Climate averages 1991–2020
Haridwar weather
in May.
A very hot, fairly dry month: the warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a very hot month in Haridwar: daytime highs average 37.2°C and nights cool to about 22.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 34 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes May a fairly dry month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 38 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Roorkee (27 km away). In May its highs average 37.5°C, about as warm as Haridwar, with 23 mm of rain.
Among the 692 cities listed in India, Haridwar ranks joint 449th of 692 for the warmest May highs and joint 430th of 692 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 692 cities is 37.3°C; Haridwar is 0.1°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 1.5°C to 35.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 34 mm to 122 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
Haridwar climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 19.1°C6.4°C | 6.4°C | 42 | 4.3 | 10.510 h |
| February | 22.3°C8.9°C | 8.9°C | 57 | 5.8 | 11.111 h |
| March | 27.8°C12.7°C | 12.7°C | 41 | 5.6 | 12.012 h |
| April | 34.1°C17.9°C | 17.9°C | 27 | 5.5 | 12.913 h |
| May, selected | 37.2°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 34 | 8.4 | 13.614 h |
| June | 35.7°C25.1°C | 25.1°C | 122 | 14.5 | 14.014 h |
| July | 31.3°C25.3°C | 25.3°C | 356 | 28.1 | 13.914 h |
| August | 30.3°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 337 | 27.6 | 13.213 h |
| September | 30.0°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 154 | 17.0 | 12.412 h |
| October | 28.9°C16.2°C | 16.2°C | 13 | 2.6 | 11.511 h |
| November | 25.1°C11.5°C | 11.5°C | 3.8 | 0.9 | 10.711 h |
| December | 20.8°C7.5°C | 7.5°C | 16 | 1.9 | 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
- Roorkee in MayIndia · 27 kmHigh 37.5°C · Low 22.5°C · 23 mm rain
- Najībābād in MayIndia · 41 kmHigh 37.8°C · Low 22.8°C · 23 mm rain
- Dehradun in MayIndia · 44 kmHigh 33.8°C · Low 19.1°C · 32 mm rain
- Deoband in MayIndia · 54 kmHigh 38.4°C · Low 24.0°C · 30 mm rain
- Sahāranpur in MayIndia · 59 kmHigh 38.2°C · Low 23.2°C · 33 mm rain
- Nagīna in MayIndia · 62 kmHigh 37.8°C · Low 23.2°C · 24 mm rain
- Bijnor in MayIndia · 64 kmHigh 38.2°C · Low 24.1°C · 22 mm rain
- Muzaffarnagar in MayIndia · 69 kmHigh 38.6°C · Low 24.4°C · 25 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 Haridwar) is explained once on the Haridwar year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.