Climate averages 1991–2020
Khulna 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 Khulna: daytime highs average 33.4°C and nights cool to about 26.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 188 mm of rain on roughly 16 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 Bagerhat (29 km away). In May its highs average 33.3°C, about as warm as Khulna, with 204 mm of rain.
Among the 63 cities listed in Bangladesh, Khulna ranks 6th of 63 for the warmest May highs and 3rd of 63 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 63 cities is 32.0°C; Khulna is 1.4°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 1.6°C to 31.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 188 mm to 306 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
Khulna climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 24.9°C13.6°C | 13.6°C | 8.1 | 1.3 | 10.911 h |
| February | 28.2°C16.8°C | 16.8°C | 19 | 2.7 | 11.411 h |
| March | 32.4°C21.5°C | 21.5°C | 40 | 5.1 | 12.012 h |
| April | 34.0°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 115 | 11.4 | 12.713 h |
| May, selected | 33.4°C26.3°C | 26.3°C | 188 | 15.7 | 13.213 h |
| June | 31.7°C26.6°C | 26.6°C | 306 | 24.3 | 13.514 h |
| July | 30.6°C26.0°C | 26.0°C | 349 | 29.6 | 13.413 h |
| August | 30.5°C25.8°C | 25.8°C | 293 | 29.0 | 12.913 h |
| September | 30.5°C25.3°C | 25.3°C | 235 | 25.6 | 12.312 h |
| October | 30.0°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 136 | 14.5 | 11.612 h |
| November | 28.2°C19.1°C | 19.1°C | 37 | 2.2 | 11.111 h |
| December | 25.6°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 10 | 0.9 | 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
- Bagerhat in MayBangladesh · 29 kmHigh 33.3°C · Low 26.3°C · 204 mm rain
- Tungipara in MayBangladesh · 36 kmHigh 33.2°C · Low 25.9°C · 249 mm rain
- Sātkhira in MayBangladesh · 52 kmHigh 33.6°C · Low 26.7°C · 167 mm rain
- Jessore in MayBangladesh · 54 kmHigh 33.9°C · Low 25.9°C · 222 mm rain
- Basirhat City in MayIndia · 75 kmHigh 33.9°C · Low 26.8°C · 155 mm rain
- Madaripur in MayBangladesh · 77 kmHigh 32.6°C · Low 25.7°C · 274 mm rain
- Bangaon in MayIndia · 80 kmHigh 34.3°C · Low 26.3°C · 174 mm rain
- Barishal in MayBangladesh · 83 kmHigh 32.4°C · Low 26.2°C · 227 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 Khulna) is explained once on the Khulna year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.