Climate averages 1991–2020
Dārjiling weather
in May.
A mild, very wet month: the joint 4th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a mild month in Dārjiling: daytime highs average 19.7°C and nights cool to about 12.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 377 mm of rain on roughly 29 days, which makes May a very wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 28 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Siliguri (39 km away). In May its highs average 29.8°C, 10.2°C warmer than Dārjiling, with 231 mm of rain.
Among the 692 cities listed in India, Dārjiling ranks 692nd of 692 for the warmest May highs and 686th of 692 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 692 cities is 37.3°C; Dārjiling is 17.6°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 0.8°C to 20.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 377 mm to 618 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
Dārjiling climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 10.9°C2.6°C | 2.6°C | 33 | 7.1 | 10.611 h |
| February | 12.5°C3.8°C | 3.8°C | 71 | 12.6 | 11.211 h |
| March | 16.0°C6.2°C | 6.2°C | 137 | 18.7 | 12.012 h |
| April | 18.6°C9.2°C | 9.2°C | 222 | 22.8 | 12.813 h |
| May, selected | 19.7°C12.3°C | 12.3°C | 377 | 29.0 | 13.513 h |
| June | 20.5°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 618 | 29.4 | 13.814 h |
| July | 20.1°C16.0°C | 16.0°C | 864 | 30.6 | 13.714 h |
| August | 20.4°C15.8°C | 15.8°C | 548 | 29.7 | 13.113 h |
| September | 19.7°C14.5°C | 14.5°C | 416 | 27.3 | 12.312 h |
| October | 18.1°C10.8°C | 10.8°C | 164 | 19.1 | 11.512 h |
| November | 15.1°C7.1°C | 7.1°C | 35 | 7.8 | 10.811 h |
| December | 12.4°C4.2°C | 4.2°C | 17 | 3.9 | 10.510 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
- Siliguri in MayIndia · 39 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 22.1°C · 231 mm rain
- Gangtok in MayIndia · 47 kmHigh 20.2°C · Low 13.0°C · 283 mm rain
- Jalpāiguri in MayIndia · 74 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 22.8°C · 293 mm rain
- Dharān in MayNepal · 101 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 21.8°C · 127 mm rain
- Kishanganj in MayIndia · 108 kmHigh 31.8°C · Low 23.7°C · 215 mm rain
- Jaigaon in MayIndia · 112 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 22.3°C · 255 mm rain
- Thākurgaon in MayBangladesh · 113 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 23.3°C · 271 mm rain
- Biratnagar in MayNepal · 118 kmHigh 32.8°C · Low 24.2°C · 118 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 Dārjiling) is explained once on the Dārjiling year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.