India / Kerala
Kannur Beach
Kannur Beach is a 3.6 km-long sandy beach facing south-west, 1.7 km south-west of Pallikunnu (Kerala, India). The sea averages 29.8 °C in April, its warmest month, and 26.6 °C in August; it stays at 21 °C or above all year.
Average sea surface temperature by month. Current month outlined.
Month by month
October at Kannur Beach
Beach-day index 7.3/10 · India median 7.8
| Measure | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sea °C | 28.3 °C | 28.6 °C | 29.2 °C | 29.8 °C | 29.8 °C | 28.8 °C | 27.4 °C | 26.6 °C | 27.2 °C | 28.4 °C | 29.0 °C | 28.8 °C |
| High °C | 30° | 32° | 34° | 32° | 30° | 27° | 26° | 26° | 26° | 27° | 27° | 28° |
| Low °C | 19° | 20° | 22° | 23° | 23° | 23° | 22° | 22° | 22° | 22° | 21° | 19° |
| Rain mm | 4 | 6 | 25 | 78 | 222 | 659 | 700 | 506 | 308 | 254 | 108 | 21 |
| Cloud % | 34 | 32 | 36 | 54 | 72 | 90 | 92 | 87 | 79 | 73 | 60 | 46 |
| Wind m/s | 1.5 | 1.6 | 1.7 | 1.6 | 2.0 | 2.6 | 2.8 | 2.6 | 2.0 | 1.5 | 1.3 | 1.4 |
| Daylight h | 11.5 | 11.8 | 12.1 | 12.4 | 12.7 | 12.8 | 12.8 | 12.5 | 12.2 | 11.9 | 11.6 | 11.4 |
| Record high/low | 34°/15° | 37°/17° | 38°/18° | 38°/21° | 37°/21° | 33°/21° | 29°/20° | 29°/20° | 29°/20° | 30°/17° | 32°/15° | 33°/15° |
| Beach index | 9.6 | 9.1 | 8.3 | 8.3 | 7.5 | 7.1 | 7.1 | 7.1 | 7.2 | 7.3 | 8.5 | 9.4 |
Long-term monthly averages: air from NASA POWER (2001–2020), sea from NOAA OISST (1991–2020); records are the extremes of 2001–2020. How the index works.
When to go
The beach-day index peaks in December–February; January scores 9.6/10 with highs of 30 °C, sea at 28.3 °C and 4 mm of rain.
That matches the median for beaches in India in the same month.
At its warmest the water here is 0.4 °C warmer than the India median for April (29.4 °C).
Across the year the sea averages 28.5 °C, warmer than 93% of the coastal beaches in the atlas.
July is the wettest month (700 mm) and January the driest (4 mm); the yearly total is about 2,890 mm.
Daylight runs from 11.4 hours in December to 12.8 hours in June; in mid-January the sun rises at 06:52 and sets at 18:22 local time.
Orientation, sun and shore
The shore faces south-west (235°). Open water fills about 50% of the horizon close by, which makes it an open stretch of shore.
The sun sets over the sea in every month; in mid-June it goes down at 18:53 local time on a bearing of 294°.
Straight out to the south-west there is open water for more than 2,000 km, so the beach is exposed to long ocean swell.
About 1 km offshore the sea is roughly 5 m deep and 7 m at 3 km, a shallow, gently shelving sea floor. Behind the beach the ground is about 9 m above sea level 500 m inland and 14 m at 1.5 km, a flat coastal plain.
Within 1 km, the land is 80% tree cover, 12% built-up land and 6% grassland (satellite land-cover map, 2021): a largely natural setting. Water makes up 54% of that circle.
- Tree 80%
- Built 12%
- Grass 6%
Land cover: ESA WorldCover 2021 (10 m). Orientation from OpenStreetMap land polygons sampled in 36 directions; depths and heights from the GEBCO 2020 grid (about 450 m cells), indicative only.
Rainfall reaches 700 mm in July and stays above 250 mm in June, July, August, September and October.
OpenStreetMap shows no lifeguard station within 1 km. Seasonal lifeguard posts are often unmapped, so check on site.
Photos
From above
Facilities within 1 km
- –Restaurants, cafés & bars
- –Public toilets
- –Showers
- –Car parks
- –Lifeguard stations
- 7Hotels & guesthouses
- 1Bus stops (1.5 km)
- 1Pharmacies & clinics
Counted within 1 km of the beach (bus stops 1.5 km) from OpenStreetMap features and Overture Maps places, release of 2026-10. Unmapped does not mean absent.
Getting there
| Airport | Code | Distance | Direction |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kannur International Airport Kannur | CNN | 22.3 km | east |
| Calicut International Airport Calicut | CCJ | 106 km | south-east |
| Mangaluru International Airport Mangaluru | IXE | 129 km | north |
Straight-line distances from the beach; road distance is usually 20–40% longer.
Local transport: 1 bus stop within 1.5 km.
11 towns and villages of 1,000+ people lie within 10 km (about 345.3K residents); within 30 km there are 62 (about 1.6M).
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Data on this page
- Air temperature, rain, cloud, wind, humidity: NASA POWER climatology 2001–2020, 0.5° grid.
- Sea temperature: NOAA OISST v2.1 monthly normals 1991–2020, nearest ocean cell 3.6 km away.
- Beach outline, surface, rules and public facilities: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), feature w253032444; restaurants, cafés, bars and lodging: Overture Maps places (CDLA-Permissive-2.0).
- Towns and time zone: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Airports: OurAirports (public domain). Sunrise and sunset: NOAA solar equations.
- Photos: Wikimedia Commons, author and licence under each image.
- Satellite view: Copernicus Sentinel-2 (ESA), scene S2C_43PEP_20251211_0_L2A.
- Orientation: OpenStreetMap land polygons (ODbL). Depth and terrain: GEBCO 2020 grid.
- Settlements: GeoNames places with 1,000+ inhabitants.
- Land cover: ESA WorldCover 2021, 10 m (CC BY 4.0).
- Search popularity: about 2.4K Google searches a month for the name (KeywordTool, October 2026).
Data compiled 2026-10-13. Something wrong? Report a data error.