Climate averages 1991–2020

Bolpur weather
in May.

A very hot, wet month: the 2nd warmest and the 8th driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 35.8°C Daytime mean, May

Average low 26.2°C Night-time mean, May

Rainfall 141 mm 15 days with ≥1 mm

Daylight 13 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

May is a very hot month in Bolpur: daytime highs average 35.8°C and nights cool to about 26.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 141 mm of rain on roughly 15 days, which makes May a wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 16 min on an average May day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Durgapur (43 km away). In May its highs average 36.4°C, 0.6°C warmer than Bolpur, with 112 mm of rain.

Among the 692 cities listed in India, Bolpur ranks joint 516th of 692 for the warmest May highs and 627th of 692 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 692 cities is 37.3°C; Bolpur is 1.6°C cooler than that mean.

From May to June, average highs fall by 2.1°C to 33.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 141 mm to 262 mm.

The annual picture

May in context

30-year average

Average highAverage low°C

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Bolpur climate table

1991–2020

Monthly climate averages for Bolpur, 1991–2020
Month	Average highHigh / low	Average low	Rainfall mm/month	Rain days ≥1 mm/day	Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day
January	24.0°C12.5°C	12.5°C	13	2.2	10.911 h
February	27.8°C15.5°C	15.5°C	20	2.5	11.311 h
March	33.1°C20.2°C	20.2°C	21	3.4	12.012 h
April	36.4°C24.4°C	24.4°C	52	8.3	12.713 h
May, selected	35.8°C26.2°C	26.2°C	141	14.8	13.313 h
June	33.7°C26.7°C	26.7°C	262	22.3	13.614 h
July	31.7°C25.9°C	25.9°C	311	28.6	13.413 h
August	31.4°C25.7°C	25.7°C	262	27.5	13.013 h
September	31.1°C25.0°C	25.0°C	226	22.5	12.312 h
October	30.5°C22.7°C	22.7°C	98	9.9	11.612 h
November	28.3°C18.4°C	18.4°C	11	1.2	11.011 h
December	25.0°C14.1°C	14.1°C	10	1.0	10.711 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

Distance from Bolpur

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 limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Bolpur) is explained once on the Bolpur year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.