Climate averages 1991–2020
Contai weather
in May.
A very hot, wet month: the warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a very hot month in Contai: daytime highs average 34.2°C and nights cool to about 27.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 93 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes May a wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 10 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Haldia (49 km away). In May its highs average 34.0°C, about as warm as Contai, with 98 mm of rain.
Among the 692 cities listed in India, Contai ranks joint 581st of 692 for the warmest May highs and 586th of 692 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 692 cities is 37.3°C; Contai is 3.2°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 1.8°C to 32.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 93 mm to 256 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
Contai climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 25.3°C14.9°C | 14.9°C | 12 | 1.6 | 11.011 h |
| February | 28.4°C18.5°C | 18.5°C | 18 | 2.5 | 11.411 h |
| March | 32.3°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 22 | 2.8 | 12.012 h |
| April | 34.1°C26.4°C | 26.4°C | 41 | 5.1 | 12.613 h |
| May, selected | 34.2°C27.8°C | 27.8°C | 93 | 7.5 | 13.213 h |
| June | 32.3°C27.7°C | 27.7°C | 256 | 19.4 | 13.413 h |
| July | 30.5°C26.7°C | 26.7°C | 335 | 27.4 | 13.313 h |
| August | 30.2°C26.3°C | 26.3°C | 338 | 28.0 | 12.913 h |
| September | 30.2°C26.0°C | 26.0°C | 263 | 23.5 | 12.312 h |
| October | 29.8°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 158 | 13.2 | 11.712 h |
| November | 28.2°C19.7°C | 19.7°C | 43 | 2.7 | 11.111 h |
| December | 25.9°C15.7°C | 15.7°C | 9.9 | 0.9 | 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
- Haldia in MayIndia · 49 kmHigh 34.0°C · Low 27.5°C · 98 mm rain
- Kharagpur in MayIndia · 76 kmHigh 36.7°C · Low 27.0°C · 105 mm rain
- Medinīpur in MayIndia · 84 kmHigh 36.6°C · Low 26.9°C · 113 mm rain
- Uluberiya in MayIndia · 85 kmHigh 35.3°C · Low 27.1°C · 118 mm rain
- Budge Budge in MayIndia · 90 kmHigh 35.1°C · Low 27.1°C · 122 mm rain
- Balasore in MayIndia · 90 kmHigh 35.3°C · Low 27.5°C · 83 mm rain
- Maheshtala in MayIndia · 96 kmHigh 35.1°C · Low 27.1°C · 122 mm rain
- Rajpur Sonarpur in MayIndia · 102 kmHigh 34.8°C · Low 27.1°C · 128 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 Contai) is explained once on the Contai year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.