Climate averages 1991–2020
Bhāgalpur weather
in May.
A very hot, moderately 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 Bhāgalpur: daytime highs average 35.5°C and nights cool to about 25.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 86 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes May a moderately 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 Jamālpur, India (49 km away). In May its highs average 36.4°C, 0.9°C warmer than Bhāgalpur, with 72 mm of rain.
Among the 692 cities listed in India, Bhāgalpur ranks joint 524th of 692 for the warmest May highs and 581st of 692 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 692 cities is 37.3°C; Bhāgalpur is 1.9°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 1.9°C to 33.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 86 mm to 220 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
Bhāgalpur climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 22.3°C11.0°C | 11.0°C | 17 | 2.1 | 10.811 h |
| February | 26.0°C13.8°C | 13.8°C | 17 | 2.4 | 11.311 h |
| March | 31.8°C18.6°C | 18.6°C | 21 | 2.6 | 12.012 h |
| April | 35.6°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 26 | 4.7 | 12.713 h |
| May, selected | 35.5°C25.2°C | 25.2°C | 86 | 11.2 | 13.413 h |
| June | 33.6°C26.3°C | 26.3°C | 220 | 20.4 | 13.714 h |
| July | 31.5°C26.1°C | 26.1°C | 301 | 27.4 | 13.514 h |
| August | 31.4°C25.9°C | 25.9°C | 261 | 26.3 | 13.013 h |
| September | 30.8°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 234 | 22.1 | 12.312 h |
| October | 29.8°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 75 | 8.3 | 11.612 h |
| November | 27.4°C16.9°C | 16.9°C | 6.0 | 0.8 | 10.911 h |
| December | 23.8°C12.6°C | 12.6°C | 6.4 | 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
- Jamālpur, India in MayIndia · 49 kmHigh 36.4°C · Low 25.5°C · 72 mm rain
- Munger in MayIndia · 52 kmHigh 36.1°C · Low 25.4°C · 72 mm rain
- Sāhibganj in MayIndia · 67 kmHigh 34.1°C · Low 25.0°C · 143 mm rain
- Katihar in MayIndia · 68 kmHigh 33.7°C · Low 24.5°C · 128 mm rain
- Purnia in MayIndia · 78 kmHigh 33.3°C · Low 24.2°C · 160 mm rain
- Saharsa in MayIndia · 80 kmHigh 35.2°C · Low 24.9°C · 82 mm rain
- Jamūī in MayIndia · 83 kmHigh 37.4°C · Low 26.0°C · 58 mm rain
- Begusarai in MayIndia · 86 kmHigh 37.1°C · Low 25.8°C · 64 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 Bhāgalpur) is explained once on the Bhāgalpur year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.