Climate averages 1991–2020
Anantnag weather
in May.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 5th warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a mild month in Anantnag: daytime highs average 20.6°C and nights cool to about 6.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 83 mm of rain on roughly 13 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 53 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Sopur (88 km away). In May its highs average 20.9°C, about as warm as Anantnag, with 65 mm of rain.
Among the 692 cities listed in India, Anantnag ranks 690th of 692 for the warmest May highs and joint 576th of 692 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 692 cities is 37.3°C; Anantnag is 16.7°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 2.9°C to 23.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 83 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
Anantnag climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 5.0°C-5.6°C | -5.6°C | 114 | 11.2 | 10.210 h |
| February | 6.3°C-3.3°C | -3.3°C | 149 | 13.3 | 11.011 h |
| March | 10.7°C-0.2°C | -0.2°C | 142 | 14.1 | 12.012 h |
| April | 16.4°C3.4°C | 3.4°C | 117 | 13.6 | 13.013 h |
| May, selected | 20.6°C6.9°C | 6.9°C | 83 | 12.7 | 13.914 h |
| June | 23.5°C11.2°C | 11.2°C | 68 | 10.5 | 14.414 h |
| July | 24.3°C15.9°C | 15.9°C | 142 | 16.8 | 14.214 h |
| August | 23.9°C15.7°C | 15.7°C | 129 | 15.5 | 13.413 h |
| September | 22.5°C11.3°C | 11.3°C | 62 | 7.0 | 12.412 h |
| October | 18.5°C4.7°C | 4.7°C | 27 | 4.1 | 11.411 h |
| November | 13.8°C-0.5°C | -0.5°C | 47 | 5.7 | 10.410 h |
| December | 8.8°C-3.8°C | -3.8°C | 66 | 7.6 | 10.010 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
- Sopur in MayIndia · 88 kmHigh 20.9°C · Low 10.5°C · 65 mm rain
- Udhampur in MayIndia · 90 kmHigh 32.3°C · Low 17.8°C · 66 mm rain
- Bāramūla in MayIndia · 92 kmHigh 21.8°C · Low 11.6°C · 147 mm rain
- Jammu in MayIndia · 114 kmHigh 35.9°C · Low 20.3°C · 30 mm rain
- New Mirpur City in MayPakistan · 145 kmHigh 35.6°C · Low 19.5°C · 45 mm rain
- Sialkot in MayPakistan · 149 kmHigh 37.0°C · Low 21.9°C · 28 mm rain
- Dhirkot in MayPakistan · 150 kmHigh 24.5°C · Low 10.8°C · 92 mm rain
- Jalalpur Jattan in MayPakistan · 150 kmHigh 37.1°C · Low 22.0°C · 33 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 Anantnag) is explained once on the Anantnag year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.