Region · India
Where to stay in Kerala
This guide covers 13 destinations in Kerala, a first-level administrative division of India, with 636 places to stay between them. The largest by population are Thiruvananthapuram, Kochi and Kozhikode. The airport most of them name as their nearest is Thiruvananthapuram International Airport (TRV).
- Destinations in this guide
- 13
- Places to stay
- 636
- Main airport
- TRVThiruvananthapuram International Airport
- Currency
- INRIndian rupee
- Time zone
- Asia/Kolkata
Destinations
Destinations in Kerala
Every destination in this guide in Kerala, the ones with the most places to stay first. Best months are the months that are comfortable there (average daytime high between 18 °C and 29 °C and under 80 mm of rain in the month); the nearest airport is by straight-line distance from the centre.
| Destination | Population | Places to stay | Nearest airport |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kochi | 677,381 | 338 | COK · 24 km |
| Thiruvananthapuram | 743,691 | 123 | TRV · 4 km |
| Kozhikode | 609,224 | 42 | CCJ · 23 km |
| Kodungallur | 70,868 | 40 | COK · 21 km |
| Thrissur | 315,596 | 36 | COK · 46 km |
| Kollam | 397,419 | 29 | TRV · 58 km |
| Beypore | 66,883 | 7 | CCJ · 16 km |
| Kasaragod | 52,683 | 6 | IXE · 52 km |
| Oachira | 56,566 | 5 | TRV · 86 km |
| Nedumangad | 60,161 | 4 | TRV · 16 km |
| Wandoor | 50,973 | 3 | CCJ · 31 km |
| anchuthengu | 130,736 | 2 | CJB · 52 km |
| Palakkad | 130,955 | 1 | CJB · 51 km |
Where to stay
Hotels in Kerala
636 hotels in Kerala recorded in Wikidata and not marked closed; the 30 best known are shown, by the number of Wikipedia editions that cover them. Each is listed under the destination it is within 25 km of.
When to go
Best time to visit Kerala
From the climate of 13 destinations in Kerala with climate data: how many are comfortable each month (average daytime high between 18 °C and 29 °C and under 80 mm of rain in the month), and the typical high and rainfall across them. No month is comfortable in any of them by this measure.
| Month | Comfortable destinations | Typical high | Typical rainfall |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0 of 13 | 32 °C | 7 mm |
| February | 0 of 13 | 33 °C | 11 mm |
| March | 0 of 13 | 34 °C | 24 mm |
| April | 0 of 13 | 34 °C | 107 mm |
| May | 0 of 13 | 33 °C | 191 mm |
| June | 0 of 13 | 30 °C | 506 mm |
| July | 0 of 13 | 29 °C | 733 mm |
| August | 0 of 13 | 30 °C | 397 mm |
| September | 0 of 13 | 30 °C | 260 mm |
| October | 0 of 13 | 31 °C | 300 mm |
| November | 0 of 13 | 31 °C | 154 mm |
| December | 0 of 13 | 32 °C | 34 mm |
Typical = the median across the destinations. Averages for 1991–2020 over the surrounding area, a grid square about 50 km across, so a coast or a nearby mountain can make the town itself warmer or cooler. Data: CRU TS v4.10, Climatic Research Unit, University of East Anglia (Open Database License).
Getting there
Airports serving Kerala
The airports with scheduled flights that the destinations in Kerala name among their nearest, by how many name each as the nearest. An airport can lie outside the region. Distances are straight lines from a destination's centre.
TRV · Thiruvananthapuram International Airport
COK · Cochin International Airport
CCJ · Calicut International Airport
CJB · Coimbatore International Airport
IXE · Mangaluru International Airport
CNN · Kannur International Airport
Good to know
Public holidays in Kerala, 2026
Shops and offices may close and transport may run reduced timetables on these dates. Source: python-holidays (MIT).
Nationwide in India
Regional holidays observed in Kerala
Nearby
Regions near Kerala
Other regions of India with a page in this guide, nearest first by the straight-line distance between the median positions of their destinations.
Sources: destinations and their regions from Wikidata; airports from OurAirports; climate from CRU TS v4.10 (University of East Anglia, ODbL); public holidays from python-holidays (MIT); further hotels from Wikidata. A region has a page here when at least 3 destinations of this guide lie in it. How this guide is made.