India / Kerala
Kovalam Beach
Kovalam Beach is a beach facing west-south-west, 3.3 km west of Venganoor (Kerala, India). The sea averages 29.7 °C in April, its warmest month, and 26.2 °C in July; it stays at 21 °C or above all year.
Average sea surface temperature by month. Current month outlined.
Month by month
October at Kovalam 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 | 29.7 °C | 29.1 °C | 27.6 °C | 26.2 °C | 26.3 °C | 27.0 °C | 28.0 °C | 28.6 °C | 28.5 °C |
| High °C | 29° | 33° | 35° | 34° | 31° | 29° | 28° | 29° | 29° | 29° | 28° | 27° |
| Low °C | 19° | 20° | 22° | 24° | 24° | 23° | 22° | 22° | 22° | 22° | 21° | 20° |
| Rain mm | 13 | 16 | 42 | 90 | 136 | 136 | 110 | 85 | 137 | 246 | 220 | 61 |
| Cloud % | 54 | 47 | 50 | 63 | 71 | 80 | 83 | 79 | 74 | 77 | 78 | 69 |
| Wind m/s | 3.9 | 3.6 | 3.0 | 2.6 | 4.4 | 5.7 | 5.8 | 5.5 | 4.7 | 3.2 | 2.9 | 3.8 |
| Daylight h | 11.7 | 11.9 | 12.1 | 12.3 | 12.5 | 12.6 | 12.6 | 12.4 | 12.2 | 12.0 | 11.8 | 11.6 |
| Record high/low | 35°/15° | 38°/16° | 40°/18° | 40°/21° | 39°/20° | 35°/21° | 34°/20° | 34°/21° | 36°/20° | 36°/19° | 33°/16° | 33°/15° |
| Beach index | 9.4 | 8.7 | 7.6 | 7.6 | 8.1 | 7.8 | 8.0 | 8.3 | 8.0 | 7.3 | 7.5 | 8.8 |
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–January; January scores 9.4/10 with highs of 29 °C, sea at 28.3 °C and 13 mm of rain.
That matches the median for beaches in India in the same month.
Across the year the sea averages 28.1 °C, warmer than 91% of the coastal beaches in the atlas.
October is the wettest month (246 mm) and January the driest (13 mm); the yearly total is about 1,290 mm.
Daylight runs from 11.6 hours in December to 12.6 hours in June; in mid-January the sun rises at 06:40 and sets at 18:21 local time.
Orientation, sun and shore
The shore faces west-south-west (255°). 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 18:40 local time on a bearing of 294°.
Straight out to the west-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 16 m deep and 28 m at 3 km. Behind the beach the ground is about 44 m above sea level 500 m inland and 54 m at 1.5 km.
Within 1 km, the land is 79% tree cover and 18% built-up land (satellite land-cover map, 2021): a partly built-up setting. Water makes up 50% of that circle.
- Tree 79%
- Built 18%
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.
The beach is tagged as supervised.
Photos
From above
Facilities within 1 km
- 25Restaurants, cafés & bars
- 2Public toilets
- –Showers
- 1Car parks
- –Lifeguard stations
- 61Hotels & guesthouses
- 2Grocery shops
- 10Bus stops (1.5 km)
- 1Pharmacies & clinics
- 4Cash machines
Food and drink mapped within 1 km: 17 restaurants, 5 cafés and 3 bars. Accommodation: 61 hotels and guesthouses.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thiruvananthapuram International Airport Thiruvananthapuram | TRV | 11.3 km | north-west |
| Madurai Airport Madurai | IXM | 202 km | north-east |
| Cochin International Airport Kochi | COK | 205 km | north |
Straight-line distances from the beach; road distance is usually 20–40% longer.
Local transport: 10 bus stops within 1.5 km and 1 mapped car park within 1 km.
6 towns and villages of 1,000+ people lie within 10 km (about 197.3K residents); within 30 km there are 45 (about 1.9M).
Map and nearby beaches
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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 11.0 km away.
- Beach outline, surface, rules and public facilities: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), feature n10861674944; 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 S2A_43PGK_20230103_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 301K Google searches a month for the name (KeywordTool, October 2026).
Data compiled 2026-10-13. Something wrong? Report a data error.