Climate averages 1991–2020
Rajshahi 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 Rajshahi: daytime highs average 33.8°C and nights cool to about 25.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 193 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 19 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Puthia (24 km away). In May its highs average 33.5°C, about as warm as Rajshahi, with 220 mm of rain.
Among the 63 cities listed in Bangladesh, Rajshahi ranks 3rd of 63 for the warmest May highs and 4th of 63 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 63 cities is 32.0°C; Rajshahi is 1.8°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 1.3°C to 32.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 193 mm to 313 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
Rajshahi climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 23.4°C12.4°C | 12.4°C | 11 | 2.0 | 10.811 h |
| February | 27.0°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 20 | 2.6 | 11.311 h |
| March | 32.0°C19.6°C | 19.6°C | 28 | 3.6 | 12.012 h |
| April | 34.6°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 74 | 9.4 | 12.713 h |
| May, selected | 33.8°C25.2°C | 25.2°C | 193 | 18.0 | 13.313 h |
| June | 32.5°C26.2°C | 26.2°C | 313 | 23.6 | 13.614 h |
| July | 31.3°C26.0°C | 26.0°C | 307 | 27.6 | 13.513 h |
| August | 31.3°C25.9°C | 25.9°C | 253 | 27.3 | 13.013 h |
| September | 31.0°C25.2°C | 25.2°C | 244 | 23.1 | 12.312 h |
| October | 30.2°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 112 | 10.5 | 11.612 h |
| November | 28.0°C18.1°C | 18.1°C | 15 | 1.3 | 11.011 h |
| December | 24.8°C14.2°C | 14.2°C | 9.4 | 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
- Puthia in MayBangladesh · 24 kmHigh 33.5°C · Low 25.1°C · 220 mm rain
- Natore in MayBangladesh · 39 kmHigh 33.3°C · Low 24.9°C · 263 mm rain
- Nawābganj, Bangladesh in MayBangladesh · 41 kmHigh 34.0°C · Low 25.3°C · 166 mm rain
- Baharampur in MayIndia · 46 kmHigh 34.6°C · Low 25.7°C · 174 mm rain
- Jangipur in MayIndia · 54 kmHigh 34.4°C · Low 25.5°C · 147 mm rain
- Ishwardi in MayBangladesh · 54 kmHigh 33.3°C · Low 25.3°C · 243 mm rain
- Mohammadpur in MayBangladesh · 59 kmHigh 33.1°C · Low 24.6°C · 215 mm rain
- Pār Naogaon in MayBangladesh · 59 kmHigh 33.1°C · Low 24.5°C · 268 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 Rajshahi) is explained once on the Rajshahi year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.