Climate Cochin International Airport 2020-2024

Climate and trends: average temperature, flight conditions, precipitation, wind speed and direction.

Calculated from historical METAR data of Cochin International Airport (VOCI) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	0.5	0	0	1	0	0
February	0.1	0	0	0	1	0
March	0.5	0	0	0	0	0
April	0.2	0	0	0	0	0
May	0.9		0	0	0	0
June	0.1		0	0	0	0
July	0.1		0	0	0	0
August	0.3		0	0	0	0
September	1.2		0	0	0	0
October	0.0		0	0	0	0
November	0.0		0	0	0	0
December	0.1		0	0	1	0
Average	0.3			0.0	0.1	0.0

41st best VFR conditions of India

VFR conditions during daylight period

Percentage of observations where the VFR minimums for ceiling and visibility are met: visibility of 8 km or more and a ceiling of 3,000 ft or more. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Marginal VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	65.5	49	64	75	75	77
February	68.4	66	64	73	72	75
March	67.1	65	69	64	68	74
April	62.4	63	67	51	59	73
May	56.1		66	41	49	64
June	43.9		38	62	49	52
July	39.6		37	39	42	52
August	46.9		67	49	50	50
September	49.1		35	59	51	34
October	51.4		43	63	44	58
November	53.6		48	53	45	56
December	60.2		54	41	69	65
Average	56.0	60.8	54.2	55.8	55.5	60.4

Marginal VFR conditions or better during daylight period

Percentage of observations where the MVFR minimums for ceiling and visibility are met: visibility of 5 km or more and a ceiling of 1,000 ft or more. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Maximum temperatures (°C)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	33.1	34	33	33	33	34
February	34.4	35	35	33	34	35
March	34.6	36	36	33	35	35
April	34.3	36	35	32	33	35
May	32.6		34	30	32	34
June	30.9		32	31	31	31
July	30.2		30	29	30	31
August	30.1		32	29	30	30
September	30.6		30	31	30	30
October	31.4		32	31	30	31
November	32.4		33	32	30	33
December	32.7		34	32	32	33
Average	32.6	35.3	32.9	31.3	31.6	32.6

39th highest temperature of India

Average highest temperature per day

The maximum temperature is typically observed some hours after noon.

Minimum temperatures (°C)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	22.2	23	22	22	23	23
February	23.2	24	23	23	23	24
March	24.6	25	24	23	24	26
April	25.4	27	26	24	25	26
May	25.1		26	24	25	26
June	24.6		25	24	24	25
July	24.1		24	24	24	25
August	24.2		25	24	23	25
September	24.0		24	24	24	24
October	24.0		24	24	24	24
November	23.8		25	24	23	23
December	23.2		24	23	22	23
Average	24.1	24.6	24.3	23.4	23.6	24.4

50th lowest temperature of India

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	0.1	0	0	0	1	0
February	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
March	0.5	0	0	1	1	0
April	1.0	1	2	2	0	2
May	6.5		2	16	14	2
June	15.9		13	9	12	18
July	18.0		21	20	15	14
August	14.2		2	19	13	17
September	11.8		20	7	11	21
October	5.4		3	3	12	4
November	3.3		1	4	9	2
December	1.8		1	8	0	3
Average	6.0	0.1	5.6	7.6	7.6	7.1

Precipitation during daylight period

Percentage of observations with observed rain, drizzle, snow or hail. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Wind speed (knots)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	4.8	4	4	5	5	6
February	5.2	5	4	5	5	6
March	5.6	6	5	5	5	7
April	5.4	5	5	5	5	6
May	5.3		5	5	5	6
June	5.0		5	5	5	5
July	5.5		6	6	5	5
August	6.0		7	7	5	6
September	5.3		4	6	6	6
October	4.6		4	5	4	6
November	3.9		3	4	4	4
December	4.1		4	3	4	5
Average	5.1	4.8	4.7	5.2	4.8	5.6

39th highest wind speed of India

Average wind speed

Excluding wind gusts. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Prevailing wind direction

Month	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	117°	302°	295°	083°	281°
February	284°	236°	271°	254°	235°
March	277°	272°	264°	255°	255°
April	272°	271°	269°	273°	258°
May		280°	283°	253°	261°
June		287°	284°	286°	263°
July		301°	296°	292°	272°
August		299°	291°	282°	273°
September		273°	280°	285°	263°
October		257°	278°	247°	263°
November		254°	285°	274°	276°
December		068°	096°	324°	070°

Prevailing wind direction

Average wind direction, weighed by wind speed. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.