Climate averages 1991–2020
Hazāribāgh weather
in May.
A very hot, moderately wet month: the warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a very hot month in Hazāribāgh: daytime highs average 36.0°C and nights cool to about 23.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 44 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 17 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Saunda (37 km away). In May its highs average 38.1°C, 2.1°C warmer than Hazāribāgh, with 25 mm of rain.
Among the 692 cities listed in India, Hazāribāgh ranks joint 505th of 692 for the warmest May highs and joint 478th of 692 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 692 cities is 37.3°C; Hazāribāgh is 1.4°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 3.5°C to 32.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 44 mm to 221 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
Hazāribāgh climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 20.9°C9.3°C | 9.3°C | 19 | 2.6 | 10.811 h |
| February | 24.7°C12.4°C | 12.4°C | 17 | 3.3 | 11.311 h |
| March | 29.9°C16.7°C | 16.7°C | 18 | 3.9 | 12.012 h |
| April | 34.8°C20.8°C | 20.8°C | 18 | 4.7 | 12.713 h |
| May, selected | 36.0°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 44 | 8.3 | 13.313 h |
| June | 32.5°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 221 | 19.1 | 13.614 h |
| July | 28.6°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 314 | 27.1 | 13.513 h |
| August | 28.1°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 278 | 26.9 | 13.013 h |
| September | 27.9°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 193 | 22.0 | 12.312 h |
| October | 27.1°C18.9°C | 18.9°C | 71 | 9.8 | 11.612 h |
| November | 24.5°C14.1°C | 14.1°C | 11 | 1.7 | 11.011 h |
| December | 21.5°C10.1°C | 10.1°C | 7.7 | 1.2 | 10.711 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
- Saunda in MayIndia · 37 kmHigh 38.1°C · Low 24.9°C · 25 mm rain
- Rāmgarh in MayIndia · 43 kmHigh 38.0°C · Low 25.3°C · 36 mm rain
- Jhumri Telaiya in MayIndia · 52 kmHigh 37.3°C · Low 25.4°C · 39 mm rain
- Bagaha (Bihar, 24.53°N 85.06°E), India in MayIndia · 67 kmHigh 39.4°C · Low 27.0°C · 23 mm rain
- Phusro in MayIndia · 70 kmHigh 37.9°C · Low 25.4°C · 53 mm rain
- Ranchi in MayIndia · 72 kmHigh 36.5°C · Low 24.3°C · 53 mm rain
- Bokāro in MayIndia · 88 kmHigh 38.0°C · Low 25.6°C · 62 mm rain
- Chas in MayIndia · 91 kmHigh 38.0°C · Low 25.6°C · 62 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 Hazāribāgh) is explained once on the Hazāribāgh year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.