Best Time To Visit Kerala

The ideal time to visit Kerala is between October and March. No month is completely dry but these are less wet than the rest of the year. Humidity is relatively low and the weather is balmy. January-February and September-October average at 28º C in the plains and 22º C in the hills. This is also the period when many of Kerala’s colourful festivals are celebrated. The Ashtamudi Craft & Art Festival is held in Kollam end-December, beginning January. The tourism edition of Allepey’s Nehru Cup Snake Boat Race is in mid-January. (The real thing is dated for the second Saturday of August.) Thiruvananthapuram hosts a classical music festival over the last few days of January. The Ettamanur Festival at Ettamanur, near Kottayam, in February/March features a procession of gaily-decorated elephants. The Pooram Festival at Thrissur has similar attractions, and follows two months later. The most famous is the harvest festival, Onam, in August/September. Celebrated with feasting and festivities all over Kerala, Onam is the most important festival of the state.