Climate averages 1991–2020
Lākshām 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.
May is a hot month in Lākshām: daytime highs average 31.9°C and nights cool to about 25.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 297 mm of rain on roughly 21 days, which makes May a very wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 15 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Comilla (25 km away). In May its highs average 31.8°C, about as warm as Lākshām, with 327 mm of rain.
Among the 63 cities listed in Bangladesh, Lākshām ranks joint 33rd of 63 for the warmest May highs and joint 32nd of 63 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 63 cities is 32.0°C; Lākshām is 0.1°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 1.3°C to 30.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 297 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
Lākshām climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 25.0°C12.8°C | 12.8°C | 5.6 | 1.2 | 10.911 h |
| February | 28.0°C15.7°C | 15.7°C | 20 | 3.0 | 11.411 h |
| March | 31.7°C20.3°C | 20.3°C | 63 | 6.2 | 12.012 h |
| April | 32.5°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 164 | 13.1 | 12.713 h |
| May, selected | 31.9°C25.2°C | 25.2°C | 297 | 21.0 | 13.213 h |
| June | 30.6°C25.7°C | 25.7°C | 361 | 26.8 | 13.514 h |
| July | 29.8°C25.4°C | 25.4°C | 361 | 29.2 | 13.413 h |
| August | 30.1°C25.3°C | 25.3°C | 287 | 28.8 | 12.913 h |
| September | 30.3°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 264 | 25.7 | 12.312 h |
| October | 29.9°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 158 | 15.8 | 11.612 h |
| November | 28.1°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 33 | 2.5 | 11.011 h |
| December | 25.7°C14.2°C | 14.2°C | 7.2 | 0.9 | 10.711 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
- Comilla in MayBangladesh · 25 kmHigh 31.8°C · Low 24.9°C · 327 mm rain
- Feni in MayBangladesh · 38 kmHigh 31.6°C · Low 25.2°C · 309 mm rain
- Maijdi in MayBangladesh · 42 kmHigh 31.7°C · Low 25.5°C · 274 mm rain
- Chāndpur in MayBangladesh · 48 kmHigh 31.8°C · Low 25.8°C · 282 mm rain
- Agartala in MayIndia · 68 kmHigh 31.6°C · Low 24.7°C · 325 mm rain
- Sonārgaon in MayBangladesh · 69 kmHigh 31.9°C · Low 25.3°C · 316 mm rain
- Narayanganj in MayBangladesh · 76 kmHigh 31.9°C · Low 25.5°C · 295 mm rain
- Bhola in MayBangladesh · 79 kmHigh 31.6°C · Low 26.4°C · 257 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 Lākshām) is explained once on the Lākshām year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.