Kochi weather by month & the best time to visit
🇮🇳 India · coastal city break · tropical monsoon climate
The best time to visit Kochi is January — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 90/100), with December close behind. Kochi averages about 2,367 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 32°C / 90°F and roughly 13 mm of rain in January.
Jump to: month-by-month table · sea temperature · nearby alternatives · embed this data
- Sun hours / year
- 2,367
- Sunniest month
- January
- Peak score
- 90/100
- Rain / year
- 2,653 mm
- Midday UV at peak
- 11 (extreme)
- Sea at warmest
- 32°C / 90°F
- Population
- 1.5M
- Elevation
- 8 m
When is the best time to visit Kochi?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Kochi is January, then December. The dullest month is May (65/100, 284 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Kochi?
Kochi gets a moderate 2,367 hours of sunshine a year. January (90/100) is noticeably better than May (65). It ranks #95 of 112 destinations in India for annual sunshine, below the national median of 2,654 hours. Rain has a clear season: the wettest stretch, around July, carries about 48% of the annual 2,653 mm.
Sunshine Score by month
| Month | Score | Day high | Night low | Rain | UV | Sea |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 90 | 32° / 90°F | 23° / 73°F | 13 mm | 9 | 29° / 84°F |
| February | 79 | 33° / 91°F | 25° / 77°F | 27 mm | 10 | 30° / 86°F |
| March | 75 | 33° / 91°F | 26° / 79°F | 54 mm | 11 | 31° / 88°F |
| April | 69 | 32° / 90°F | 27° / 81°F | 129 mm | 10 | 32° / 90°F |
| May | 65 | 30° / 86°F | 27° / 81°F | 284 mm | 9 | 31° / 88°F |
| June | 65 | 29° / 84°F | 26° / 79°F | 494 mm | 8 | 30° / 86°F |
| July | 65 | 28° / 82°F | 25° / 77°F | 439 mm | 8 | 28° / 82°F |
| August | 65 | 28° / 82°F | 25° / 77°F | 350 mm | 8 | 28° / 82°F |
| September | 65 | 28° / 82°F | 25° / 77°F | 293 mm | 9 | 29° / 84°F |
| October | 65 | 29° / 84°F | 25° / 77°F | 358 mm | 9 | 30° / 86°F |
| November | 65 | 29° / 84°F | 25° / 77°F | 174 mm | 8 | 30° / 86°F |
| December | 86 | 30° / 86°F | 24° / 75°F | 38 mm | 8 | 30° / 86°F |
Sea temperature in Kochi by month
The sea off Kochi is warmest in April at around 32°C / 90°F, and coolest in July at 28°C / 82°F. The water sits at a comfortable 21°C or warmer roughly all year round. Month-by-month sea-surface temperatures are in the Sea column of the table above.
See Kochi on the interactive sunshine globe →
Nearby places for sunshine
- Calicut India · 120 km · best in Dec · 2,500 h sun/yr
- Coimbatore India · 120 km · best in Jan · 2,699 h sun/yr
- Thiruvananthapuram India · 194 km · best in Jan · 2,604 h sun/yr
- Kannur India · 217 km · best in Jan · 2,498 h sun/yr
- Tiruchirappalli India · 262 km · best in Jan · 2,755 h sun/yr
- Mangaluru India · 353 km · best in Jan · 2,584 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Madurai India · 189 km · 2,762 h sun/yr · best in Jan
- Mysore India · 233 km · 2,673 h sun/yr · best in Jan
Head-to-head
How Kochi compares month by month: Kochi vs Coimbatore · Kochi vs Tiruchirappalli · Kochi vs Thiruvananthapuram · Kochi vs Calicut · all comparisons
Put the Kochi sunshine badge on your site
A compact badge showing Kochi's sunshine at a glance — free to embed under CC BY 4.0. Paste this wherever you'd like it to appear:
Live preview — this is exactly what your readers see: