Climate averages 1991–2020
Kākināda weather
in May.
A very hot, fairly dry month: the warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a very hot month in Kākināda: daytime highs average 36.6°C and nights cool to about 28.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 37 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes May a fairly dry month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 55 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Rajamahendravaram (49 km away). In May its highs average 38.0°C, 1.4°C warmer than Kākināda, with 35 mm of rain.
Among the 692 cities listed in India, Kākināda ranks joint 475th of 692 for the warmest May highs and joint 452nd of 692 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 692 cities is 37.3°C; Kākināda is 0.7°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 2.6°C to 34.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 37 mm to 152 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
Kākināda climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 27.7°C20.3°C | 20.3°C | 9.7 | 2.4 | 11.211 h |
| February | 29.8°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 9.9 | 1.8 | 11.612 h |
| March | 32.9°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 7.6 | 1.5 | 12.012 h |
| April | 34.8°C26.4°C | 26.4°C | 13 | 2.7 | 12.513 h |
| May, selected | 36.6°C28.5°C | 28.5°C | 37 | 3.9 | 12.913 h |
| June | 34.0°C27.8°C | 27.8°C | 152 | 15.2 | 13.113 h |
| July | 31.3°C26.4°C | 26.4°C | 221 | 20.7 | 13.013 h |
| August | 30.7°C26.0°C | 26.0°C | 201 | 20.2 | 12.713 h |
| September | 30.9°C25.8°C | 25.8°C | 219 | 20.4 | 12.212 h |
| October | 30.1°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 186 | 17.3 | 11.812 h |
| November | 28.7°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 84 | 7.2 | 11.411 h |
| December | 27.5°C21.0°C | 21.0°C | 18 | 2.1 | 11.111 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
- Rajamahendravaram in MayIndia · 49 kmHigh 38.0°C · Low 27.9°C · 35 mm rain
- Tanuku in MayIndia · 64 kmHigh 37.9°C · Low 28.2°C · 34 mm rain
- Palakollu in MayIndia · 73 kmHigh 36.6°C · Low 28.5°C · 31 mm rain
- Tadepalligudem in MayIndia · 77 kmHigh 38.1°C · Low 28.2°C · 35 mm rain
- Bhimavaram in MayIndia · 89 kmHigh 37.2°C · Low 28.5°C · 30 mm rain
- Anakapalle in MayIndia · 115 kmHigh 36.5°C · Low 27.7°C · 39 mm rain
- Eluru in MayIndia · 124 kmHigh 38.8°C · Low 28.4°C · 32 mm rain
- Visakhapatnam in MayIndia · 130 kmHigh 34.9°C · Low 28.2°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 Kākināda) is explained once on the Kākināda year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.