Climate averages 1991–2020
Gaya weather
in May.
A very hot, fairly dry 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 Gaya: daytime highs average 39.4°C and nights cool to about 26.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 24 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes May a fairly dry month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 20 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Bagaha (Bihar, 24.53°N 85.06°E), India (30 km away). In May its highs average 39.4°C, about as warm as Gaya, with 23 mm of rain.
Among the 692 cities listed in India, Gaya ranks joint 236th of 692 for the warmest May highs and joint 338th of 692 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 692 cities is 37.3°C; Gaya is 2.1°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 2.9°C to 36.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 24 mm to 167 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
Gaya climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 22.5°C10.2°C | 10.2°C | 16 | 2.2 | 10.811 h |
| February | 26.7°C13.4°C | 13.4°C | 15 | 2.5 | 11.311 h |
| March | 32.9°C18.4°C | 18.4°C | 13 | 2.5 | 12.012 h |
| April | 38.3°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 8.8 | 3.2 | 12.713 h |
| May, selected | 39.4°C26.9°C | 26.9°C | 24 | 5.5 | 13.313 h |
| June | 36.5°C27.8°C | 27.8°C | 167 | 15.6 | 13.614 h |
| July | 32.0°C26.3°C | 26.3°C | 280 | 24.8 | 13.514 h |
| August | 31.5°C25.7°C | 25.7°C | 245 | 25.0 | 13.013 h |
| September | 30.9°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 184 | 19.6 | 12.312 h |
| October | 30.0°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 53 | 6.4 | 11.612 h |
| November | 27.3°C15.7°C | 15.7°C | 7.2 | 0.9 | 11.011 h |
| December | 23.7°C11.3°C | 11.3°C | 7.4 | 0.8 | 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
- Bagaha (Bihar, 24.53°N 85.06°E), India in MayIndia · 30 kmHigh 39.4°C · Low 27.0°C · 23 mm rain
- Jahānābād in MayIndia · 46 kmHigh 39.0°C · Low 26.7°C · 24 mm rain
- Nawāda in MayIndia · 55 kmHigh 38.8°C · Low 26.7°C · 38 mm rain
- Aurangābād in MayIndia · 64 kmHigh 39.8°C · Low 26.9°C · 14 mm rain
- Jhumri Telaiya in MayIndia · 67 kmHigh 37.3°C · Low 25.4°C · 39 mm rain
- Bihār Sharīf in MayIndia · 69 kmHigh 38.4°C · Low 26.4°C · 37 mm rain
- Madhurampur Dehri in MayIndia · 84 kmHigh 39.7°C · Low 26.9°C · 17 mm rain
- Patna in MayIndia · 90 kmHigh 38.0°C · Low 26.3°C · 33 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 Gaya) is explained once on the Gaya year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.