Climate averages 1991–2020
Botad weather
in May.
A very hot, very 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 Botad: daytime highs average 41.9°C and nights cool to about 26.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 2.0 mm of rain on fewer than one day, which makes May a very dry month (the 6th 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 Surendranagar (62 km away). In May its highs average 40.9°C, 1.0°C cooler than Botad, with 1.6 mm of rain.
Among the 692 cities listed in India, Botad ranks joint 3rd of 692 for the warmest May highs and joint 26th of 692 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 692 cities is 37.3°C; Botad is 4.6°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 4.0°C to 37.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 2.0 mm to 93 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
Botad climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.3°C14.6°C | 14.6°C | 1.5 | 0.2 | 10.911 h |
| February | 31.2°C16.7°C | 16.7°C | 0.4 | 0.1 | 11.411 h |
| March | 36.0°C21.0°C | 21.0°C | 0.9 | 0.2 | 12.012 h |
| April | 40.1°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 1.8 | 0.6 | 12.613 h |
| May, selected | 41.9°C26.2°C | 26.2°C | 2.0 | 0.7 | 13.213 h |
| June | 37.9°C27.3°C | 27.3°C | 93 | 7.9 | 13.513 h |
| July | 32.5°C26.1°C | 26.1°C | 215 | 14.8 | 13.313 h |
| August | 31.2°C25.1°C | 25.1°C | 169 | 13.2 | 12.913 h |
| September | 32.6°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 130 | 9.0 | 12.312 h |
| October | 34.9°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 18 | 2.8 | 11.712 h |
| November | 32.5°C19.7°C | 19.7°C | 3.8 | 0.7 | 11.111 h |
| December | 29.3°C15.9°C | 15.9°C | 0.9 | 0.1 | 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
- Surendranagar in MayIndia · 62 kmHigh 40.9°C · Low 26.0°C · 1.6 mm rain
- Bhavnagar in MayIndia · 68 kmHigh 35.5°C · Low 27.1°C · 0.6 mm rain
- Amreli in MayIndia · 79 kmHigh 40.0°C · Low 25.2°C · 2.4 mm rain
- Rājkot in MayIndia · 91 kmHigh 39.4°C · Low 24.8°C · 2.2 mm rain
- Gondal in MayIndia · 92 kmHigh 39.3°C · Low 24.8°C · 2.3 mm rain
- Dhrāngadhra in MayIndia · 94 kmHigh 40.7°C · Low 25.9°C · 1.6 mm rain
- Khambhāt in MayIndia · 99 kmHigh 38.9°C · Low 26.9°C · 0.7 mm rain
- Savarkundla in MayIndia · 100 kmHigh 39.9°C · Low 25.5°C · 3.8 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 Botad) is explained once on the Botad year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.