Climate averages 1991–2020
Bhavnagar weather
in May.
A very hot, very dry month: the warmest and the 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a very hot month in Bhavnagar: daytime highs average 35.5°C and nights cool to about 27.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Rain is very rare: less than 1 mm falls in a typical May (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 10 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Botad (68 km away). In May its highs average 41.9°C, 6.4°C warmer than Bhavnagar, with 2.0 mm of rain.
Among the 692 cities listed in India, Bhavnagar ranks joint 524th of 692 for the warmest May highs and 1st of 692 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 692 cities is 37.3°C; Bhavnagar is 1.8°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 under 1 mm to 90 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
Bhavnagar climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 26.3°C17.1°C | 17.1°C | 1.2 | 0.3 | 11.011 h |
| February | 28.3°C18.4°C | 18.4°C | 0.2 | 0.1 | 11.411 h |
| March | 31.9°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 0.7 | 0.1 | 12.012 h |
| April | 34.5°C25.3°C | 25.3°C | 0.3 | 0.0 | 12.613 h |
| May, selected | 35.5°C27.1°C | 27.1°C | 0.6 | 0.1 | 13.213 h |
| June | 33.6°C27.9°C | 27.9°C | 90 | 6.8 | 13.413 h |
| July | 30.6°C26.6°C | 26.6°C | 202 | 14.4 | 13.313 h |
| August | 29.7°C25.8°C | 25.8°C | 181 | 12.1 | 12.913 h |
| September | 30.7°C25.6°C | 25.6°C | 127 | 7.2 | 12.312 h |
| October | 32.5°C25.1°C | 25.1°C | 16 | 2.5 | 11.712 h |
| November | 30.6°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 3.1 | 0.5 | 11.111 h |
| December | 27.5°C18.7°C | 18.7°C | 3.6 | 0.2 | 10.811 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
- Botad in MayIndia · 68 kmHigh 41.9°C · Low 26.2°C · 2.0 mm rain
- Khambhāt in MayIndia · 78 kmHigh 38.9°C · Low 26.9°C · 0.7 mm rain
- Mahuva in MayIndia · 85 kmHigh 35.1°C · Low 26.6°C · 1.6 mm rain
- Bharūch in MayIndia · 86 kmHigh 38.2°C · Low 26.8°C · 1.5 mm rain
- Ankleshwar in MayIndia · 88 kmHigh 37.3°C · Low 26.7°C · 1.5 mm rain
- Surat in MayIndia · 94 kmHigh 34.2°C · Low 27.2°C · 2.3 mm rain
- Amreli in MayIndia · 99 kmHigh 40.0°C · Low 25.2°C · 2.4 mm rain
- Savarkundla in MayIndia · 100 kmHigh 39.9°C · Low 25.5°C · 3.8 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 Bhavnagar) is explained once on the Bhavnagar year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.