Climate averages 1991–2020
Gudiyatham weather
in May.
A very hot, moderately wet month: the warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a very hot month in Gudiyatham: daytime highs average 37.3°C and nights cool to about 26.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 72 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 43 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Ambur (24 km away). In May its highs average 36.9°C, about as warm as Gudiyatham, with 78 mm of rain.
Among the 692 cities listed in India, Gudiyatham ranks joint 437th of 692 for the warmest May highs and joint 553rd of 692 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 692 cities is 37.3°C; Gudiyatham is 0.1°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 3.1°C to 34.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 72 mm to 87 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
Gudiyatham climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.3°C17.4°C | 17.4°C | 5.8 | 2.0 | 11.511 h |
| February | 31.5°C18.7°C | 18.7°C | 5.3 | 1.2 | 11.712 h |
| March | 34.9°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 12 | 2.2 | 12.112 h |
| April | 36.7°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 24 | 4.1 | 12.412 h |
| May, selected | 37.3°C26.0°C | 26.0°C | 72 | 11.7 | 12.713 h |
| June | 34.2°C25.4°C | 25.4°C | 87 | 13.4 | 12.913 h |
| July | 33.1°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 82 | 12.7 | 12.813 h |
| August | 32.6°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 92 | 13.9 | 12.613 h |
| September | 32.3°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 135 | 15.7 | 12.212 h |
| October | 30.2°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 152 | 18.1 | 11.912 h |
| November | 28.0°C20.1°C | 20.1°C | 105 | 12.2 | 11.512 h |
| December | 26.9°C17.9°C | 17.9°C | 53 | 6.0 | 11.411 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
- Ambur in MayIndia · 24 kmHigh 36.9°C · Low 25.6°C · 78 mm rain
- Vellore in MayIndia · 28 kmHigh 37.8°C · Low 26.6°C · 59 mm rain
- Chittoor in MayIndia · 38 kmHigh 37.2°C · Low 26.0°C · 57 mm rain
- Vaniyambadi in MayIndia · 40 kmHigh 36.5°C · Low 25.3°C · 91 mm rain
- Rānipet in MayIndia · 50 kmHigh 38.2°C · Low 27.0°C · 59 mm rain
- Robertsonpet in MayIndia · 65 kmHigh 32.8°C · Low 22.1°C · 96 mm rain
- Madanapalle in MayIndia · 78 kmHigh 34.8°C · Low 23.8°C · 76 mm rain
- Tiruvannamalai in MayIndia · 83 kmHigh 37.6°C · Low 26.7°C · 62 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 Gudiyatham) is explained once on the Gudiyatham year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.