Best time to visit Munnar

India · South Asia

All twelve months scored on daily temperature, rainfall, humidity and holiday crowding.

The year in Munnar

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Hiking Jan–Mar · fair Dec

Go in Feb — 23C max, 6 rainy days. Mar is the next best.

No dry season: more than 6 rainy days in every month.

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Things to do in Munnar

Meesapulimala Mountain of the Western Ghats in Kerala, India
Mangala Devi Temple Hindu temple on the Tamil Nadu–Kerala border
Thattekkad Bird Sanctuary There are woodpeckers, Malabar gray hornbills, Ceylon frogmouths, parakeets, and rose-billed rollers.
Mattupetty Dam This popular picnic spot offers activities like boating and horse riding and is a great place to spend the day, especially if visiting with children.
Chinnar Wildlife Sanctuary Chinnar wildlife sanctuary is in the Western Ghats of Kerala.
Cheeyappara Waterfalls Waterfall in india
Thommankuthu Waterfall in India

Tours and tickets in Munnar

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Sights and their lines from Wikivoyage (Munnar), licensed CC BY-SA 4.0, and Wikidata; in order of how often each one's Wikipedia article was read on phones in the last 12 months.

Month by month

No fare history for this route yet, so this ranking is climate and crowds only — the price column will fill in as the scanner collects.

Month	Max °C	Rain days	Humidity	Sun h/day	Verdict	Why
Jan	22°	7d	77%	10.8h	okbusy	busier than usual
Feb	23°	6d	69%	11.5h	sweet spot	23C max, 6 rainy days
Mar	24°	9d	68%	11.6h	good	24C max, 9 rainy days
Apr	24°	17d	76%	11.1h	avoid	monsoon: 17 rainy days, 185mm
May	22°	27d	90%	8.8h	avoid	monsoon: 27 rainy days, 504mm
Jun	20°	27d	94%	7.6h	avoid	monsoon: 27 rainy days, 486mm
Jul	20°	28d	95%	6.6h	avoid	monsoon: 28 rainy days, 617mm
Aug	20°	27d	94%	7.0h	avoid	monsoon: 27 rainy days, 678mm
Sep	21°	25d	92%	8.3h	avoid	monsoon: 25 rainy days, 416mm
Oct	21°	26d	91%	8.0h	avoid	monsoon: 26 rainy days, 517mm
Nov	21°	20d	88%	8.5h	avoid	monsoon: 20 rainy days, 328mm
Dec	22°	12d	83%	9.9h	okbusy	busier than usual

Rain days are the days with at least 1 mm of rain, as a weather station counts them.

Weather read at the town: ten years of ERA5 and ERA5-Land reanalysis, through Open-Meteo's open data.

A busy month is a crowded one, not a bad one — usually it is crowded because the weather is good. It is flagged rather than scored down, and crowds alone never make a month “avoid”: that is reserved for weather worth skipping.

How busy it gets

Busiest from November to January; quietest from July to September.

Then and now

No month in Munnar is clearly warmer than in 1981–1990: the differences are inside the ordinary spread between one year and the next.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
1981–90	23.8°	25.6°	27.1°	27.0°	25.2°	22.1°	21.9°	21.8°	22.8°	23.0°	22.6°	22.9°
2017–26	22.0°	23.4°	24.4°	24.4°	22.4°	20.5°	19.7°	20.1°	20.7°	21.2°	21.4°	21.6°
Change	-1.8°	-2.2°	-2.7°	-2.6°	-2.9°	-1.6°	-2.2°	-1.7°	-2.1°	-1.8°	-1.3°	-1.3°

The average daily high, month by month, for the nearest ERA5 grid cell. Bold is a clear change; grey is within the ordinary spread between years. Every destination, ranked.

Getting there

Fly into Kochi (COK), then drive. The flights under Where to book are to Kochi.

The drive from each airport is the road's, from openrouteservice.org by HeiGIT: typical, not a schedule.

How far Munnar is, and what it costs, depends on where you set off from — the months above do not.

Before you go

Type C and D plugs at 230 V. Drives on the left. The currency is the Indian rupee. UK Foreign Office: avoid all travel to parts. Everything for India: cost of living, languages, emergency numbers and health.

Being there

On arrival

Paying — Cards are taken at larger hotels, chain stores and many restaurants; small shops and family-run businesses rarely take them, so carry some cash.
Tipping — Not traditional; up to 10% is usual only in smarter restaurants. Taxi and auto-rickshaw drivers do not expect a tip.

Getting around Munnar

Apps — Rides: Ola, Rapido, Uber. Maps: Google Maps, Apple Maps. Messages: WhatsApp. The apps also book auto-rickshaws, and bike taxis where these are allowed.

There are KSRTC buses and public buses offered by private operators as well as auto rickshaws. The drivers also call it Tuktuk here. More on Wikivoyage

From the Wikivoyage article on Munnar, written by travellers and licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Help

Emergency — 112 (any emergency).
TravelCharika is not an emergency service: we cannot call for help or send anyone. Numbers can change; if one fails, ask someone local or your hotel.

Put together by hand from the sources listed, checked 3 October 2026. Apps, cards and rules change, so check before you rely on one.

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Munnar in pictures

Eravikulam National Park WUS07186 — i

Rainer Halama, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Munnar Tea Plantations WUS07343 Pano — i

Rainer Halama, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Munnar Kalari Kshetra Kathakali Actor 4 — i

Ingo Mehling, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Munnar Kalari Kshetra Kathakali Actor 2 — i

Ingo Mehling, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Fulvous pied flat (Pseudocoladenia dan dan) — i

Charles J. Sharp, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

What Munnar is like

Munnar is a hill station in the Indian state of Kerala. Tourists come here to see the vast tea plantations of the area. This town and the surrounding region usually offer the most pleasant temperatures in Kerala. More on Wikivoyage

Worth seeing: Some of these sites are more popular for Indian tourists than Western tourists. Kathakali and Kalarippayattu performances, Thirumeni Cultural Centre in Temple Road (close to EastEnd Hotel). More on Wikivoyage
Worth doing: Boating, There are several places to go out for boating in Munnar. One can choose among paddle boats and speed boats to Kashmiri-Shikara. More on Wikivoyage
Getting in: Cochin International Airport (COK IATA), also known as Nedumbassery Airport. It is approximately 125 km away from the Munnar by road. More on Wikivoyage
Staying safe: Hill stations tend to get dark rather early, so be sure to carry a torch or flashlight. Though Munnar is safe compared to other big cities, it doesn’t mean that mishaps and accidents don’t occur. More on Wikivoyage

From the Wikivoyage article on Munnar, written by travellers and licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the full article has far more. The numbers above are measured; this is experience.

Around Munnar

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Munnar is in India, South Asia. Distances are great-circle, so a short one can still be a long way round.

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