Climate averages 1991–2020
Kaithal 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 Kaithal: daytime highs average 39.4°C and nights cool to about 24.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 24 mm of rain on roughly 6 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 Thānesar (46 km away). In May its highs average 39.1°C, about as warm as Kaithal, with 26 mm of rain.
Among the 692 cities listed in India, Kaithal ranks joint 236th of 692 for the warmest May highs and joint 338th of 692 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 692 cities is 37.3°C; Kaithal is 2.1°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 1.1°C to 38.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 24 mm to 72 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
Kaithal climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 18.7°C7.1°C | 7.1°C | 36 | 3.4 | 10.510 h |
| February | 22.1°C9.7°C | 9.7°C | 44 | 4.3 | 11.111 h |
| March | 28.1°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 31 | 4.8 | 12.012 h |
| April | 35.5°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 21 | 4.5 | 12.913 h |
| May, selected | 39.4°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 24 | 6.1 | 13.614 h |
| June | 38.4°C27.2°C | 27.2°C | 72 | 9.4 | 14.014 h |
| July | 34.0°C26.6°C | 26.6°C | 184 | 19.2 | 13.914 h |
| August | 32.5°C25.8°C | 25.8°C | 171 | 20.1 | 13.213 h |
| September | 32.5°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 90 | 9.2 | 12.412 h |
| October | 31.7°C18.6°C | 18.6°C | 20 | 2.3 | 11.511 h |
| November | 26.9°C13.5°C | 13.5°C | 4.7 | 0.8 | 10.711 h |
| December | 21.4°C8.7°C | 8.7°C | 12 | 1.6 | 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
- Thānesar in MayIndia · 46 kmHigh 39.1°C · Low 24.6°C · 26 mm rain
- Jīnd in MayIndia · 55 kmHigh 39.9°C · Low 25.4°C · 21 mm rain
- Karnāl in MayIndia · 58 kmHigh 38.8°C · Low 24.6°C · 24 mm rain
- Patiāla in MayIndia · 59 kmHigh 39.0°C · Low 24.1°C · 32 mm rain
- Panipat in MayIndia · 72 kmHigh 39.3°C · Low 25.0°C · 20 mm rain
- Sangrūr in MayIndia · 73 kmHigh 39.6°C · Low 24.6°C · 26 mm rain
- Ambāla in MayIndia · 73 kmHigh 38.6°C · Low 24.0°C · 33 mm rain
- Ambala Sadar in MayIndia · 74 kmHigh 38.3°C · Low 23.9°C · 33 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 Kaithal) is explained once on the Kaithal year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.