Climate averages 1991–2020
Jodhpur weather
in May.
A very hot, very dry 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 Jodhpur: daytime highs average 40.4°C and nights cool to about 26.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 5.3 mm of rain on roughly 1 day, which makes May a very dry month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 25 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Pāli (64 km away). In May its highs average 40.3°C, about as warm as Jodhpur, with 4.1 mm of rain.
Among the 692 cities listed in India, Jodhpur ranks joint 87th of 692 for the warmest May highs and joint 76th of 692 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 692 cities is 37.3°C; Jodhpur is 3.1°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 1.6°C to 38.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 5.3 mm to 26 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
Jodhpur climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 23.7°C9.9°C | 9.9°C | 2.8 | 0.7 | 10.711 h |
| February | 27.0°C12.5°C | 12.5°C | 4.0 | 0.7 | 11.311 h |
| March | 32.6°C17.7°C | 17.7°C | 2.3 | 0.6 | 12.012 h |
| April | 37.8°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 3.1 | 0.8 | 12.813 h |
| May, selected | 40.4°C26.9°C | 26.9°C | 5.3 | 1.1 | 13.413 h |
| June | 38.8°C28.3°C | 28.3°C | 26 | 3.9 | 13.814 h |
| July | 34.4°C26.7°C | 26.7°C | 108 | 11.0 | 13.614 h |
| August | 32.1°C25.3°C | 25.3°C | 98 | 11.8 | 13.113 h |
| September | 34.0°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 38 | 4.6 | 12.312 h |
| October | 34.6°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 8.3 | 1.0 | 11.612 h |
| November | 29.8°C16.0°C | 16.0°C | 1.6 | 0.5 | 10.911 h |
| December | 25.4°C11.4°C | 11.4°C | 0.8 | 0.2 | 10.511 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
- Pāli in MayIndia · 64 kmHigh 40.3°C · Low 27.0°C · 4.1 mm rain
- Balotra in MayIndia · 91 kmHigh 41.0°C · Low 27.0°C · 4.8 mm rain
- Nāgaur in MayIndia · 127 kmHigh 40.4°C · Low 26.8°C · 9.5 mm rain
- Beāwar in MayIndia · 132 kmHigh 39.5°C · Low 26.7°C · 5.9 mm rain
- Ajmer in MayIndia · 164 kmHigh 39.6°C · Low 26.7°C · 8.9 mm rain
- Bārmer in MayIndia · 171 kmHigh 40.7°C · Low 25.7°C · 4.9 mm rain
- Kishangarh in MayIndia · 187 kmHigh 40.0°C · Low 26.8°C · 8.9 mm rain
- Makrāna in MayIndia · 191 kmHigh 39.8°C · Low 26.6°C · 9.0 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 Jodhpur) is explained once on the Jodhpur year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.