Climate averages 1991–2020

Gurdaspur weather
in May.

A very hot, fairly dry month: one of the warmest and the 3rd driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 37.3°C Daytime mean, May
Average low 21.9°C Night-time mean, May
Rainfall 26 mm 6 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 14 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
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May is a very hot month in Gurdaspur: daytime highs average 37.3°C and nights cool to about 21.9°C. By daytime temperature it is one of the warmest months of the year.

Expect about 26 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes May a fairly dry month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 47 min on an average May day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Batāla (32 km away). In May its highs average 37.9°C, 0.6°C warmer than Gurdaspur, with 30 mm of rain.

Among the 692 cities listed in India, Gurdaspur ranks joint 437th of 692 for the warmest May highs and joint 354th of 692 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 692 cities is 37.3°C; Gurdaspur is level with that mean.

From May to June, average highs stay level at 37.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 26 mm to 89 mm.

The annual picture

May in context

30-year average
Average highAverage low°C
Average daily high and low temperatures by month The same values are available in the monthly table below. Lines show mean daily maxima and minima, not a forecast interval. 0510152025303540 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm
Average monthly rainfall totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 3000

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Gurdaspur climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Gurdaspur, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 17.3°C6.4°C6.4°C776.710.310 h
February 20.0°C8.5°C8.5°C1097.511.011 h
March 25.4°C12.1°C12.1°C927.312.012 h
April 32.1°C16.9°C16.9°C496.312.913 h
May, selected 37.3°C21.9°C21.9°C266.113.814 h
June 37.3°C25.5°C25.5°C898.914.214 h
July 32.8°C25.8°C25.8°C25921.814.014 h
August 31.6°C25.1°C25.1°C22021.913.313 h
September 31.3°C22.8°C22.8°C909.512.412 h
October 29.9°C16.9°C16.9°C182.011.411 h
November 24.9°C12.1°C12.1°C222.310.611 h
December 19.7°C7.8°C7.8°C353.510.110 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

Distance from Gurdaspur

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 limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Gurdaspur) is explained once on the Gurdaspur year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.