Climate averages 1991–2020
Bhubaneswar weather
in May.
A very hot, moderately wet 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 Bhubaneswar: daytime highs average 36.9°C and nights cool to about 27.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 55 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 05 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Cuttack (22 km away). In May its highs average 37.4°C, about as warm as Bhubaneswar, with 70 mm of rain.
Among the 692 cities listed in India, Bhubaneswar ranks joint 458th of 692 for the warmest May highs and joint 508th of 692 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 692 cities is 37.3°C; Bhubaneswar is 0.4°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 3.2°C to 33.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 55 mm to 232 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
Bhubaneswar climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 27.0°C15.5°C | 15.5°C | 11 | 1.7 | 11.111 h |
| February | 30.7°C18.9°C | 18.9°C | 17 | 2.4 | 11.511 h |
| March | 34.6°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 19 | 4.0 | 12.012 h |
| April | 36.5°C25.7°C | 25.7°C | 25 | 5.7 | 12.613 h |
| May, selected | 36.9°C27.4°C | 27.4°C | 55 | 6.1 | 13.113 h |
| June | 33.7°C27.2°C | 27.2°C | 232 | 18.7 | 13.313 h |
| July | 30.9°C26.0°C | 26.0°C | 388 | 27.7 | 13.213 h |
| August | 30.4°C25.6°C | 25.6°C | 369 | 28.0 | 12.813 h |
| September | 30.7°C25.2°C | 25.2°C | 260 | 24.8 | 12.312 h |
| October | 30.1°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 146 | 15.1 | 11.712 h |
| November | 28.5°C19.4°C | 19.4°C | 34 | 3.4 | 11.211 h |
| December | 26.6°C15.6°C | 15.6°C | 13 | 1.5 | 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
- Cuttack in MayIndia · 22 kmHigh 37.4°C · Low 27.5°C · 70 mm rain
- Puri in MayIndia · 53 kmHigh 34.6°C · Low 27.9°C · 44 mm rain
- Parādīp Garh in MayIndia · 81 kmHigh 33.9°C · Low 28.1°C · 71 mm rain
- Bhadrak in MayIndia · 112 kmHigh 37.3°C · Low 27.2°C · 91 mm rain
- Brahmapur in MayIndia · 153 kmHigh 35.5°C · Low 27.6°C · 51 mm rain
- Balasore in MayIndia · 177 kmHigh 35.3°C · Low 27.5°C · 83 mm rain
- Baripāda in MayIndia · 207 kmHigh 36.9°C · Low 26.5°C · 90 mm rain
- Sambalpur in MayIndia · 234 kmHigh 40.2°C · Low 28.1°C · 27 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 Bhubaneswar) is explained once on the Bhubaneswar year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.