Climate averages 1991–2020
Bargarh weather
in May.
A very hot, fairly dry month: the warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a very hot month in Bargarh: daytime highs average 41.1°C and nights cool to about 28.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 34 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes May a fairly dry month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 09 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Sambalpur (40 km away). In May its highs average 40.2°C, 0.9°C cooler than Bargarh, with 27 mm of rain.
Among the 692 cities listed in India, Bargarh ranks joint 25th of 692 for the warmest May highs and joint 430th of 692 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 692 cities is 37.3°C; Bargarh is 3.8°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 5.7°C to 35.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 34 mm to 247 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
Bargarh climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 27.4°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 16 | 1.9 | 11.011 h |
| February | 31.2°C17.8°C | 17.8°C | 11 | 1.8 | 11.411 h |
| March | 36.0°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 12 | 2.6 | 12.012 h |
| April | 39.7°C26.2°C | 26.2°C | 16 | 3.8 | 12.613 h |
| May, selected | 41.1°C28.9°C | 28.9°C | 34 | 4.8 | 13.113 h |
| June | 35.4°C27.5°C | 27.5°C | 247 | 18.4 | 13.413 h |
| July | 30.4°C25.2°C | 25.2°C | 431 | 26.6 | 13.313 h |
| August | 29.9°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 418 | 26.8 | 12.913 h |
| September | 30.6°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 246 | 21.5 | 12.312 h |
| October | 30.8°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 65 | 8.1 | 11.712 h |
| November | 29.3°C18.6°C | 18.6°C | 13 | 1.7 | 11.111 h |
| December | 27.2°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 9.7 | 1.0 | 10.911 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
- Sambalpur in MayIndia · 40 kmHigh 40.2°C · Low 28.1°C · 27 mm rain
- Brajarajnagar in MayIndia · 62 kmHigh 39.8°C · Low 27.6°C · 24 mm rain
- Raigarh in MayIndia · 67 kmHigh 40.7°C · Low 28.0°C · 26 mm rain
- Jharsuguda in MayIndia · 71 kmHigh 39.8°C · Low 27.3°C · 24 mm rain
- Balāngīr in MayIndia · 71 kmHigh 41.0°C · Low 29.1°C · 33 mm rain
- Korba in MayIndia · 147 kmHigh 41.0°C · Low 27.4°C · 14 mm rain
- Rourkela in MayIndia · 162 kmHigh 39.1°C · Low 26.7°C · 44 mm rain
- Bilāspur in MayIndia · 172 kmHigh 41.5°C · Low 28.1°C · 13 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 Bargarh) is explained once on the Bargarh year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.