Climate averages 1991–2020
Barddhamān 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 Barddhamān: daytime highs average 35.8°C and nights cool to about 26.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 138 mm of rain on roughly 14 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 Bolpur (48 km away). In May its highs average 35.8°C, about as warm as Barddhamān, with 141 mm of rain.
Among the 692 cities listed in India, Barddhamān ranks joint 516th of 692 for the warmest May highs and 624th of 692 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 692 cities is 37.3°C; Barddhamān is 1.5°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 2.3°C to 33.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 138 mm to 264 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
Barddhamān climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 24.3°C12.1°C | 12.1°C | 11 | 1.9 | 10.911 h |
| February | 28.0°C15.3°C | 15.3°C | 21 | 2.4 | 11.411 h |
| March | 33.1°C20.1°C | 20.1°C | 24 | 3.7 | 12.012 h |
| April | 36.3°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 55 | 9.6 | 12.713 h |
| May, selected | 35.8°C26.4°C | 26.4°C | 138 | 14.4 | 13.213 h |
| June | 33.5°C26.8°C | 26.8°C | 264 | 22.2 | 13.514 h |
| July | 31.5°C26.0°C | 26.0°C | 298 | 27.9 | 13.413 h |
| August | 31.2°C25.7°C | 25.7°C | 262 | 27.6 | 12.913 h |
| September | 30.9°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 221 | 22.6 | 12.312 h |
| October | 30.3°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 102 | 10.2 | 11.612 h |
| November | 28.3°C17.9°C | 17.9°C | 16 | 1.5 | 11.011 h |
| December | 25.2°C13.5°C | 13.5°C | 12 | 1.0 | 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
- Bolpur in MayIndia · 48 kmHigh 35.8°C · Low 26.2°C · 141 mm rain
- Kātoya in MayIndia · 52 kmHigh 35.2°C · Low 26.1°C · 177 mm rain
- Navadwīp in MayIndia · 55 kmHigh 34.8°C · Low 26.1°C · 180 mm rain
- Shāntipur in MayIndia · 59 kmHigh 35.0°C · Low 26.3°C · 169 mm rain
- Durgapur in MayIndia · 63 kmHigh 36.4°C · Low 26.0°C · 112 mm rain
- Krishnanagar in MayIndia · 67 kmHigh 34.7°C · Low 26.1°C · 189 mm rain
- Kānchrāpāra in MayIndia · 67 kmHigh 35.0°C · Low 26.5°C · 152 mm rain
- Shyamnagar in MayIndia · 70 kmHigh 35.1°C · Low 26.7°C · 134 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 Barddhamān) is explained once on the Barddhamān year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.