Calicut International Airport

VOCL · Kerala, India

Climate Calicut International Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Calicut International Airport (VOCL) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 4.7 2 0 0 0 0
February 7.0 6 0 0 0 0
March 8.5 7 0 0 1 4
April 8.4 5 0 4 0 0
May 11.1 3 3 4 0
June 5.5 0 2 12 0
July 5.3 0 0 4 0
August 5.3 0 8 6 0
September 10.9 0 8 11 0
October 5.0 1 0 4 0
November 2.9 2 1 3 2
December 3.4 1 0 0 0
Average 6.4 4.9 0.4 2.2 3.8 0.5

21st 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 90.1 83 94 95 80 97
February 90.7 94 87 90 87 91
March 95.5 99 99 94 88 99
April 97.3 100 98 94 94 100
May 91.8 98 74 88 98
June 79.0 84 87 82 79
July 66.7 66 60 71 77
August 70.5 89 72 73 68
September 78.6 78 84 77 63
October 77.9 76 86 71 78
November 79.3 87 66 78 81
December 84.2 88 77 85 76
Average 84.5 93.9 86.7 81.5 81.0 82.7

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 31.7 31 31 32 32 33
February 33.0 33 32 33 33 34
March 33.8 33 33 33 33 34
April 33.5 35 33 32 33 34
May 32.2 33 29 32 33
June 29.8 30 29 31 30
July 28.4 27 27 29 29
August 28.5 30 27 28 29
September 29.5 29 29 29 29
October 30.2 30 29 30 30
November 31.1 31 30 30 32
December 31.5 31 29 32 32
Average 31.3 32.7 30.5 29.8 30.7 31.3

62nd 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 22.1 22 21 22 23 23
February 22.9 22 22 23 23 23
March 24.8 25 23 25 25 26
April 25.8 26 25 24 25 29
May 25.2 25 23 25 28
June 24.0 23 23 25 23
July 23.4 23 22 24 24
August 23.5 24 23 22 24
September 23.6 23 23 24 24
October 23.4 23 23 24 24
November 23.5 23 23 24 24
December 22.9 23 22 23 23
Average 23.8 23.9 23.2 22.8 23.8 24.4

43rd 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 0.3 1 0 0 2 0
February 0.0 0 0 0 0 0
March 0.0 0 0 0 0 0
April 0.8 0 1 1 1 1
May 5.2 1 11 12 1
June 19.4 13 11 13 21
July 22.9 26 30 17 18
August 16.7 2 19 12 17
September 11.5 17 8 12 23
October 5.3 4 3 8 3
November 1.6 3 3 3 1
December 1.0 1 2 0 3
Average 6.6 0.3 5.8 7.8 6.8 7.8

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 4.6 5 6 5 2 5
February 5.2 6 6 5 3 6
March 5.7 6 6 6 3 6
April 5.8 7 6 6 3 6
May 5.8 7 6 3 7
June 5.2 6 5 3 5
July 5.9 7 7 5 6
August 6.4 7 8 5 6
September 5.8 6 7 6 6
October 4.6 5 5 4 5
November 3.8 4 4 4 2
December 4.0 5 5 4 2
Average 5.3 5.9 5.8 5.7 3.7 5.0

62nd 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 093° 156° 312° 065° 352°
February 270° 270° 292° 326° 334°
March 267° 265° 265° 294° 289°
April 266° 267° 260° 280° 299°
May 268° 270° 263° 293°
June 269° 257° 298° 271°
July 282° 283° 297° 282°
August 282° 273° 277° 290°
September 252° 263° 283° 269°
October 239° 252° 230° 277°
November 209° 217° 236° 294°
December 100° 077° 356° 076°

Prevailing wind direction

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