Climate averages 1991–2020
Bālurghāt weather
in May.
A hot, very wet month: the 2nd warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a hot month in Bālurghāt: daytime highs average 32.2°C and nights cool to about 24.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 270 mm of rain on roughly 22 days, which makes May a very wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 21 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Joypur Hāt (28 km away). In May its highs average 32.3°C, about as warm as Bālurghāt, with 284 mm of rain.
Among the 692 cities listed in India, Bālurghāt ranks joint 631st of 692 for the warmest May highs and joint 667th of 692 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 692 cities is 37.3°C; Bālurghāt is 5.1°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 0.6°C to 31.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 270 mm to 404 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
Bālurghāt climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 23.0°C12.1°C | 12.1°C | 14 | 1.9 | 10.811 h |
| February | 26.4°C14.5°C | 14.5°C | 17 | 2.4 | 11.311 h |
| March | 31.2°C19.0°C | 19.0°C | 26 | 4.0 | 12.012 h |
| April | 33.1°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 100 | 11.7 | 12.713 h |
| May, selected | 32.2°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 270 | 21.5 | 13.413 h |
| June | 31.6°C25.5°C | 25.5°C | 404 | 25.9 | 13.714 h |
| July | 31.2°C25.8°C | 25.8°C | 361 | 28.6 | 13.514 h |
| August | 31.2°C25.7°C | 25.7°C | 303 | 28.0 | 13.013 h |
| September | 30.8°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 282 | 25.0 | 12.312 h |
| October | 29.9°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 134 | 11.4 | 11.612 h |
| November | 27.7°C17.6°C | 17.6°C | 10 | 0.9 | 10.911 h |
| December | 24.5°C13.7°C | 13.7°C | 5.5 | 0.8 | 10.611 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
- Joypur Hāt in MayBangladesh · 28 kmHigh 32.3°C · Low 24.1°C · 284 mm rain
- Mohammadpur in MayBangladesh · 44 kmHigh 33.1°C · Low 24.6°C · 215 mm rain
- Dinajpur in MayBangladesh · 47 kmHigh 31.8°C · Low 23.6°C · 324 mm rain
- Pār Naogaon in MayBangladesh · 49 kmHigh 33.1°C · Low 24.5°C · 268 mm rain
- Shibganj in MayBangladesh · 60 kmHigh 32.0°C · Low 24.1°C · 326 mm rain
- Saidpur in MayBangladesh · 63 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 23.4°C · 366 mm rain
- Malda in MayIndia · 68 kmHigh 33.7°C · Low 24.8°C · 171 mm rain
- Bogra in MayBangladesh · 73 kmHigh 32.0°C · Low 24.1°C · 310 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 Bālurghāt) is explained once on the Bālurghāt year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.