Climate averages 1991–2020
Karwar weather
in May.
A hot, wet month: the 5th warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a hot month in Karwar: daytime highs average 31.7°C and nights cool to about 26.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 106 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes May a wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 48 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Madgaon (55 km away). In May its highs average 32.6°C, 0.9°C warmer than Karwar, with 75 mm of rain.
Among the 692 cities listed in India, Karwar ranks 641st of 692 for the warmest May highs and joint 594th of 692 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 692 cities is 37.3°C; Karwar is 5.6°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 3.8°C to 27.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 106 mm to 747 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
Karwar climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 31.5°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 1.7 | 0.4 | 11.411 h |
| February | 31.8°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 0.6 | 0.1 | 11.712 h |
| March | 31.8°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 8.3 | 1.2 | 12.012 h |
| April | 32.3°C25.7°C | 25.7°C | 13 | 2.4 | 12.512 h |
| May, selected | 31.7°C26.6°C | 26.6°C | 106 | 9.9 | 12.813 h |
| June | 27.9°C25.1°C | 25.1°C | 747 | 28.8 | 13.013 h |
| July | 26.7°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 921 | 30.7 | 12.913 h |
| August | 26.8°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 626 | 29.7 | 12.613 h |
| September | 27.8°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 293 | 23.8 | 12.212 h |
| October | 29.6°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 184 | 19.3 | 11.812 h |
| November | 31.4°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 38 | 5.2 | 11.511 h |
| December | 31.8°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 6.6 | 1.0 | 11.311 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
- Madgaon in MayIndia · 55 kmHigh 32.6°C · Low 26.2°C · 75 mm rain
- Mormugao in MayIndia · 72 kmHigh 32.5°C · Low 26.2°C · 60 mm rain
- Belagavi in MayIndia · 122 kmHigh 32.8°C · Low 21.8°C · 63 mm rain
- Hubballi in MayIndia · 123 kmHigh 34.1°C · Low 22.7°C · 57 mm rain
- Ranebennur in MayIndia · 163 kmHigh 34.4°C · Low 23.4°C · 56 mm rain
- Gokak in MayIndia · 168 kmHigh 35.9°C · Low 23.6°C · 40 mm rain
- Gadag-Betageri in MayIndia · 173 kmHigh 35.4°C · Low 23.0°C · 46 mm rain
- Udupi in MayIndia · 177 kmHigh 32.0°C · Low 26.1°C · 159 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 Karwar) is explained once on the Karwar year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.