Climate averages 1991–2020
Thrissur weather
in May.
A hot, very wet month: the 6th 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 Thrissur: daytime highs average 30.7°C and nights cool to about 25.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 237 mm of rain on roughly 26 days, which makes May a very wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 36 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Ponnāni (42 km away). In May its highs average 30.7°C, about as warm as Thrissur, with 286 mm of rain.
Among the 692 cities listed in India, Thrissur ranks joint 649th of 692 for the warmest May highs and 662nd of 692 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 692 cities is 37.3°C; Thrissur is 6.6°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 2.5°C to 28.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 237 mm to 493 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
Thrissur climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 33.1°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 6.7 | 1.5 | 11.612 h |
| February | 34.1°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 14 | 3.0 | 11.812 h |
| March | 34.3°C25.2°C | 25.2°C | 47 | 10.2 | 12.112 h |
| April | 32.5°C25.7°C | 25.7°C | 129 | 23.2 | 12.412 h |
| May, selected | 30.7°C25.5°C | 25.5°C | 237 | 26.0 | 12.613 h |
| June | 28.3°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 493 | 29.4 | 12.713 h |
| July | 27.7°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 479 | 29.7 | 12.713 h |
| August | 27.8°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 359 | 28.4 | 12.512 h |
| September | 28.5°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 244 | 23.7 | 12.212 h |
| October | 29.1°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 271 | 25.5 | 11.912 h |
| November | 29.9°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 134 | 15.2 | 11.712 h |
| December | 31.2°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 34 | 4.8 | 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
- Ponnāni in MayIndia · 42 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 25.5°C · 286 mm rain
- Edattala in MayIndia · 54 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 24.9°C · 284 mm rain
- Palakkad in MayIndia · 56 kmHigh 32.6°C · Low 24.9°C · 81 mm rain
- Malappuram in MayIndia · 60 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 24.5°C · 267 mm rain
- Kanayannur in MayIndia · 61 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 25.7°C · 324 mm rain
- Manjeri in MayIndia · 68 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 24.3°C · 267 mm rain
- Valparai in MayIndia · 83 kmHigh 25.4°C · Low 19.7°C · 372 mm rain
- Pollachi in MayIndia · 88 kmHigh 32.5°C · Low 23.9°C · 67 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 Thrissur) is explained once on the Thrissur year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.