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Kerala is at its best for lakes & coastline in November to February. Good but not prime in March and October.
| J | F | M | A | M | J | J | A | S | O | N | D | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Swimming | 92 | 91 | 64 | 36 | 10 | 19 | 17 | 17 | 19 | 48 | 70 | 88 |
| Lakes & Coastline | 98 | 96 | 72 | 42 | 13 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 62 | 82 | 95 |
| Hiking | 91 | 91 | 72 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 42 | 62 | 89 |
| City & Culture | 91 | 92 | 74 | 42 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 60 | 66 | 88 |
| Wildlife | 90 | 90 | 67 | 42 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 42 | 67 | 90 |
No reliable monthly crowd data for this destination — the proxy used elsewhere did not pass its checks here, so nothing is shown rather than a guess.
Swipe the table sideways for the rest of the year.
December–February is the dry window and the reason to come in the northern winter; the June–September monsoon is the cheapest, greenest stretch and the season Kerala markets for Ayurveda treatment
Easy half-day walks in the tea hills. No guide needed on the tea-estate paths.
Expecting dry weather June–September. The monsoon is genuinely worth coming for, but not if you booked it thinking it would be sunny.
December, peaking hard over the holidays
Minimal — backwaters, beaches and elephants land well. Heat and slow road transfers between the coast and the hills are the real constraints.
The houseboat is the draw and the markup. One night on the water plus nights in a Kumarakom homestay costs far less than a multi-day charter, and you sleep better.
The south-west monsoon. Worth coming for on purpose — it is the traditional Ayurveda season — but not if you booked expecting sun.Jun · Jul · Aug · Sep
Kept out of the score on purpose. Averaging a rare catastrophe into a monthly number would tell you something false; the warning is the honest form.
The Western Ghats run the length of the state. Munnar and Wayanad are the two hill bases nearly every walking trip uses.
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