Climate averages 1991–2020
Ponnāni weather
in January.
A hot, very dry month: the 3rd warmest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a hot month in Ponnāni: daytime highs average 33.0°C and nights cool to about 23.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 6.4 mm of rain on roughly 1 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 Malappuram (35 km away). In January its highs average 32.6°C, about as warm as Ponnāni, with 5.9 mm of rain.
Among the 692 cities listed in India, Ponnāni ranks 2nd of 692 for the warmest January highs and joint 209th of 692 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 692 cities is 25.0°C; Ponnāni is 8.0°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 1.0°C to 34.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 6.4 mm to 11 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
Ponnāni climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 33.0°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 6.4 | 1.4 | 11.612 h |
| February | 34.0°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 11 | 3.0 | 11.812 h |
| March | 34.2°C25.2°C | 25.2°C | 48 | 11.3 | 12.112 h |
| April | 32.4°C25.8°C | 25.8°C | 154 | 23.8 | 12.412 h |
| May | 30.7°C25.5°C | 25.5°C | 286 | 26.1 | 12.613 h |
| June | 28.3°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 531 | 29.6 | 12.713 h |
| July | 27.7°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 522 | 30.3 | 12.713 h |
| August | 27.9°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 385 | 28.7 | 12.512 h |
| September | 28.6°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 253 | 23.9 | 12.212 h |
| October | 29.1°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 271 | 26.3 | 11.912 h |
| November | 29.9°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 133 | 16.3 | 11.612 h |
| December | 31.2°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 29 | 5.0 | 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
- Malappuram in JanuaryIndia · 35 kmHigh 32.6°C · Low 21.3°C · 5.9 mm rain
- Thrissur in JanuaryIndia · 42 kmHigh 33.1°C · Low 23.2°C · 6.7 mm rain
- Manjeri in JanuaryIndia · 45 kmHigh 32.2°C · Low 20.5°C · 5.9 mm rain
- Kozhikode in JanuaryIndia · 56 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 21.9°C · 7.5 mm rain
- Koyilandy in JanuaryIndia · 79 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 22.4°C · 4.6 mm rain
- Palakkad in JanuaryIndia · 80 kmHigh 32.6°C · Low 20.9°C · 2.5 mm rain
- Edattala in JanuaryIndia · 94 kmHigh 31.8°C · Low 21.9°C · 9.3 mm rain
- Kanayannur in JanuaryIndia · 97 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 23.2°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 Ponnāni) is explained once on the Ponnāni year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.