page_title: Munnar
section_title: Geography and climate
hierarchical_section_title: Munnar / Geography and climate
caption_attribution_description: English: Munnar, Kerala, India.
context_page_description: Munnar is a town and hill station located in the Idukki district of the southwestern Indian state of Kerala. Munnar is situated at around 1,600 metres above mean sea level, in the Western Ghats mountain range. Munnar is also called the "Kashmir of South India" and is a popular honeymoon destination.
context_section_description: The region in and around Munnar varies in height from 1,450 meters (4,760 ft) to 2,695 meters (8,842 ft) above mean sea level. The temperature ranges between 5 °C (41 °F) and 25 °C (77 °F) in winter and 15 °C (59 °F) and 25 °C (77 °F) in summer. Temperatures as low as −4 °C (25 °F) have been recorded in the Sevenmallay region of Munnar.
  Köppen-Geiger climate classification system classifies it as subtropical highland (Cwb).
caption: Hills around the tea plantations, Munnar
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