Climate averages 1991–2020
Rangpur weather
in May.
A hot, very wet month: the 6th 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 Rangpur: daytime highs average 30.6°C and nights cool to about 23.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 403 mm of rain on roughly 25 days, which makes May a very wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 23 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Saidpur (36 km away). In May its highs average 31.0°C, about as warm as Rangpur, with 366 mm of rain.
Among the 63 cities listed in Bangladesh, Rangpur ranks joint 59th of 63 for the warmest May highs and 54th of 63 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 63 cities is 32.0°C; Rangpur is 1.3°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 0.2°C to 30.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 403 mm to 514 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
Rangpur climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 23.4°C12.0°C | 12.0°C | 13 | 1.8 | 10.711 h |
| February | 26.4°C14.4°C | 14.4°C | 16 | 2.8 | 11.311 h |
| March | 31.0°C18.8°C | 18.8°C | 38 | 5.8 | 12.012 h |
| April | 31.6°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 162 | 15.7 | 12.713 h |
| May, selected | 30.6°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 403 | 25.0 | 13.413 h |
| June | 30.9°C25.1°C | 25.1°C | 514 | 28.4 | 13.714 h |
| July | 31.0°C25.7°C | 25.7°C | 432 | 29.2 | 13.614 h |
| August | 31.1°C25.7°C | 25.7°C | 365 | 28.6 | 13.013 h |
| September | 30.4°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 334 | 26.4 | 12.312 h |
| October | 29.5°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 154 | 13.1 | 11.612 h |
| November | 27.6°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 9.2 | 1.3 | 10.911 h |
| December | 24.9°C13.6°C | 13.6°C | 5.0 | 0.7 | 10.611 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
- Saidpur in MayBangladesh · 36 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 23.4°C · 366 mm rain
- Dinajpur in MayBangladesh · 63 kmHigh 31.8°C · Low 23.6°C · 324 mm rain
- Koch Bihār in MayIndia · 67 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 23.0°C · 561 mm rain
- Joypur Hāt in MayBangladesh · 75 kmHigh 32.3°C · Low 24.1°C · 284 mm rain
- Bālurghāt in MayIndia · 75 kmHigh 32.2°C · Low 24.1°C · 270 mm rain
- Shibganj in MayBangladesh · 83 kmHigh 32.0°C · Low 24.1°C · 326 mm rain
- Thākurgaon in MayBangladesh · 84 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 23.3°C · 271 mm rain
- Tura in MayIndia · 99 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 22.5°C · 473 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 Rangpur) is explained once on the Rangpur year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.