Climate averages 1991–2020
Dimāpur weather
in May.
A hot, very wet month: the 4th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a hot month in Dimāpur: daytime highs average 29.3°C and nights cool to about 21.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 235 mm of rain on roughly 23 days, which makes May a very wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 24 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kohima (47 km away). In May its highs average 23.5°C, 5.9°C cooler than Dimāpur, with 304 mm of rain.
Among the 692 cities listed in India, Dimāpur ranks joint 672nd of 692 for the warmest May highs and 661st of 692 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 692 cities is 37.3°C; Dimāpur is 8.0°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 0.5°C to 29.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 235 mm to 249 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
Dimāpur climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 21.1°C10.8°C | 10.8°C | 22 | 4.4 | 10.711 h |
| February | 23.6°C12.7°C | 12.7°C | 40 | 5.8 | 11.311 h |
| March | 27.3°C16.0°C | 16.0°C | 85 | 9.7 | 12.012 h |
| April | 28.6°C18.9°C | 18.9°C | 203 | 16.3 | 12.813 h |
| May, selected | 29.3°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 235 | 23.2 | 13.413 h |
| June | 29.9°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 249 | 23.2 | 13.714 h |
| July | 29.6°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 238 | 23.1 | 13.614 h |
| August | 29.5°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 227 | 23.4 | 13.013 h |
| September | 29.0°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 189 | 20.8 | 12.312 h |
| October | 27.4°C20.4°C | 20.4°C | 102 | 13.6 | 11.612 h |
| November | 24.9°C15.9°C | 15.9°C | 23 | 4.0 | 10.911 h |
| December | 22.1°C12.3°C | 12.3°C | 13 | 2.2 | 10.611 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
- Kohima in MayIndia · 47 kmHigh 23.5°C · Low 15.3°C · 304 mm rain
- Jorhat in MayIndia · 106 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 22.8°C · 323 mm rain
- Nagaon in MayIndia · 116 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 23.1°C · 276 mm rain
- Tezpur in MayIndia · 122 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 22.8°C · 385 mm rain
- Imphal in MayIndia · 125 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 19.6°C · 167 mm rain
- Silchar in MayIndia · 152 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 23.3°C · 417 mm rain
- Shillong in MayIndia · 188 kmHigh 22.8°C · Low 16.5°C · 453 mm rain
- Guwahati in MayIndia · 200 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 23.1°C · 317 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 Dimāpur) is explained once on the Dimāpur year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.