Climate averages 1991–2020
Ambikāpur weather
in May.
A very hot, fairly dry month: the warmest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a very hot month in Ambikāpur: daytime highs average 38.1°C and nights cool to about 24.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 16 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes May a fairly dry month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 14 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Chirmiri (86 km away). In May its highs average 38.8°C, 0.7°C warmer than Ambikāpur, with 11 mm of rain.
Among the 692 cities listed in India, Ambikāpur ranks joint 359th of 692 for the warmest May highs and joint 235th of 692 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 692 cities is 37.3°C; Ambikāpur is 0.8°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 4.7°C to 33.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 16 mm to 252 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
Ambikāpur climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 23.0°C9.9°C | 9.9°C | 18 | 2.6 | 10.911 h |
| February | 26.9°C13.0°C | 13.0°C | 21 | 3.2 | 11.411 h |
| March | 31.7°C17.2°C | 17.2°C | 24 | 4.1 | 12.012 h |
| April | 36.3°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 15 | 3.8 | 12.713 h |
| May, selected | 38.1°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 16 | 4.7 | 13.213 h |
| June | 33.4°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 252 | 19.0 | 13.514 h |
| July | 28.3°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 442 | 28.3 | 13.413 h |
| August | 27.7°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 392 | 28.6 | 12.913 h |
| September | 28.1°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 234 | 21.5 | 12.312 h |
| October | 28.0°C18.5°C | 18.5°C | 74 | 8.6 | 11.612 h |
| November | 25.8°C14.1°C | 14.1°C | 14 | 1.5 | 11.011 h |
| December | 23.2°C10.3°C | 10.3°C | 11 | 1.7 | 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
- Chirmiri in MayIndia · 86 kmHigh 38.8°C · Low 24.8°C · 11 mm rain
- Korba in MayIndia · 100 kmHigh 41.0°C · Low 27.4°C · 14 mm rain
- Singrauli in MayIndia · 131 kmHigh 39.5°C · Low 26.3°C · 12 mm rain
- Medininagar in MayIndia · 135 kmHigh 39.9°C · Low 26.0°C · 15 mm rain
- Raigarh in MayIndia · 137 kmHigh 40.7°C · Low 28.0°C · 26 mm rain
- Bilāspur in MayIndia · 157 kmHigh 41.5°C · Low 28.1°C · 13 mm rain
- Brajarajnagar in MayIndia · 163 kmHigh 39.8°C · Low 27.6°C · 24 mm rain
- Jharsuguda in MayIndia · 163 kmHigh 39.8°C · Low 27.3°C · 24 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 Ambikāpur) is explained once on the Ambikāpur year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.