Climate averages 1991–2020
Chikmagalūr weather
in May.
A hot, wet month: the 3rd warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a hot month in Chikmagalūr: daytime highs average 29.7°C and nights cool to about 20.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 130 mm of rain on roughly 19 days, which makes May a wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 44 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Hassan (49 km away). In May its highs average 29.8°C, about as warm as Chikmagalūr, with 113 mm of rain.
Among the 692 cities listed in India, Chikmagalūr ranks joint 668th of 692 for the warmest May highs and 619th of 692 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 692 cities is 37.3°C; Chikmagalūr is 7.6°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 4.7°C to 25.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 130 mm to 250 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
Chikmagalūr climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 27.5°C14.4°C | 14.4°C | 6.0 | 1.2 | 11.411 h |
| February | 29.5°C16.0°C | 16.0°C | 11 | 1.7 | 11.712 h |
| March | 31.7°C18.5°C | 18.5°C | 23 | 3.5 | 12.112 h |
| April | 31.6°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 66 | 11.7 | 12.412 h |
| May, selected | 29.7°C20.7°C | 20.7°C | 130 | 19.0 | 12.713 h |
| June | 25.0°C20.1°C | 20.1°C | 250 | 26.5 | 12.913 h |
| July | 23.4°C19.4°C | 19.4°C | 315 | 29.4 | 12.813 h |
| August | 23.7°C19.2°C | 19.2°C | 234 | 28.5 | 12.613 h |
| September | 25.0°C19.0°C | 19.0°C | 163 | 22.4 | 12.212 h |
| October | 25.4°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 180 | 18.9 | 11.812 h |
| November | 25.4°C16.8°C | 16.8°C | 69 | 8.7 | 11.512 h |
| December | 25.9°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 17 | 3.2 | 11.411 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
- Hassan in MayIndia · 49 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 20.7°C · 113 mm rain
- Bhadrāvati in MayIndia · 59 kmHigh 32.2°C · Low 22.7°C · 71 mm rain
- Shivamogga in MayIndia · 71 kmHigh 32.5°C · Low 22.7°C · 67 mm rain
- Mangaluru in MayIndia · 109 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 26.3°C · 175 mm rain
- Udupi in MayIndia · 111 kmHigh 32.0°C · Low 26.1°C · 159 mm rain
- Chitradurga in MayIndia · 121 kmHigh 33.8°C · Low 22.7°C · 56 mm rain
- Davangere in MayIndia · 128 kmHigh 34.4°C · Low 23.3°C · 57 mm rain
- Harihar in MayIndia · 132 kmHigh 34.5°C · Low 23.5°C · 56 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 Chikmagalūr) is explained once on the Chikmagalūr year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.