Climate averages 1991–2020
Aizawl weather
in May.
A warm, 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 warm month in Aizawl: daytime highs average 26.5°C and nights cool to about 17.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 224 mm of rain on roughly 22 days, which makes May a very wet month (the 8th 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 Silchar (122 km away). In May its highs average 30.3°C, 3.9°C warmer than Aizawl, with 417 mm of rain.
Among the 692 cities listed in India, Aizawl ranks 682nd of 692 for the warmest May highs and joint 657th of 692 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 692 cities is 37.3°C; Aizawl is 10.8°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 1.1°C to 25.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 224 mm to 297 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
Aizawl climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 19.0°C5.5°C | 5.5°C | 9.9 | 1.8 | 10.811 h |
| February | 21.7°C8.1°C | 8.1°C | 20 | 3.4 | 11.311 h |
| March | 25.3°C12.1°C | 12.1°C | 52 | 6.9 | 12.012 h |
| April | 27.2°C15.5°C | 15.5°C | 86 | 12.3 | 12.713 h |
| May, selected | 26.5°C17.6°C | 17.6°C | 224 | 22.3 | 13.313 h |
| June | 25.4°C18.8°C | 18.8°C | 297 | 27.6 | 13.614 h |
| July | 24.6°C18.8°C | 18.8°C | 306 | 29.4 | 13.413 h |
| August | 24.7°C18.7°C | 18.7°C | 303 | 29.6 | 13.013 h |
| September | 24.6°C18.1°C | 18.1°C | 261 | 27.3 | 12.312 h |
| October | 23.9°C16.0°C | 16.0°C | 158 | 20.6 | 11.612 h |
| November | 21.9°C11.5°C | 11.5°C | 40 | 5.3 | 11.011 h |
| December | 19.6°C7.1°C | 7.1°C | 14 | 1.5 | 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
- Silchar in MayIndia · 122 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 23.3°C · 417 mm rain
- Karnaphuli in MayBangladesh · 126 kmHigh 32.1°C · Low 25.1°C · 241 mm rain
- Rangamati in MayBangladesh · 132 kmHigh 32.3°C · Low 24.9°C · 241 mm rain
- Agartala in MayIndia · 147 kmHigh 31.6°C · Low 24.7°C · 325 mm rain
- Kalemyo in MayMyanmar · 150 kmHigh 34.4°C · Low 23.6°C · 233 mm rain
- Bibir Hat in MayBangladesh · 150 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 25.3°C · 303 mm rain
- Habiganj in MayBangladesh · 151 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 23.9°C · 502 mm rain
- Sylhet in MayBangladesh · 156 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 23.1°C · 759 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 Aizawl) is explained once on the Aizawl year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.