Climate averages 1991–2020
Guwahati weather
in May.
A hot, very wet month: the 6th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a hot month in Guwahati: daytime highs average 29.9°C and nights cool to about 23.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 317 mm of rain on roughly 27 days, which makes May a very wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 25 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Shillong (70 km away). In May its highs average 22.8°C, 7.1°C cooler than Guwahati, with 453 mm of rain.
Among the 692 cities listed in India, Guwahati ranks joint 662nd of 692 for the warmest May highs and 680th of 692 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 692 cities is 37.3°C; Guwahati is 7.5°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 0.5°C to 30.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 317 mm to 530 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
Guwahati climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 22.7°C12.5°C | 12.5°C | 11 | 2.6 | 10.711 h |
| February | 25.4°C14.5°C | 14.5°C | 23 | 4.6 | 11.311 h |
| March | 29.6°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 60 | 8.3 | 12.012 h |
| April | 30.0°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 163 | 18.8 | 12.813 h |
| May, selected | 29.9°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 317 | 27.0 | 13.413 h |
| June | 30.4°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 530 | 28.7 | 13.714 h |
| July | 30.6°C25.6°C | 25.6°C | 671 | 30.2 | 13.614 h |
| August | 30.9°C25.5°C | 25.5°C | 610 | 29.7 | 13.113 h |
| September | 30.3°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 392 | 26.0 | 12.312 h |
| October | 29.0°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 133 | 14.0 | 11.612 h |
| November | 26.7°C17.7°C | 17.7°C | 18 | 2.8 | 10.911 h |
| December | 24.0°C13.9°C | 13.9°C | 9.2 | 1.6 | 10.511 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
- Shillong in MayIndia · 70 kmHigh 22.8°C · Low 16.5°C · 453 mm rain
- Nagaon in MayIndia · 94 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 23.1°C · 276 mm rain
- Tezpur in MayIndia · 116 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 22.8°C · 385 mm rain
- Sunāmganj in MayBangladesh · 129 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 22.5°C · 751 mm rain
- Sylhet in MayBangladesh · 143 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 23.1°C · 759 mm rain
- Tura in MayIndia · 171 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 22.5°C · 473 mm rain
- Netrakona in MayBangladesh · 177 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 23.5°C · 528 mm rain
- Silchar in MayIndia · 184 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 23.3°C · 417 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 Guwahati) is explained once on the Guwahati year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.