Climate averages 1991–2020
Gwalior weather
in May.
A very hot, very dry month: the warmest and the 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a very hot month in Gwalior: daytime highs average 41.0°C and nights cool to about 27.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 8.5 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes May a very dry month (the 3rd 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 Morena (35 km away). In May its highs average 40.8°C, about as warm as Gwalior, with 8.2 mm of rain.
Among the 692 cities listed in India, Gwalior ranks joint 30th of 692 for the warmest May highs and joint 134th of 692 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 692 cities is 37.3°C; Gwalior is 3.7°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 2.1°C to 39.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 8.5 mm to 67 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
Gwalior climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 21.7°C9.3°C | 9.3°C | 16 | 2.0 | 10.711 h |
| February | 25.9°C12.4°C | 12.4°C | 15 | 1.7 | 11.311 h |
| March | 32.0°C17.3°C | 17.3°C | 9.3 | 2.0 | 12.012 h |
| April | 38.0°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 6.9 | 1.7 | 12.813 h |
| May, selected | 41.0°C27.5°C | 27.5°C | 8.5 | 2.9 | 13.413 h |
| June | 39.0°C29.2°C | 29.2°C | 67 | 8.3 | 13.814 h |
| July | 33.0°C26.8°C | 26.8°C | 251 | 21.3 | 13.614 h |
| August | 31.2°C25.6°C | 25.6°C | 233 | 21.4 | 13.113 h |
| September | 31.9°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 102 | 11.5 | 12.312 h |
| October | 32.3°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 22 | 1.9 | 11.612 h |
| November | 28.1°C15.5°C | 15.5°C | 7.7 | 1.1 | 10.911 h |
| December | 23.3°C10.9°C | 10.9°C | 11 | 1.2 | 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
- Morena in MayIndia · 35 kmHigh 40.8°C · Low 27.0°C · 8.2 mm rain
- Dhaulpur in MayIndia · 59 kmHigh 40.9°C · Low 26.9°C · 9.6 mm rain
- Datia in MayIndia · 68 kmHigh 41.1°C · Low 27.2°C · 7.0 mm rain
- Bhind in MayIndia · 72 kmHigh 40.4°C · Low 26.7°C · 9.2 mm rain
- Jhānsi in MayIndia · 95 kmHigh 41.2°C · Low 27.5°C · 7.1 mm rain
- Shivpuri in MayIndia · 103 kmHigh 39.9°C · Low 27.0°C · 9.3 mm rain
- Etāwah in MayIndia · 104 kmHigh 40.1°C · Low 26.5°C · 9.4 mm rain
- Fīrozābād in MayIndia · 105 kmHigh 40.0°C · Low 26.3°C · 13 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 Gwalior) is explained once on the Gwalior year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.