Climate averages 1991–2020

Bārmer weather
in May.

A very hot, very dry month: the warmest and the 7th driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 40.7°C Daytime mean, May
Average low 25.7°C Night-time mean, May
Rainfall 4.9 mm 1 day with ≥1 mm
Daylight 13 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
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May is a very hot month in Bārmer: daytime highs average 40.7°C and nights cool to about 25.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.

Expect about 4.9 mm of rain on roughly 1 day, which makes May a very dry month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 23 min on an average May day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Balotra (85 km away). In May its highs average 41.0°C, about as warm as Bārmer, with 4.8 mm of rain.

Among the 692 cities listed in India, Bārmer ranks joint 53rd of 692 for the warmest May highs and joint 68th of 692 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 692 cities is 37.3°C; Bārmer is 3.4°C warmer than that mean.

From May to June, average highs fall by 1.6°C to 39.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 4.9 mm to 20 mm.

The annual picture

May in context

30-year average
Average highAverage low°C
Average daily high and low temperatures by month The same values are available in the monthly table below. Lines show mean daily maxima and minima, not a forecast interval. 51015202530354045 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm
Average monthly rainfall totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 1000

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Bārmer climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Bārmer, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 24.1°C10.5°C10.5°C2.40.610.711 h
February 27.6°C13.0°C13.0°C2.80.511.311 h
March 33.2°C18.3°C18.3°C1.80.612.012 h
April 38.2°C23.0°C23.0°C1.70.612.713 h
May, selected 40.7°C25.7°C25.7°C4.91.013.413 h
June 39.1°C27.2°C27.2°C202.313.714 h
July 35.1°C26.4°C26.4°C877.513.614 h
August 33.2°C25.2°C25.2°C888.513.013 h
September 34.8°C24.7°C24.7°C354.412.312 h
October 35.4°C22.4°C22.4°C111.211.612 h
November 30.6°C17.0°C17.0°C1.80.310.911 h
December 25.9°C12.0°C12.0°C0.60.210.611 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

Distance from Bārmer

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 limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Bārmer) is explained once on the Bārmer year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.