Climate averages 1991–2020
Bilāspur weather
in May.
A very hot, very dry month: the warmest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a very hot month in Bilāspur: daytime highs average 41.5°C and nights cool to about 28.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 13 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes May a very dry month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 11 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Korba (63 km away). In May its highs average 41.0°C, about as warm as Bilāspur, with 14 mm of rain.
Among the 692 cities listed in India, Bilāspur ranks joint 12th of 692 for the warmest May highs and joint 196th of 692 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 692 cities is 37.3°C; Bilāspur is 4.2°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 5.4°C to 36.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 13 mm to 212 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
Bilāspur climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 26.3°C13.3°C | 13.3°C | 19 | 2.0 | 10.911 h |
| February | 30.0°C16.3°C | 16.3°C | 15 | 2.3 | 11.411 h |
| March | 35.0°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 16 | 2.9 | 12.012 h |
| April | 39.4°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 12 | 3.2 | 12.613 h |
| May, selected | 41.5°C28.1°C | 28.1°C | 13 | 3.6 | 13.213 h |
| June | 36.1°C27.4°C | 27.4°C | 212 | 17.5 | 13.513 h |
| July | 30.5°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 392 | 26.5 | 13.313 h |
| August | 29.8°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 400 | 26.5 | 12.913 h |
| September | 30.6°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 224 | 19.6 | 12.312 h |
| October | 30.5°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 60 | 6.5 | 11.712 h |
| November | 28.6°C16.7°C | 16.7°C | 10 | 1.4 | 11.111 h |
| December | 26.3°C13.3°C | 13.3°C | 8.5 | 1.1 | 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
- Korba in MayIndia · 63 kmHigh 41.0°C · Low 27.4°C · 14 mm rain
- Raipur in MayIndia · 109 kmHigh 41.1°C · Low 28.9°C · 16 mm rain
- Bhilai Charoda in MayIndia · 120 kmHigh 41.2°C · Low 29.0°C · 15 mm rain
- Bhilai in MayIndia · 123 kmHigh 41.2°C · Low 28.8°C · 15 mm rain
- Chirmiri in MayIndia · 125 kmHigh 38.8°C · Low 24.8°C · 11 mm rain
- Raigarh in MayIndia · 130 kmHigh 40.7°C · Low 28.0°C · 26 mm rain
- Durg in MayIndia · 134 kmHigh 41.2°C · Low 28.8°C · 15 mm rain
- Ambikāpur in MayIndia · 157 kmHigh 38.1°C · Low 24.8°C · 16 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 Bilāspur) is explained once on the Bilāspur year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.