Climate averages 1991–2020
Bikaner weather
in May.
A very hot, very dry month: the 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 Bikaner: daytime highs average 41.2°C and nights cool to about 27.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 12 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes May a very dry month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 31 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Nāgaur (100 km away). In May its highs average 40.4°C, 0.8°C cooler than Bikaner, with 9.5 mm of rain.
Among the 692 cities listed in India, Bikaner ranks joint 19th of 692 for the warmest May highs and joint 179th of 692 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 692 cities is 37.3°C; Bikaner is 3.8°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 0.9°C to 40.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 12 mm to 28 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
Bikaner climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 21.2°C8.2°C | 8.2°C | 3.8 | 1.1 | 10.611 h |
| February | 25.3°C11.2°C | 11.2°C | 7.7 | 1.2 | 11.211 h |
| March | 31.4°C17.0°C | 17.0°C | 5.8 | 1.3 | 12.012 h |
| April | 37.4°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 5.9 | 1.4 | 12.813 h |
| May, selected | 41.2°C27.3°C | 27.3°C | 12 | 2.4 | 13.514 h |
| June | 40.3°C29.5°C | 29.5°C | 28 | 4.0 | 13.914 h |
| July | 36.8°C28.3°C | 28.3°C | 60 | 9.6 | 13.714 h |
| August | 35.3°C26.9°C | 26.9°C | 59 | 8.6 | 13.113 h |
| September | 36.1°C26.2°C | 26.2°C | 21 | 3.8 | 12.312 h |
| October | 34.7°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 8.3 | 1.0 | 11.512 h |
| November | 28.9°C15.4°C | 15.4°C | 2.0 | 0.3 | 10.811 h |
| December | 23.3°C9.9°C | 9.9°C | 2.8 | 0.5 | 10.410 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
- Nāgaur in MayIndia · 100 kmHigh 40.4°C · Low 26.8°C · 9.5 mm rain
- Sūjāngarh in MayIndia · 119 kmHigh 40.6°C · Low 26.5°C · 12 mm rain
- Sardārshahr in MayIndia · 124 kmHigh 41.0°C · Low 26.8°C · 14 mm rain
- Ratangarh in MayIndia · 128 kmHigh 40.6°C · Low 26.6°C · 13 mm rain
- Fort Abbas in MayPakistan · 138 kmHigh 41.3°C · Low 26.4°C · 10 mm rain
- Suratgarh in MayIndia · 156 kmHigh 40.5°C · Low 25.6°C · 15 mm rain
- Fatehpur (Rajasthan), India in MayIndia · 161 kmHigh 40.4°C · Low 26.3°C · 12 mm rain
- Chūru in MayIndia · 165 kmHigh 40.7°C · Low 26.6°C · 14 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 Bikaner) is explained once on the Bikaner year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.