Idukki district, Kerala, India - Gods Own Country - Tourist and Travel Information

Season & Weather

The hill resort of Idukki experiences moderate weather throughout the year. The seasonal changes cause much temperature variation thereby making Idukki the perfect place to be visited anytime of the year. The climate in the district undergoes a sudden variation as we go from West to East. The western parts of the district comprising midland area experiences moderate climate, temperature varying between 21 degree C to 27 degree C with minimum seasonal variation. The eastern parts of the district located in the highland have a comparatively cold climate with temperature varying between minus 1 degree C to 15 degree C in November January and 5 degree C to 15 degree C during March/April.

The district receives plenty of rains from both the South- West monsoon during June-August and the North- East monsoon during October - November. The normal rainfall is 3265 mm. As common to other parts of the state, the Idukki district also experiences both the southwest monsoon and North-East Monsoon during June-July and October -November respectively. The former is more predominant with June experiencing the maximum rainfall. The annual rainfall in the district varies from 250 to 425 cm. The western region of Devikulam Taluk gets more rainfall, which goes even upto 500cms. The Eastern and Northeastern regions of the district get very low rainfall normally upto 150 cm. Munnar, Devikulam, Pallivasal, Vellathooval etc. are places getting high rainfall.