Kochi weather in May

In May, Kochi sees average daytime highs of 29°C and overnight lows near 26°C, with 324 mm of rain across 28 wet days and about 12.4 hours of daylight. It is the 3rd-warmest and 4th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 29°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 9% of the time in May, and the air most often feels miserable.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 18 min at the start of May to 12 h 30 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Kochi's 7th-clearest and 6th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Kochi's year-round climate.

Daytime high
29°
3rd warmest
Overnight low
26°
11th coldest
Rainfall
324 mm
28 wet days
Daylight
12 h 30 min
6:08 AM – 6:35 PM
Cloud cover
77%
7th clearest
Wind
11 km/h
6th windiest
Solar energy
4.87 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.2
out of 10

Kochi is city in Kerala, India.

Air quality
High
PM2.5 32 µg/m³ · 2019
Density
6,677/km²
people per km²

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

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Temperature in May

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 29°C through the month.

A typical May day in Kochi reaches about 29°C in the afternoon and slips back to 26°C overnight — a 3°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 28°C and 30°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs on par with April and about 2°C warmer than June.

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How May really feels in Kochi

Once humidity and wind are folded in, May averages 31 days that feel above 32°C and 0 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C
31
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ 0°C
0
wind chill below the day's low

The story in May is heat — humidity pushes the afternoon "feels like" well above the raw temperature.

Kochi weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 3rd-warmest and 4th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan28° / 25°185.311.56.9
Feb29° / 25°237.611.76.3
Mar29° / 26°6115.411.95.0
Apr30° / 26°16725.312.23.4
May29° / 26°3242812.43.2
Jun27° / 25°56329.712.63.3
Jul27° / 25°50930.112.53.4
Aug26° / 25°37529.212.33.5
Sep27° / 25°26325.212.14.0
Oct27° / 25°29026.311.83.9
Nov28° / 25°16419.411.54.7
Dec28° / 25°548.511.46.3

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 9% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 16% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 75%. Skies tend to cloud over as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Kochi gets around 324 mm of rain over 28 wet days in May. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 91% and peaks near 97% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
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Humidity in May

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of May feels miserable — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, May lands in the miserable band about 85% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

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Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
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Wind in May

Winds average 11 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 10 km/h on the calmest days to 12 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Sunrise & sunset in May

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Daylight runs from about 12 h 18 min at the start of May to 12 h 30 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 12 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 6:12 AM to 6:06 AM, and sunset from 6:33 PM to 6:38 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.36:126:33
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Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 4.87 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.88 kWh/m² to a high of 6.3 kWh/m² in March across the year — May's 4.87 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Kochi

In seasonPeak

In May, Kochi sits inside its cyclone and monsoon season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

Kochi sits in the North Indian Ocean cyclone zone; the season peaks May and October–November.

Kochi's monsoon runs May–October, when most of the year's rain falls.

Cyclone
Monsoon
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Is May a good time to visit Kochi?

Our two travel scores rate May for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

3.2
Sightseeing
12th-best month of the year
4.0
Beach & pool
8th-best month of the year

May is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Kochi.

What to pack for Kochi in May

From May's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In May, Kochi sees daytime highs around 29°C and nights near 26°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 28 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

Sea temperature near Kochi in May

The nearest coast averages about 30°C in May — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea at the nearest coast (about 16 km away) is warmest in April at about 30°C and coldest in August near 27°C.

The water stays above 20°C all year — warm enough for a swim any month.

26°28°30°32°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecwarmtropicalcomfortable to swim
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan29Tropical
Feb29Tropical
Mar29Tropical
Apr30Tropical
May30Tropical
Jun28Tropical
Jul27Warm
Aug27Warm
Sep28Warm
Oct29Tropical
Nov29Tropical
Dec29Tropical

UV index in Kochi in May

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in May peaks around 9 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Kochi peaks around August 17 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 23 at about 8 (very high).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — every month of the year.

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UV index (midday)Level
Jan8Very high
Feb11Extreme
Mar11Extreme
Apr12Extreme
May9Very high
Jun11Extreme
Jul12Extreme
Aug13Extreme
Sep12Extreme
Oct11Extreme
Nov10Very high
Dec8Very high

Air quality in Kochi in May

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where May falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Kochi is worst in January — around 49 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 3.4× the cleanest month (July, 15 µg/m³).

Seasonal pattern from CAMS reanalysis, scaled to Kochi's WHO annual average of 32 µg/m³.

0204060JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecPoorModeratePoorJan 1348 µg/m³Jul 2015 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan49Poor
Feb46Poor
Mar39Poor
Apr34Moderate
May28Moderate
Jun17Moderate
Jul15Moderate
Aug15Moderate
Sep19Moderate
Oct31Moderate
Nov43Poor
Dec48Poor
Location & terrain

Where is Kochi?

Kochi sits at 9.9°N, 76.3°E, 9 m above sea level, in India. The nearest listed city is Alappuzha, 51 km away.

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Topography around Kochi

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Kochi.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Kochi has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 19 m around an average of 3 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 70 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,718 m.

The land around Kochi is covered by artificial surfaces (44%) and water (34%) within 3 km, water (58%) and trees (23%) within 16 km, and trees (58%) and water (35%) within 80 km.

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1,718 m
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May weather nearby: Alappuzha 51 km · Thaikattussery 58 km · Munnar 89 km · Irimbiliyam 104 km · Madurai 204 km · Mysore 265 km · Bengaluru 367 km · Mannar 411 km

India travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 2
Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs
Type C / D / M
230 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 23% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$2,702
2025
Happiness
4.5 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
76%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
2.8
per 100k, 2022
Road deaths
15.6
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
Lower middle
World Bank
English
Low
EF EPI 484
Religion
Hindu 80%Muslim 14%Christian 2%other and unspecified 2%

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Kochi (9.9399°, 76.2602°, elevation 9 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. Tropical-cyclone seasons are the published climatological basin seasons (NOAA National Hurricane Center / regional warning centres). Sea temperatures are the NOAA OISST v2.1 1991–2020 monthly climatology (public domain), sampled at the nearest ocean point. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).