Munnar has a climate that is classified as ‘subtropical highland’ by the Köppen-Geiger climate classification system. The annual rainfall is almost 400 cm. The Shola forests and the hills keep the climate salubrious and comfortably cool throughout the year. The temperature ranges between 5 degrees and 25 degrees centigrade almost the whole year. Only very few days in a year, usually less than two weeks, record temperatures below zero or above 25 degrees centigrade.