Climate averages 1991–2020
Tellicherry weather
in May.
A hot, very wet month: the 5th warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a hot month in Tellicherry: daytime highs average 30.1°C and nights cool to about 25.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 246 mm of rain on roughly 21 days, which makes May a very wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 40 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Badagara (19 km away). In May its highs average 29.7°C, about as warm as Tellicherry, with 284 mm of rain.
Among the 692 cities listed in India, Tellicherry ranks joint 658th of 692 for the warmest May highs and 663rd of 692 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 692 cities is 37.3°C; Tellicherry is 7.2°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 2.9°C to 27.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 246 mm to 691 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
Tellicherry climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 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, selected | 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
May in nearby cities
- Badagara in MayIndia · 19 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 25.3°C · 284 mm rain
- Taliparamba in MayIndia · 36 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 25.4°C · 211 mm rain
- Koyilandy in MayIndia · 41 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 25.8°C · 270 mm rain
- Payyanur in MayIndia · 50 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 26.2°C · 211 mm rain
- Kozhikode in MayIndia · 64 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 25.5°C · 279 mm rain
- Kanhangad in MayIndia · 75 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 25.8°C · 219 mm rain
- Manjeri in MayIndia · 98 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 24.3°C · 267 mm rain
- Malappuram in MayIndia · 101 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 24.5°C · 267 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.