Climate averages 1991–2020
Bānkura weather
in May.
A very hot, 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 very hot month in Bānkura: daytime highs average 36.9°C and nights cool to about 26.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 111 mm of rain on roughly 13 days, which makes May a wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 15 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Durgapur (40 km away). In May its highs average 36.4°C, about as warm as Bānkura, with 112 mm of rain.
Among the 692 cities listed in India, Bānkura ranks joint 458th of 692 for the warmest May highs and 599th of 692 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 692 cities is 37.3°C; Bānkura is 0.5°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 2.9°C to 34.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 111 mm to 232 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
Bānkura climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 24.1°C11.8°C | 11.8°C | 12 | 2.1 | 10.911 h |
| February | 28.0°C15.0°C | 15.0°C | 19 | 2.8 | 11.411 h |
| March | 33.5°C19.7°C | 19.7°C | 21 | 3.4 | 12.012 h |
| April | 37.1°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 40 | 7.9 | 12.713 h |
| May, selected | 36.9°C26.3°C | 26.3°C | 111 | 13.1 | 13.213 h |
| June | 34.0°C26.7°C | 26.7°C | 232 | 21.4 | 13.514 h |
| July | 31.2°C25.7°C | 25.7°C | 290 | 27.8 | 13.413 h |
| August | 30.8°C25.3°C | 25.3°C | 263 | 27.6 | 12.913 h |
| September | 30.7°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 207 | 21.4 | 12.312 h |
| October | 30.0°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 89 | 9.5 | 11.612 h |
| November | 27.9°C17.4°C | 17.4°C | 10 | 1.5 | 11.011 h |
| December | 24.8°C13.1°C | 13.1°C | 10 | 1.1 | 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
- Durgapur in MayIndia · 40 kmHigh 36.4°C · Low 26.0°C · 112 mm rain
- Rānīganj in MayIndia · 43 kmHigh 36.7°C · Low 26.0°C · 112 mm rain
- Āsansol in MayIndia · 51 kmHigh 36.8°C · Low 25.9°C · 97 mm rain
- Jāmuria in MayIndia · 53 kmHigh 36.5°C · Low 25.7°C · 97 mm rain
- Kulti in MayIndia · 60 kmHigh 36.9°C · Low 25.8°C · 84 mm rain
- Puruliya in MayIndia · 73 kmHigh 37.3°C · Low 25.7°C · 82 mm rain
- Bolpur in MayIndia · 80 kmHigh 35.8°C · Low 26.2°C · 141 mm rain
- Barddhamān in MayIndia · 80 kmHigh 35.8°C · Low 26.4°C · 138 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 Bānkura) is explained once on the Bānkura year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.