Climate averages 1991–2020

Bogra weather
in May.

A hot, very wet month: the 2nd warmest and the 10th driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 32.0°C Daytime mean, May
Average low 24.1°C Night-time mean, May
Rainfall 310 mm 22 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 13 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
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May is a hot month in Bogra: daytime highs average 32.0°C and nights cool to about 24.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 310 mm of rain on roughly 22 days, which makes May a very wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 20 min on an average May day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Shibganj (17 km away). In May its highs average 32.0°C, about as warm as Bogra, with 326 mm of rain.

Among the 63 cities listed in Bangladesh, Bogra ranks joint 28th of 63 for the warmest May highs and 36th of 63 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 63 cities is 32.0°C; Bogra is level with that mean.

From May to June, average highs fall by 0.3°C to 31.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 310 mm to 396 mm.

The annual picture

May in context

30-year average
Average highAverage low°C
Average daily high and low temperatures by month The same values are available in the monthly table below. Lines show mean daily maxima and minima, not a forecast interval. 101520253035 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm
Average monthly rainfall totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 4000

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Bogra climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Bogra, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 23.7°C12.1°C12.1°C121.910.811 h
February 26.9°C14.6°C14.6°C212.611.311 h
March 31.1°C18.8°C18.8°C405.212.012 h
April 32.6°C22.4°C22.4°C13113.812.713 h
May, selected 32.0°C24.1°C24.1°C31022.413.313 h
June 31.7°C25.5°C25.5°C39626.313.714 h
July 31.3°C25.7°C25.7°C35628.313.514 h
August 31.3°C25.7°C25.7°C29028.113.013 h
September 30.7°C24.9°C24.9°C27325.012.312 h
October 29.8°C22.3°C22.3°C14612.311.612 h
November 27.9°C17.5°C17.5°C151.211.011 h
December 25.0°C13.8°C13.8°C7.40.710.611 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

Distance from Bogra

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 limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Bogra) is explained once on the Bogra year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.