Climate averages 1991–2020
Harda weather
in May.
A very hot, very dry month: the warmest and the 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a very hot month in Harda: daytime highs average 40.9°C and nights cool to about 28.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 4.8 mm of rain on roughly 1 day, which makes May a very dry month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 12 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Punāsa (73 km away). In May its highs average 41.0°C, about as warm as Harda, with 4.9 mm of rain.
Among the 692 cities listed in India, Harda ranks joint 40th of 692 for the warmest May highs and joint 63rd of 692 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 692 cities is 37.3°C; Harda is 3.5°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 5.0°C to 35.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 4.8 mm to 133 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
Harda climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 26.8°C13.7°C | 13.7°C | 6.9 | 1.3 | 10.911 h |
| February | 30.1°C16.0°C | 16.0°C | 7.6 | 1.1 | 11.411 h |
| March | 34.8°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 9.6 | 1.4 | 12.012 h |
| April | 39.2°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 2.2 | 0.7 | 12.713 h |
| May, selected | 40.9°C28.2°C | 28.2°C | 4.8 | 1.0 | 13.213 h |
| June | 35.8°C27.3°C | 27.3°C | 133 | 12.1 | 13.513 h |
| July | 29.5°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 423 | 22.7 | 13.413 h |
| August | 28.3°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 348 | 23.8 | 12.913 h |
| September | 30.1°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 164 | 13.8 | 12.312 h |
| October | 32.1°C20.8°C | 20.8°C | 30 | 4.6 | 11.712 h |
| November | 30.3°C17.6°C | 17.6°C | 9.8 | 1.6 | 11.111 h |
| December | 27.6°C14.4°C | 14.4°C | 7.3 | 1.0 | 10.811 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
- Punāsa in MayIndia · 73 kmHigh 41.0°C · Low 28.1°C · 4.9 mm rain
- Itārsi in MayIndia · 75 kmHigh 40.6°C · Low 27.8°C · 4.9 mm rain
- Narmadapuram in MayIndia · 79 kmHigh 41.1°C · Low 28.1°C · 6.8 mm rain
- Sehore in MayIndia · 95 kmHigh 39.9°C · Low 27.9°C · 6.5 mm rain
- Khandwa in MayIndia · 96 kmHigh 41.0°C · Low 28.2°C · 4.7 mm rain
- Betūl in MayIndia · 97 kmHigh 38.1°C · Low 26.1°C · 5.5 mm rain
- Kolar in MayIndia · 97 kmHigh 40.1°C · Low 28.2°C · 8.1 mm rain
- Bhopal in MayIndia · 106 kmHigh 39.8°C · Low 27.7°C · 8.1 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 Harda) is explained once on the Harda year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.