Climate averages 1991–2020
Tellicherry weather
in January.
A hot, very dry month: the 4th warmest and the 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a hot month in Tellicherry: daytime highs average 30.2°C and nights cool to about 21.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 5.2 mm of rain on roughly 1 day, which makes January a very dry month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 31 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Badagara (19 km away). In January its highs average 29.5°C, 0.7°C cooler than Tellicherry, with 7.6 mm of rain.
Among the 692 cities listed in India, Tellicherry ranks joint 60th of 692 for the warmest January highs and joint 176th of 692 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 692 cities is 25.0°C; Tellicherry is 5.2°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 0.8°C to 31.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 5.2 mm to 5.1 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
Tellicherry climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 30.2°C21.5°C | 21.5°C | 5.2 | 1.2 | 11.512 h |
| February | 31.0°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 5.1 | 1.3 | 11.712 h |
| March | 31.7°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 22 | 4.6 | 12.112 h |
| April | 31.3°C25.2°C | 25.2°C | 101 | 16.4 | 12.412 h |
| May | 30.1°C25.2°C | 25.2°C | 246 | 21.3 | 12.713 h |
| June | 27.2°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 691 | 29.2 | 12.813 h |
| July | 26.5°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 639 | 30.3 | 12.713 h |
| August | 26.7°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 423 | 27.8 | 12.513 h |
| September | 27.6°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 255 | 21.7 | 12.212 h |
| October | 28.1°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 266 | 24.1 | 11.912 h |
| November | 28.9°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 116 | 15.7 | 11.612 h |
| December | 29.4°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 34 | 5.5 | 11.411 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
- Badagara in JanuaryIndia · 19 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 21.5°C · 7.6 mm rain
- Taliparamba in JanuaryIndia · 36 kmHigh 31.6°C · Low 21.7°C · 4.1 mm rain
- Koyilandy in JanuaryIndia · 41 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 22.4°C · 4.6 mm rain
- Payyanur in JanuaryIndia · 50 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 23.2°C · 4.1 mm rain
- Kozhikode in JanuaryIndia · 64 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 21.9°C · 7.5 mm rain
- Kanhangad in JanuaryIndia · 75 kmHigh 30.8°C · Low 22.5°C · 3.3 mm rain
- Manjeri in JanuaryIndia · 98 kmHigh 32.2°C · Low 20.5°C · 5.9 mm rain
- Malappuram in JanuaryIndia · 101 kmHigh 32.6°C · Low 21.3°C · 5.9 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 Tellicherry) is explained once on the Tellicherry year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.