Climate averages 1991–2020
Cox’s Bāzār 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 Cox’s Bāzār: daytime highs average 30.8°C and nights cool to about 25.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 221 mm of rain on roughly 18 days, which makes May a very wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 09 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Chattogram (102 km away). In May its highs average 30.3°C, about as warm as Cox’s Bāzār, with 291 mm of rain.
Among the 63 cities listed in Bangladesh, Cox’s Bāzār ranks 57th of 63 for the warmest May highs and 8th of 63 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 63 cities is 32.0°C; Cox’s Bāzār is 1.2°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 1.8°C to 29.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 221 mm to 584 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
Cox’s Bāzār climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 24.3°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 5.0 | 0.6 | 11.011 h |
| February | 26.7°C18.4°C | 18.4°C | 10 | 1.2 | 11.411 h |
| March | 29.8°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 27 | 2.6 | 12.012 h |
| April | 31.3°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 53 | 6.4 | 12.613 h |
| May, selected | 30.8°C25.8°C | 25.8°C | 221 | 18.3 | 13.113 h |
| June | 29.0°C25.7°C | 25.7°C | 584 | 27.3 | 13.413 h |
| July | 28.1°C25.3°C | 25.3°C | 658 | 30.0 | 13.313 h |
| August | 28.3°C25.2°C | 25.2°C | 466 | 29.8 | 12.913 h |
| September | 28.8°C25.1°C | 25.1°C | 341 | 26.5 | 12.312 h |
| October | 29.0°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 196 | 17.1 | 11.712 h |
| November | 27.6°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 42 | 4.3 | 11.111 h |
| December | 25.2°C18.0°C | 18.0°C | 15 | 1.3 | 10.911 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
- Chattogram in MayBangladesh · 102 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 26.0°C · 291 mm rain
- Hāthazāri in MayBangladesh · 120 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 25.7°C · 297 mm rain
- Rangamati in MayBangladesh · 135 kmHigh 32.3°C · Low 24.9°C · 241 mm rain
- Bibir Hat in MayBangladesh · 140 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 25.3°C · 303 mm rain
- Karnaphuli in MayBangladesh · 141 kmHigh 32.1°C · Low 25.1°C · 241 mm rain
- Sittwe in MayMyanmar · 171 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 26.4°C · 261 mm rain
- Maijdi in MayBangladesh · 184 kmHigh 31.7°C · Low 25.5°C · 274 mm rain
- Feni in MayBangladesh · 186 kmHigh 31.6°C · Low 25.2°C · 309 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 Cox’s Bāzār) is explained once on the Cox’s Bāzār year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.