Climate averages 1991–2020
Dehradun weather
in May.
A hot, fairly dry month: the warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a hot month in Dehradun: daytime highs average 33.8°C and nights cool to about 19.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 32 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes May a fairly dry month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 40 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Haridwar (44 km away). In May its highs average 37.2°C, 3.4°C warmer than Dehradun, with 34 mm of rain.
Among the 692 cities listed in India, Dehradun ranks joint 594th of 692 for the warmest May highs and joint 408th of 692 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 692 cities is 37.3°C; Dehradun is 3.5°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 1.2°C to 32.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 32 mm to 133 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
Dehradun climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 17.1°C4.0°C | 4.0°C | 44 | 5.0 | 10.410 h |
| February | 19.8°C6.3°C | 6.3°C | 59 | 6.3 | 11.111 h |
| March | 24.8°C10.1°C | 10.1°C | 42 | 5.9 | 12.012 h |
| April | 30.6°C15.0°C | 15.0°C | 27 | 5.4 | 12.913 h |
| May, selected | 33.8°C19.1°C | 19.1°C | 32 | 7.5 | 13.714 h |
| June | 32.6°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 133 | 14.2 | 14.114 h |
| July | 28.8°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 419 | 28.4 | 13.914 h |
| August | 28.1°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 414 | 28.3 | 13.213 h |
| September | 27.7°C19.7°C | 19.7°C | 178 | 17.9 | 12.412 h |
| October | 26.4°C14.0°C | 14.0°C | 16 | 2.7 | 11.511 h |
| November | 22.7°C9.3°C | 9.3°C | 4.5 | 1.2 | 10.711 h |
| December | 18.9°C5.5°C | 5.5°C | 15 | 2.2 | 10.210 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
- Haridwar in MayIndia · 44 kmHigh 37.2°C · Low 22.2°C · 34 mm rain
- Roorkee in MayIndia · 53 kmHigh 37.5°C · Low 22.5°C · 23 mm rain
- Sahāranpur in MayIndia · 61 kmHigh 38.2°C · Low 23.2°C · 33 mm rain
- Jagādhri in MayIndia · 72 kmHigh 37.7°C · Low 22.9°C · 31 mm rain
- Yamuna Nagar in MayIndia · 75 kmHigh 38.3°C · Low 23.5°C · 31 mm rain
- Deoband in MayIndia · 78 kmHigh 38.4°C · Low 24.0°C · 30 mm rain
- Najībābād in MayIndia · 85 kmHigh 37.8°C · Low 22.8°C · 23 mm rain
- Muzaffarnagar in MayIndia · 100 kmHigh 38.6°C · Low 24.4°C · 25 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 Dehradun) is explained once on the Dehradun year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.