Climate averages 1991–2020
Jabalpur 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 Jabalpur: daytime highs average 40.5°C and nights cool to about 27.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 4.3 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 14 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Murwāra (87 km away). In May its highs average 40.8°C, about as warm as Jabalpur, with 5.7 mm of rain.
Among the 692 cities listed in India, Jabalpur ranks joint 76th of 692 for the warmest May highs and joint 56th of 692 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 692 cities is 37.3°C; Jabalpur is 3.2°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 4.7°C to 35.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 4.3 mm to 162 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
Jabalpur climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 24.2°C11.4°C | 11.4°C | 12 | 1.9 | 10.911 h |
| February | 28.0°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 16 | 2.1 | 11.411 h |
| March | 33.2°C18.6°C | 18.6°C | 9.9 | 1.6 | 12.012 h |
| April | 38.3°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 4.0 | 1.1 | 12.713 h |
| May, selected | 40.5°C27.5°C | 27.5°C | 4.3 | 1.2 | 13.213 h |
| June | 35.8°C27.0°C | 27.0°C | 162 | 13.9 | 13.514 h |
| July | 29.3°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 384 | 25.4 | 13.413 h |
| August | 28.3°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 358 | 25.8 | 12.913 h |
| September | 29.6°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 169 | 16.3 | 12.312 h |
| October | 30.5°C19.9°C | 19.9°C | 30 | 4.0 | 11.612 h |
| November | 28.2°C16.0°C | 16.0°C | 5.6 | 1.0 | 11.011 h |
| December | 25.0°C12.1°C | 12.1°C | 6.8 | 1.0 | 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
- Murwāra in MayIndia · 87 kmHigh 40.8°C · Low 27.3°C · 5.7 mm rain
- Damoh in MayIndia · 90 kmHigh 40.6°C · Low 27.5°C · 5.2 mm rain
- Seoni in MayIndia · 127 kmHigh 39.6°C · Low 27.6°C · 12 mm rain
- Saugor in MayIndia · 144 kmHigh 40.0°C · Low 27.5°C · 7.9 mm rain
- Shahdol in MayIndia · 145 kmHigh 39.7°C · Low 25.6°C · 11 mm rain
- Bālāghāt in MayIndia · 152 kmHigh 41.2°C · Low 27.5°C · 7.4 mm rain
- Chhindwāra in MayIndia · 161 kmHigh 38.6°C · Low 26.9°C · 9.3 mm rain
- Satna in MayIndia · 180 kmHigh 40.6°C · Low 26.9°C · 7.9 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 Jabalpur) is explained once on the Jabalpur year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.