Climate averages 1991–2020

Jaigaon weather
in May.

A hot, very wet month: the 2nd warmest and the 8th driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 28.4°C Daytime mean, May
Average low 22.3°C Night-time mean, May
Rainfall 255 mm 25 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 13 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
Every month in Jaigaon · average highYear overview

May is a hot month in Jaigaon: daytime highs average 28.4°C and nights cool to about 22.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 255 mm of rain on roughly 25 days, which makes May a very wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 27 min on an average May day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Koch Bihār (58 km away). In May its highs average 29.8°C, 1.4°C warmer than Jaigaon, with 561 mm of rain.

Among the 692 cities listed in India, Jaigaon ranks 680th of 692 for the warmest May highs and 664th of 692 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 692 cities is 37.3°C; Jaigaon is 8.9°C cooler than that mean.

From May to June, average highs fall by 0.2°C to 28.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 255 mm to 706 mm.

The annual picture

May in context

30-year average
Average highAverage low°C
Average daily high and low temperatures by month The same values are available in the monthly table below. Lines show mean daily maxima and minima, not a forecast interval. 101520253035 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm
Average monthly rainfall totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 10500

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Jaigaon climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Jaigaon, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 20.3°C12.8°C12.8°C122.510.711 h
February 22.7°C14.7°C14.7°C214.011.211 h
March 26.9°C16.8°C16.8°C367.212.012 h
April 28.7°C19.5°C19.5°C8315.312.813 h
May, selected 28.4°C22.3°C22.3°C25525.113.513 h
June 28.2°C23.9°C23.9°C70629.113.814 h
July 28.0°C24.2°C24.2°C1,02030.913.714 h
August 28.2°C24.3°C24.3°C65730.713.113 h
September 27.8°C23.6°C23.6°C41826.112.312 h
October 27.1°C20.0°C20.0°C1079.011.512 h
November 24.7°C16.5°C16.5°C5.91.610.911 h
December 21.9°C14.0°C14.0°C6.31.310.510 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.

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May in nearby cities

Distance from Jaigaon

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 limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Jaigaon) is explained once on the Jaigaon year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.