Climate averages 1991–2020
Barishal weather
in May.
A hot, very wet month: the 2nd warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a hot month in Barishal: daytime highs average 32.4°C and nights cool to about 26.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 227 mm of rain on roughly 17 days, which makes May a very wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 13 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Bhola (28 km away). In May its highs average 31.6°C, 0.7°C cooler than Barishal, with 257 mm of rain.
Among the 63 cities listed in Bangladesh, Barishal ranks joint 17th of 63 for the warmest May highs and 10th of 63 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 63 cities is 32.0°C; Barishal is 0.4°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 1.5°C to 30.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 227 mm to 361 mm.
The annual picture
May in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Barishal climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 24.6°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 6.9 | 1.1 | 10.911 h |
| February | 28.0°C17.3°C | 17.3°C | 18 | 2.7 | 11.411 h |
| March | 32.1°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 40 | 4.9 | 12.012 h |
| April | 33.1°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 127 | 11.0 | 12.713 h |
| May, selected | 32.4°C26.2°C | 26.2°C | 227 | 17.1 | 13.213 h |
| June | 30.8°C26.4°C | 26.4°C | 361 | 25.6 | 13.514 h |
| July | 29.9°C25.9°C | 25.9°C | 366 | 29.9 | 13.413 h |
| August | 30.0°C25.8°C | 25.8°C | 320 | 29.2 | 12.913 h |
| September | 30.2°C25.4°C | 25.4°C | 262 | 26.3 | 12.312 h |
| October | 29.7°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 153 | 14.6 | 11.612 h |
| November | 27.7°C19.8°C | 19.8°C | 45 | 2.3 | 11.111 h |
| December | 25.2°C15.8°C | 15.8°C | 8.1 | 1.0 | 10.811 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
May in nearby cities
- Bhola in MayBangladesh · 28 kmHigh 31.6°C · Low 26.4°C · 257 mm rain
- Tungipara in MayBangladesh · 53 kmHigh 33.2°C · Low 25.9°C · 249 mm rain
- Madaripur in MayBangladesh · 54 kmHigh 32.6°C · Low 25.7°C · 274 mm rain
- Bagerhat in MayBangladesh · 60 kmHigh 33.3°C · Low 26.3°C · 204 mm rain
- Chāndpur in MayBangladesh · 65 kmHigh 31.8°C · Low 25.8°C · 282 mm rain
- Maijdi in MayBangladesh · 77 kmHigh 31.7°C · Low 25.5°C · 274 mm rain
- Khulna in MayBangladesh · 83 kmHigh 33.4°C · Low 26.3°C · 188 mm rain
- Lākshām in MayBangladesh · 97 kmHigh 31.9°C · Low 25.2°C · 297 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Barishal) is explained once on the Barishal year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.