Geography and Climate
Kannur has an elevation of 1.02 metres (2.98 ft) along the coast of the Arabian Sea, with a sandy coastal area. The town has an 8 km-long seashore and a 3 km-long beach at Payyambalam. Kannur experiences a humid tropical monsoon climate under the Köppen climate classification. In April and May, the average daily maximum temperature is about 35 °C (95 °F). Temperatures are low in December and January: about 20 °C (68 °F). Like other areas on the Malabar Coast, this town receives heavy rainfall during the Southwest Monsoon. The annual average rainfall is 3438 mm, around 68 percent of which is received in July.
| Climate data for Kannur | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Average high °C (°F) | 32.7 (90.9) |
33.1 (91.6) |
33.6 (92.5) |
34.1 (93.4) |
33.3 (91.9) |
29.6 (85.3) |
28.9 (84.0) |
29.0 (84.2) |
30.1 (86.2) |
31.0 (87.8) |
32.0 (89.6) |
32.5 (90.5) |
31.66 (88.98) |
| Average low °C (°F) | 21.5 (70.7) |
22.3 (72.1) |
24.1 (75.4) |
25.6 (78.1) |
25.3 (77.5) |
23.6 (74.5) |
23.1 (73.6) |
23.1 (73.6) |
23.4 (74.1) |
23.5 (74.3) |
23.0 (73.4) |
22.0 (71.6) |
23.38 (74.08) |
| Precipitation mm (inches) | 4.8 (0.189) |
0.2 (0.008) |
52.3 (2.059) |
41.7 (1.642) |
206.6 (8.134) |
1048.1 (41.264) |
875.5 (34.469) |
574.4 (22.614) |
200.8 (7.906) |
221.7 (8.728) |
103.3 (4.067) |
36.5 (1.437) |
3,365.9 (132.516) |
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