What characteristic of an element shown on the periodic table can you to predict its melting point

The characteristic  of the element  that shown on  the periodic table can help  you  to predict its melting point  is metals    which are found in group 1 , 2 and   group  13 have generally  posses low melting  non  metals  in group   which are found   in   group 14 to  group 18  low melting point in general

  Explanation

melting point are varied  and do  not generally form a distinguishable trend across the periodic table  but the above conclusion can be drawn from the  periodic table