Climate averages 1991–2020
Bhimavaram weather
in May.
A very hot, fairly dry month: the warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a very hot month in Bhimavaram: daytime highs average 37.2°C and nights cool to about 28.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 30 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes May a fairly dry month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 54 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Palakollu (22 km away). In May its highs average 36.6°C, 0.6°C cooler than Bhimavaram, with 31 mm of rain.
Among the 692 cities listed in India, Bhimavaram ranks joint 449th of 692 for the warmest May highs and joint 386th of 692 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 692 cities is 37.3°C; Bhimavaram is 0.2°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 2.4°C to 34.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 30 mm to 152 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
Bhimavaram climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.9°C19.4°C | 19.4°C | 5.9 | 1.6 | 11.311 h |
| February | 30.7°C20.8°C | 20.8°C | 6.0 | 1.5 | 11.612 h |
| March | 33.2°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 5.7 | 1.2 | 12.012 h |
| April | 34.7°C26.2°C | 26.2°C | 13 | 1.9 | 12.513 h |
| May, selected | 37.2°C28.5°C | 28.5°C | 30 | 3.3 | 12.913 h |
| June | 34.7°C27.9°C | 27.9°C | 152 | 14.3 | 13.113 h |
| July | 32.0°C26.6°C | 26.6°C | 181 | 19.5 | 13.013 h |
| August | 31.1°C26.1°C | 26.1°C | 198 | 19.5 | 12.713 h |
| September | 31.0°C25.7°C | 25.7°C | 206 | 19.8 | 12.212 h |
| October | 30.4°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 145 | 17.5 | 11.812 h |
| November | 29.4°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 72 | 7.6 | 11.411 h |
| December | 28.8°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 18 | 2.0 | 11.211 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
- Palakollu in MayIndia · 22 kmHigh 36.6°C · Low 28.5°C · 31 mm rain
- Tanuku in MayIndia · 29 kmHigh 37.9°C · Low 28.2°C · 34 mm rain
- Tadepalligudem in MayIndia · 30 kmHigh 38.1°C · Low 28.2°C · 35 mm rain
- Eluru in MayIndia · 49 kmHigh 38.8°C · Low 28.4°C · 32 mm rain
- Machilīpatnam in MayIndia · 57 kmHigh 36.5°C · Low 28.9°C · 31 mm rain
- Gudivāda in MayIndia · 57 kmHigh 39.0°C · Low 28.7°C · 33 mm rain
- Rajamahendravaram in MayIndia · 58 kmHigh 38.0°C · Low 27.9°C · 35 mm rain
- Kākināda in MayIndia · 89 kmHigh 36.6°C · Low 28.5°C · 37 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 Bhimavaram) is explained once on the Bhimavaram year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.