Climate averages 1991–2020
Haldwani weather
in May.
A very hot, moderately wet month: the warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a very hot month in Haldwani: daytime highs average 35.9°C and nights cool to about 21.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 48 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 36 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Rudrapur (30 km away). In May its highs average 37.3°C, 1.3°C warmer than Haldwani, with 27 mm of rain.
Among the 692 cities listed in India, Haldwani ranks joint 512th of 692 for the warmest May highs and joint 490th of 692 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 692 cities is 37.3°C; Haldwani is 1.4°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 2.0°C to 34.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 48 mm to 222 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
Haldwani climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 19.3°C6.8°C | 6.8°C | 32 | 3.8 | 10.510 h |
| February | 22.6°C9.2°C | 9.2°C | 40 | 4.9 | 11.111 h |
| March | 28.3°C13.2°C | 13.2°C | 29 | 5.1 | 12.012 h |
| April | 34.1°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 23 | 4.7 | 12.913 h |
| May, selected | 35.9°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 48 | 8.5 | 13.614 h |
| June | 34.0°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 222 | 17.5 | 14.014 h |
| July | 29.8°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 491 | 29.1 | 13.814 h |
| August | 29.3°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 429 | 28.7 | 13.213 h |
| September | 29.1°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 222 | 22.2 | 12.412 h |
| October | 28.4°C16.4°C | 16.4°C | 40 | 6.0 | 11.511 h |
| November | 25.0°C12.1°C | 12.1°C | 3.4 | 1.1 | 10.711 h |
| December | 20.9°C8.2°C | 8.2°C | 13 | 1.2 | 10.310 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
- Rudrapur in MayIndia · 30 kmHigh 37.3°C · Low 23.3°C · 27 mm rain
- Kashipur in MayIndia · 55 kmHigh 37.5°C · Low 23.1°C · 20 mm rain
- Rāmpur in MayIndia · 67 kmHigh 38.2°C · Low 24.7°C · 27 mm rain
- Bhimdatta in MayNepal · 69 kmHigh 35.7°C · Low 21.7°C · 40 mm rain
- Pīlibhīt in MayIndia · 71 kmHigh 37.8°C · Low 24.4°C · 27 mm rain
- Morādābād in MayIndia · 85 kmHigh 38.4°C · Low 24.9°C · 19 mm rain
- Bareilly in MayIndia · 96 kmHigh 38.3°C · Low 25.0°C · 19 mm rain
- Nagīna in MayIndia · 109 kmHigh 37.8°C · Low 23.2°C · 24 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 Haldwani) is explained once on the Haldwani year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.