Climate averages 1991–2020
Amritsar 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 Amritsar: daytime highs average 38.8°C and nights cool to about 23.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 23 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes May a fairly dry month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 45 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Batāla (37 km away). In May its highs average 37.9°C, 0.9°C cooler than Amritsar, with 30 mm of rain.
Among the 692 cities listed in India, Amritsar ranks joint 298th of 692 for the warmest May highs and joint 332nd of 692 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 692 cities is 37.3°C; Amritsar is 1.5°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 0.3°C to 38.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 23 mm to 80 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
Amritsar climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 17.5°C6.1°C | 6.1°C | 42 | 4.9 | 10.310 h |
| February | 20.5°C8.4°C | 8.4°C | 66 | 6.3 | 11.011 h |
| March | 26.1°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 56 | 6.2 | 12.012 h |
| April | 33.3°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 31 | 5.3 | 12.913 h |
| May, selected | 38.8°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 23 | 6.5 | 13.714 h |
| June | 38.5°C26.5°C | 26.5°C | 80 | 10.1 | 14.214 h |
| July | 33.8°C26.2°C | 26.2°C | 194 | 20.3 | 14.014 h |
| August | 32.5°C25.5°C | 25.5°C | 171 | 20.1 | 13.313 h |
| September | 32.4°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 73 | 8.9 | 12.412 h |
| October | 30.9°C18.0°C | 18.0°C | 14 | 2.2 | 11.411 h |
| November | 25.6°C12.5°C | 12.5°C | 14 | 1.6 | 10.611 h |
| December | 20.2°C7.6°C | 7.6°C | 17 | 2.2 | 10.110 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
- Batāla in MayIndia · 37 kmHigh 37.9°C · Low 22.6°C · 30 mm rain
- Lahore in MayPakistan · 50 kmHigh 39.1°C · Low 23.9°C · 20 mm rain
- Narowal in MayPakistan · 53 kmHigh 37.6°C · Low 22.6°C · 27 mm rain
- Model Town in MayPakistan · 54 kmHigh 38.9°C · Low 24.0°C · 20 mm rain
- Kapurthala Town in MayIndia · 55 kmHigh 38.4°C · Low 23.2°C · 26 mm rain
- Kahna Nau in MayPakistan · 56 kmHigh 39.2°C · Low 24.1°C · 20 mm rain
- Muridke in MayPakistan · 62 kmHigh 39.0°C · Low 23.9°C · 23 mm rain
- Gurdaspur in MayIndia · 68 kmHigh 37.3°C · Low 21.9°C · 26 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 Amritsar) is explained once on the Amritsar year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.