Climate averages 1991–2020
Arakkonam weather
in May.
A very hot, moderately wet month: the warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a very hot month in Arakkonam: daytime highs average 38.3°C and nights cool to about 27.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 46 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 43 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kanchipuram (28 km away). In May its highs average 38.1°C, about as warm as Arakkonam, with 45 mm of rain.
Among the 692 cities listed in India, Arakkonam ranks joint 339th of 692 for the warmest May highs and joint 486th of 692 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 692 cities is 37.3°C; Arakkonam is 1.0°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 2.2°C to 36.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 46 mm to 83 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
Arakkonam climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.8°C18.5°C | 18.5°C | 11 | 2.7 | 11.411 h |
| February | 31.6°C19.2°C | 19.2°C | 6.3 | 1.6 | 11.712 h |
| March | 34.8°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 10 | 1.6 | 12.112 h |
| April | 36.8°C25.3°C | 25.3°C | 19 | 3.4 | 12.412 h |
| May, selected | 38.3°C27.5°C | 27.5°C | 46 | 7.3 | 12.713 h |
| June | 36.1°C27.2°C | 27.2°C | 83 | 13.7 | 12.913 h |
| July | 34.7°C26.4°C | 26.4°C | 90 | 15.4 | 12.813 h |
| August | 33.8°C25.8°C | 25.8°C | 107 | 16.3 | 12.613 h |
| September | 33.2°C25.1°C | 25.1°C | 118 | 16.9 | 12.212 h |
| October | 31.1°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 174 | 18.5 | 11.812 h |
| November | 28.8°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 152 | 15.4 | 11.512 h |
| December | 27.7°C19.9°C | 19.9°C | 81 | 7.7 | 11.411 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
- Kanchipuram in MayIndia · 28 kmHigh 38.1°C · Low 27.5°C · 45 mm rain
- Rānipet in MayIndia · 41 kmHigh 38.2°C · Low 27.0°C · 59 mm rain
- Avadi in MayIndia · 48 kmHigh 37.7°C · Low 27.9°C · 42 mm rain
- Maraimalainagar in MayIndia · 50 kmHigh 36.7°C · Low 27.8°C · 41 mm rain
- Tambaram in MayIndia · 53 kmHigh 36.6°C · Low 28.0°C · 38 mm rain
- Pallāvaram in MayIndia · 54 kmHigh 36.2°C · Low 28.0°C · 38 mm rain
- Vellore in MayIndia · 61 kmHigh 37.8°C · Low 26.6°C · 59 mm rain
- Chittoor in MayIndia · 64 kmHigh 37.2°C · Low 26.0°C · 57 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 Arakkonam) is explained once on the Arakkonam year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.