Climate averages 1991–2020
Ponnāni 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 Ponnāni: daytime highs average 29.1°C and nights cool to about 23.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 271 mm of rain on roughly 26 days, which makes October a very wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 54 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Malappuram (35 km away). In October its highs average 28.7°C, about as warm as Ponnāni, with 282 mm of rain.
Among the 692 cities listed in India, Ponnāni ranks joint 591st of 692 for the warmest October highs and joint 682nd of 692 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 692 cities is 30.6°C; Ponnāni is 1.5°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs rise by 0.8°C to 29.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 271 mm to 133 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
Ponnāni climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Malappuram in OctoberIndia · 35 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 22.7°C · 282 mm rain
- Thrissur in OctoberIndia · 42 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 23.6°C · 271 mm rain
- Manjeri in OctoberIndia · 45 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 22.5°C · 282 mm rain
- Kozhikode in OctoberIndia · 56 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 23.7°C · 265 mm rain
- Koyilandy in OctoberIndia · 79 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 24.1°C · 280 mm rain
- Palakkad in OctoberIndia · 80 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 22.9°C · 159 mm rain
- Edattala in OctoberIndia · 94 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 23.2°C · 282 mm rain
- Kanayannur in OctoberIndia · 97 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 24.1°C · 290 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.