Climate averages 1991–2020
Kanpur weather
in May.
A very hot, very dry month: the warmest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a very hot month in Kanpur: daytime highs average 39.9°C and nights cool to about 26.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 11 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes May a very dry month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 26 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kanpur Cantonment (3 km away). In May its highs average 40.0°C, about as warm as Kanpur, with 12 mm of rain.
Among the 692 cities listed in India, Kanpur ranks joint 149th of 692 for the warmest May highs and joint 168th of 692 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 692 cities is 37.3°C; Kanpur is 2.6°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 2.1°C to 37.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 11 mm to 101 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
Kanpur climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 21.3°C9.2°C | 9.2°C | 18 | 2.3 | 10.711 h |
| February | 25.1°C12.2°C | 12.2°C | 22 | 2.6 | 11.211 h |
| March | 31.2°C16.9°C | 16.9°C | 12 | 2.0 | 12.012 h |
| April | 37.5°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 8.1 | 2.5 | 12.813 h |
| May, selected | 39.9°C26.6°C | 26.6°C | 11 | 3.3 | 13.413 h |
| June | 37.8°C28.3°C | 28.3°C | 101 | 10.7 | 13.814 h |
| July | 32.7°C26.6°C | 26.6°C | 288 | 23.3 | 13.614 h |
| August | 31.5°C25.9°C | 25.9°C | 248 | 23.6 | 13.113 h |
| September | 31.5°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 149 | 14.7 | 12.312 h |
| October | 31.3°C20.2°C | 20.2°C | 30 | 2.2 | 11.612 h |
| November | 27.7°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 3.9 | 1.0 | 10.911 h |
| December | 23.1°C10.6°C | 10.6°C | 7.9 | 1.0 | 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
- Kanpur Cantonment in MayIndia · 3 kmHigh 40.0°C · Low 26.7°C · 12 mm rain
- Unnāo in MayIndia · 16 kmHigh 39.8°C · Low 26.6°C · 12 mm rain
- Lucknow in MayIndia · 71 kmHigh 39.4°C · Low 26.3°C · 16 mm rain
- Fatehpur (Uttar Pradesh), India in MayIndia · 76 kmHigh 40.4°C · Low 27.1°C · 9.1 mm rain
- Kannauj in MayIndia · 78 kmHigh 39.4°C · Low 26.1°C · 12 mm rain
- Auraiya in MayIndia · 84 kmHigh 40.2°C · Low 26.6°C · 8.7 mm rain
- Raebareli in MayIndia · 92 kmHigh 39.9°C · Low 26.8°C · 11 mm rain
- Nawābganj, India in MayIndia · 99 kmHigh 39.0°C · Low 26.1°C · 20 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 Kanpur) is explained once on the Kanpur year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.