Climate averages 1991–2020
Alwar weather
in May.
A very hot, fairly dry month: the warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a very hot month in Alwar: daytime highs average 40.5°C and nights cool to about 26.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 19 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes May a fairly dry month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 30 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Rewāri (71 km away). In May its highs average 40.2°C, about as warm as Alwar, with 13 mm of rain.
Among the 692 cities listed in India, Alwar ranks joint 76th of 692 for the warmest May highs and joint 269th of 692 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 692 cities is 37.3°C; Alwar is 3.2°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 1.5°C to 39.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 19 mm to 68 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
Alwar climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 21.0°C8.5°C | 8.5°C | 15 | 2.2 | 10.611 h |
| February | 24.9°C11.3°C | 11.3°C | 14 | 2.3 | 11.211 h |
| March | 30.9°C16.3°C | 16.3°C | 13 | 2.7 | 12.012 h |
| April | 37.1°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 12 | 3.6 | 12.813 h |
| May, selected | 40.5°C26.5°C | 26.5°C | 19 | 5.8 | 13.513 h |
| June | 39.0°C28.7°C | 28.7°C | 68 | 10.3 | 13.914 h |
| July | 33.8°C27.0°C | 27.0°C | 181 | 19.3 | 13.714 h |
| August | 31.9°C25.7°C | 25.7°C | 219 | 19.6 | 13.113 h |
| September | 32.8°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 80 | 9.2 | 12.312 h |
| October | 32.7°C20.1°C | 20.1°C | 14 | 2.6 | 11.512 h |
| November | 27.8°C14.9°C | 14.9°C | 7.5 | 1.1 | 10.811 h |
| December | 22.9°C10.2°C | 10.2°C | 5.2 | 1.1 | 10.410 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
- Rewāri in MayIndia · 71 kmHigh 40.2°C · Low 26.1°C · 13 mm rain
- Narnaul in MayIndia · 74 kmHigh 40.2°C · Low 26.2°C · 16 mm rain
- Bhiwadi in MayIndia · 76 kmHigh 40.0°C · Low 26.0°C · 15 mm rain
- Dausa in MayIndia · 80 kmHigh 40.4°C · Low 26.5°C · 12 mm rain
- Bharatpur, India in MayIndia · 94 kmHigh 40.6°C · Low 26.5°C · 13 mm rain
- Palwal in MayIndia · 95 kmHigh 40.0°C · Low 25.9°C · 17 mm rain
- Hindaun in MayIndia · 101 kmHigh 40.9°C · Low 27.0°C · 10 mm rain
- Mathura in MayIndia · 103 kmHigh 40.2°C · Low 26.2°C · 14 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 Alwar) is explained once on the Alwar year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.