Climate averages 1991–2020
Narayanganj 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 Narayanganj: daytime highs average 31.9°C and nights cool to about 25.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 295 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 16 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Sonārgaon (12 km away). In May its highs average 31.9°C, about as warm as Narayanganj, with 316 mm of rain.
Among the 63 cities listed in Bangladesh, Narayanganj ranks joint 33rd of 63 for the warmest May highs and 31st of 63 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 63 cities is 32.0°C; Narayanganj is 0.1°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 0.9°C to 31.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 295 mm to 340 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
Narayanganj climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 24.1°C13.8°C | 13.8°C | 6.9 | 1.1 | 10.911 h |
| February | 27.3°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 19 | 3.1 | 11.411 h |
| March | 31.5°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 65 | 6.0 | 12.012 h |
| April | 32.4°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 157 | 13.3 | 12.713 h |
| May, selected | 31.9°C25.5°C | 25.5°C | 295 | 21.0 | 13.313 h |
| June | 31.0°C26.2°C | 26.2°C | 340 | 26.1 | 13.614 h |
| July | 30.3°C25.9°C | 25.9°C | 355 | 29.2 | 13.413 h |
| August | 30.5°C25.8°C | 25.8°C | 274 | 28.8 | 13.013 h |
| September | 30.5°C25.4°C | 25.4°C | 259 | 24.9 | 12.312 h |
| October | 30.0°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 138 | 14.8 | 11.612 h |
| November | 27.9°C19.5°C | 19.5°C | 27 | 2.3 | 11.011 h |
| December | 25.1°C15.5°C | 15.5°C | 9.9 | 1.0 | 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
- Sonārgaon in MayBangladesh · 12 kmHigh 31.9°C · Low 25.3°C · 316 mm rain
- Dhaka in MayBangladesh · 15 kmHigh 32.0°C · Low 25.3°C · 316 mm rain
- Kafrul in MayBangladesh · 23 kmHigh 32.1°C · Low 25.2°C · 286 mm rain
- Tungi in MayBangladesh · 33 kmHigh 32.0°C · Low 25.0°C · 366 mm rain
- Savar in MayBangladesh · 37 kmHigh 32.1°C · Low 25.2°C · 286 mm rain
- Narsingdi in MayBangladesh · 41 kmHigh 31.8°C · Low 24.9°C · 388 mm rain
- Gazipur in MayBangladesh · 44 kmHigh 32.0°C · Low 24.7°C · 366 mm rain
- Chāndpur in MayBangladesh · 46 kmHigh 31.8°C · Low 25.8°C · 282 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 Narayanganj) is explained once on the Narayanganj year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.