Climate averages 1991–2020
Karnāl weather
in May.
A very hot, fairly dry month: the warmest and the joint 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a very hot month in Karnāl: daytime highs average 38.8°C and nights cool to about 24.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 24 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes May a fairly dry month (the joint 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 37 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Panipat (34 km away). In May its highs average 39.3°C, about as warm as Karnāl, with 20 mm of rain.
Among the 692 cities listed in India, Karnāl ranks joint 298th 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; Karnāl is 1.5°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 1.3°C to 37.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 24 mm to 76 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
Karnāl climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 18.7°C7.7°C | 7.7°C | 38 | 3.8 | 10.510 h |
| February | 22.0°C10.3°C | 10.3°C | 47 | 4.6 | 11.111 h |
| March | 27.9°C14.7°C | 14.7°C | 36 | 4.5 | 12.012 h |
| April | 35.1°C20.2°C | 20.2°C | 24 | 5.0 | 12.913 h |
| May, selected | 38.8°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 24 | 6.6 | 13.614 h |
| June | 37.6°C26.7°C | 26.7°C | 76 | 10.0 | 14.014 h |
| July | 33.1°C26.1°C | 26.1°C | 212 | 20.7 | 13.914 h |
| August | 31.8°C25.4°C | 25.4°C | 191 | 21.2 | 13.213 h |
| September | 31.5°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 117 | 10.6 | 12.412 h |
| October | 30.8°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 14 | 1.8 | 11.511 h |
| November | 26.4°C13.6°C | 13.6°C | 5.9 | 0.9 | 10.711 h |
| December | 21.2°C9.1°C | 9.1°C | 13 | 1.5 | 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
- Panipat in MayIndia · 34 kmHigh 39.3°C · Low 25.0°C · 20 mm rain
- Thānesar in MayIndia · 35 kmHigh 39.1°C · Low 24.6°C · 26 mm rain
- Kairāna in MayIndia · 39 kmHigh 39.0°C · Low 24.8°C · 22 mm rain
- Shāmli in MayIndia · 41 kmHigh 38.9°C · Low 24.8°C · 22 mm rain
- Yamuna Nagar in MayIndia · 56 kmHigh 38.3°C · Low 23.5°C · 31 mm rain
- Kaithal in MayIndia · 58 kmHigh 39.4°C · Low 24.7°C · 24 mm rain
- Jagādhri in MayIndia · 61 kmHigh 37.7°C · Low 22.9°C · 31 mm rain
- Sahāranpur in MayIndia · 62 kmHigh 38.2°C · Low 23.2°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 Karnāl) is explained once on the Karnāl year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.