Climate averages 1991–2020
Durg weather
in May.
A very hot, fairly dry month: the warmest and the joint 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a very hot month in Durg: daytime highs average 41.2°C and nights cool to about 28.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 15 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes May a fairly dry month (the joint 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 08 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Bhilai (16 km away). In May its highs average 41.2°C, about as warm as Durg, with 15 mm of rain.
Among the 692 cities listed in India, Durg ranks joint 19th of 692 for the warmest May highs and joint 221st of 692 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 692 cities is 37.3°C; Durg is 3.9°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 5.6°C to 35.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 15 mm to 187 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
Durg climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 26.3°C13.6°C | 13.6°C | 15 | 1.8 | 11.011 h |
| February | 30.0°C16.4°C | 16.4°C | 11 | 2.0 | 11.411 h |
| March | 34.7°C20.6°C | 20.6°C | 14 | 2.8 | 12.012 h |
| April | 38.9°C25.3°C | 25.3°C | 12 | 3.4 | 12.613 h |
| May, selected | 41.2°C28.8°C | 28.8°C | 15 | 3.3 | 13.113 h |
| June | 35.6°C27.4°C | 27.4°C | 187 | 16.1 | 13.413 h |
| July | 29.8°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 379 | 24.4 | 13.313 h |
| August | 29.0°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 357 | 24.8 | 12.913 h |
| September | 30.2°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 212 | 18.9 | 12.312 h |
| October | 30.2°C21.2°C | 21.2°C | 56 | 6.9 | 11.712 h |
| November | 28.2°C17.0°C | 17.0°C | 9.4 | 1.3 | 11.111 h |
| December | 26.2°C13.5°C | 13.5°C | 7.6 | 1.1 | 10.911 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
- Bhilai in MayIndia · 16 kmHigh 41.2°C · Low 28.8°C · 15 mm rain
- Bhilai Charoda in MayIndia · 19 kmHigh 41.2°C · Low 29.0°C · 15 mm rain
- Rāj-Nāndgaon in MayIndia · 28 kmHigh 40.7°C · Low 28.9°C · 13 mm rain
- Raipur in MayIndia · 37 kmHigh 41.1°C · Low 28.9°C · 16 mm rain
- Dhamtari in MayIndia · 61 kmHigh 40.7°C · Low 28.8°C · 16 mm rain
- Gondiā in MayIndia · 116 kmHigh 40.7°C · Low 28.2°C · 6.7 mm rain
- Bālāghāt in MayIndia · 132 kmHigh 41.2°C · Low 27.5°C · 7.4 mm rain
- Bilāspur in MayIndia · 134 kmHigh 41.5°C · Low 28.1°C · 13 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 Durg) is explained once on the Durg year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.