia · 41 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 18.9°C · 6.1 mm rain
- Idaiyarpālaiyam in JanuaryIndia · 42 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 18.0°C · 8.4 mm rain
- Coimbatore in JanuaryIndia · 43 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 18.2°C · 8.4 mm rain
- Thrissur in JanuaryIndia · 56 kmHigh 33.1°C · Low 23.2°C · 6.7 mm rain
- Valparai in JanuaryIndia · 59 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 16.1°C · 25 mm rain
- Malappuram in JanuaryIndia · 69 kmHigh 32.6°C · Low 21.3°C · 5.9 mm rain
- Manjeri in JanuaryIndia · 70 kmHigh 32.2°C · Low 20.5°C · 5.9 mm rain
- Ooty in JanuaryIndia · 71 kmHigh 19.9°C · Low 10.1°C · 20 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 Palakkad) is explained once on the Palakkad year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.