Climate averages 1991–2020
Palakkad weather
in May.
A hot, moderately wet month: the joint 4th warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a hot month in Palakkad: daytime highs average 32.6°C and nights cool to about 24.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 81 mm of rain on roughly 18 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 37 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Pollachi (41 km away). In May its highs average 32.5°C, about as warm as Palakkad, with 67 mm of rain.
Among the 692 cities listed in India, Palakkad ranks joint 620th of 692 for the warmest May highs and 571st of 692 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 692 cities is 37.3°C; Palakkad is 4.7°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 4.0°C to 28.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 81 mm to 212 mm.
The annual picture
May 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 | 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, selected | 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
May in nearby cities
- Pollachi in MayIndia · 41 kmHigh 32.5°C · Low 23.9°C · 67 mm rain
- Idaiyarpālaiyam in MayIndia · 42 kmHigh 32.2°C · Low 23.5°C · 70 mm rain
- Coimbatore in MayIndia · 43 kmHigh 33.2°C · Low 23.8°C · 70 mm rain
- Thrissur in MayIndia · 56 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 25.5°C · 237 mm rain
- Valparai in MayIndia · 59 kmHigh 25.4°C · Low 19.7°C · 372 mm rain
- Malappuram in MayIndia · 69 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 24.5°C · 267 mm rain
- Manjeri in MayIndia · 70 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 24.3°C · 267 mm rain
- Ooty in MayIndia · 71 kmHigh 22.3°C · Low 14.5°C · 161 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.