India / Kerala
Kozhikode Beach
Kozhikode Beach is a 1.8 km-long beach facing west-south-west, 1.5 km north-west of Kozhikode (Kerala, India). The sea averages 29.9 °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.
Reference
Kozhikode Beach is a beach on the western side of Kozhikode, situated on the Malabar Coast of India. The beach is accessible through four road overbridges in the city.
Wikidata item Q56240718.
Month by month
October at Kozhikode Beach
Beach-day index 7.6/10 · 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 | 29.3 °C | 29.9 °C | 29.8 °C | 28.7 °C | 27.1 °C | 26.6 °C | 27.2 °C | 28.4 °C | 28.9 °C | 28.7 °C |
| High °C | 29° | 32° | 34° | 33° | 29° | 26° | 25° | 25° | 26° | 26° | 26° | 27° |
| Low °C | 16° | 17° | 20° | 21° | 21° | 21° | 20° | 20° | 20° | 20° | 18° | 17° |
| Rain mm | 4 | 7 | 29 | 73 | 170 | 372 | 378 | 275 | 203 | 213 | 107 | 23 |
| Cloud % | 34 | 32 | 36 | 54 | 72 | 90 | 92 | 87 | 79 | 73 | 60 | 46 |
| Wind m/s | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 2.0 | 3.0 | 3.2 | 2.9 | 2.2 | 1.6 | 1.5 | 1.7 |
| Daylight h | 11.5 | 11.8 | 12.1 | 12.4 | 12.6 | 12.8 | 12.7 | 12.5 | 12.2 | 11.9 | 11.6 | 11.5 |
| Record high/low | 34°/13° | 37°/13° | 39°/15° | 39°/19° | 38°/19° | 33°/18° | 29°/18° | 29°/18° | 30°/17° | 31°/15° | 33°/12° | 32°/12° |
| Beach index | 9.6 | 9.1 | 8.2 | 8.2 | 7.9 | 7.1 | 6.9 | 7.0 | 7.6 | 7.6 | 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 29 °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 0.5 °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 (378 mm) and January the driest (4 mm); the yearly total is about 1,850 mm.
Daylight runs from 11.5 hours in December to 12.8 hours in June; in mid-January the sun rises at 06:49 and sets at 18:21 local time.
Orientation, sun and shore
The shore faces west-south-west (240°). Open water fills about 47% 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 18:50 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 2 m deep and 10 m at 3 km, a shallow, gently shelving sea floor. Behind the beach the ground is about 14 m above sea level 500 m inland and 16 m at 1.5 km.
Within 1 km, the land is 72% built-up land, 19% tree cover and 6% bare ground, sand or rock (satellite land-cover map, 2021): an urban beach. Water makes up 51% of that circle.
- Built 72%
- Tree 19%
- Bare 6%
- Grass 4%
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 378 mm in July and stays above 250 mm in June, July and August.
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
- 87Restaurants, cafés & bars
- –Public toilets
- –Showers
- 6Car parks
- –Lifeguard stations
- 15Hotels & guesthouses
- 3Grocery shops
- 15Bus stops (1.5 km)
- 6Pharmacies & clinics
- 1Cash machines
Food and drink mapped within 1 km: 60 restaurants, 24 cafés, 2 bars and 1 fast-food outlet. Accommodation: 15 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.
Around the beach
Attractions & museums
- FunCity attraction 360 m NE
- Fun city attraction 410 m N
- Calicut Beach Aquarium attraction 680 m N
Lighthouses & piers
- Kozhikode Beach Light House lighthouse 330 m N
Getting there
| Airport | Code | Distance | Direction |
|---|---|---|---|
| Calicut International Airport Calicut | CCJ | 24.2 km | south-east |
| Kannur International Airport Kannur | CNN | 77.4 km | north |
| Cochin International Airport Kochi | COK | 141 km | south-east |
Straight-line distances from the beach; road distance is usually 20–40% longer.
Local transport: 15 bus stops within 1.5 km, rail station Vellayil (1.2 km), rail station Kozhikode (1.6 km) and 6 mapped car parks within 1 km.
5 towns and villages of 1,000+ people lie within 10 km (about 723.4K residents); within 30 km there are 42 (about 2M).
When people look it up
The EN Wikipedia article was read 15,552 times in the 12 months to August 2026. Interest peaks in May (1,805 views), 1.7× the quietest month.
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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 18.5 km away.
- Beach outline, surface, rules and public facilities: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), feature w359831226; restaurants, cafés, bars and lodging: Overture Maps places (CDLA-Permissive-2.0).
- Water body, status and length: Wikidata (CC0).
- 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_43PEN_20251213_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 368K Google searches a month for the name (KeywordTool, October 2026).
Data compiled 2026-10-13. Something wrong? Report a data error.