Climate averages 1991–2020
Gorakhpur 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 Gorakhpur: daytime highs average 37.5°C and nights cool to about 25.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 29 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 27 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Deoria (50 km away). In May its highs average 37.7°C, about as warm as Gorakhpur, with 34 mm of rain.
Among the 692 cities listed in India, Gorakhpur ranks joint 423rd of 692 for the warmest May highs and joint 380th of 692 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 692 cities is 37.3°C; Gorakhpur is 0.2°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 2.1°C to 35.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 29 mm to 179 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
Gorakhpur climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 21.3°C9.9°C | 9.9°C | 19 | 2.3 | 10.711 h |
| February | 25.0°C12.8°C | 12.8°C | 23 | 2.8 | 11.211 h |
| March | 31.3°C17.6°C | 17.6°C | 16 | 2.1 | 12.012 h |
| April | 36.7°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 11 | 2.8 | 12.813 h |
| May, selected | 37.5°C25.9°C | 25.9°C | 29 | 5.5 | 13.413 h |
| June | 35.4°C26.9°C | 26.9°C | 179 | 15.3 | 13.814 h |
| July | 31.7°C26.2°C | 26.2°C | 334 | 26.7 | 13.614 h |
| August | 31.4°C25.9°C | 25.9°C | 275 | 26.7 | 13.113 h |
| September | 30.8°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 195 | 19.1 | 12.312 h |
| October | 30.2°C20.8°C | 20.8°C | 40 | 3.5 | 11.512 h |
| November | 27.6°C15.6°C | 15.6°C | 2.9 | 0.4 | 10.911 h |
| December | 23.3°C11.3°C | 11.3°C | 8.4 | 0.8 | 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
- Deoria in MayIndia · 50 kmHigh 37.7°C · Low 26.1°C · 34 mm rain
- Kushinagar in MayIndia · 52 kmHigh 37.4°C · Low 25.8°C · 42 mm rain
- Bastī in MayIndia · 65 kmHigh 38.2°C · Low 26.1°C · 27 mm rain
- Tāndā in MayIndia · 75 kmHigh 38.5°C · Low 26.3°C · 23 mm rain
- Azamgarh in MayIndia · 80 kmHigh 38.7°C · Low 26.6°C · 17 mm rain
- Bagaha (Bihar, 27.10°N 84.09°E), India in MayIndia · 81 kmHigh 36.0°C · Low 25.1°C · 56 mm rain
- Mau in MayIndia · 94 kmHigh 38.7°C · Low 26.6°C · 19 mm rain
- Butwāl in MayNepal · 103 kmHigh 34.6°C · Low 24.0°C · 127 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 Gorakhpur) is explained once on the Gorakhpur year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.