Climate averages 1991–2020
Kāraikkudi weather
in May.
A very hot, moderately wet 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 Kāraikkudi: daytime highs average 36.8°C and nights cool to about 26.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 68 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 35 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Pudukkottai (36 km away). In May its highs average 37.2°C, about as warm as Kāraikkudi, with 61 mm of rain.
Among the 692 cities listed in India, Kāraikkudi ranks joint 466th of 692 for the warmest May highs and 545th of 692 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 692 cities is 37.3°C; Kāraikkudi is 0.5°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 0.9°C to 35.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 68 mm to 59 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
Kāraikkudi climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.3°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 18 | 4.0 | 11.612 h |
| February | 31.9°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 15 | 3.3 | 11.812 h |
| March | 34.5°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 24 | 4.5 | 12.112 h |
| April | 35.7°C25.4°C | 25.4°C | 42 | 8.3 | 12.312 h |
| May, selected | 36.8°C26.7°C | 26.7°C | 68 | 11.3 | 12.613 h |
| June | 35.9°C26.3°C | 26.3°C | 59 | 12.5 | 12.713 h |
| July | 35.0°C25.7°C | 25.7°C | 63 | 13.6 | 12.713 h |
| August | 34.6°C25.4°C | 25.4°C | 80 | 14.2 | 12.512 h |
| September | 34.2°C25.1°C | 25.1°C | 98 | 15.5 | 12.212 h |
| October | 31.7°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 191 | 19.4 | 11.912 h |
| November | 29.2°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 202 | 18.9 | 11.712 h |
| December | 28.3°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 104 | 10.9 | 11.512 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
- Pudukkottai in MayIndia · 36 kmHigh 37.2°C · Low 26.8°C · 61 mm rain
- Paramagudi in MayIndia · 61 kmHigh 36.7°C · Low 26.9°C · 72 mm rain
- Pattukkottai in MayIndia · 72 kmHigh 36.2°C · Low 27.2°C · 62 mm rain
- Madurai in MayIndia · 73 kmHigh 37.3°C · Low 26.2°C · 63 mm rain
- Tiruchirappalli in MayIndia · 84 kmHigh 38.3°C · Low 27.2°C · 53 mm rain
- Thanjavur in MayIndia · 90 kmHigh 37.8°C · Low 27.4°C · 60 mm rain
- Dindigul in MayIndia · 93 kmHigh 36.0°C · Low 25.3°C · 118 mm rain
- Aruppukkottai in MayIndia · 96 kmHigh 37.5°C · Low 26.5°C · 64 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 Kāraikkudi) is explained once on the Kāraikkudi year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.