Climate averages 1991–2020
Katihar weather
in May.
A hot, wet month: the 2nd warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a hot month in Katihar: daytime highs average 33.7°C and nights cool to about 24.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 128 mm of rain on roughly 14 days, which makes May a wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 23 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Purnia (28 km away). In May its highs average 33.3°C, about as warm as Katihar, with 160 mm of rain.
Among the 692 cities listed in India, Katihar ranks joint 598th of 692 for the warmest May highs and joint 617th of 692 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 692 cities is 37.3°C; Katihar is 3.6°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 1.4°C to 32.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 128 mm to 275 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
Katihar climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 22.6°C11.8°C | 11.8°C | 15 | 1.9 | 10.711 h |
| February | 26.1°C14.4°C | 14.4°C | 18 | 2.1 | 11.311 h |
| March | 31.7°C19.0°C | 19.0°C | 19 | 2.4 | 12.012 h |
| April | 34.7°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 40 | 6.1 | 12.713 h |
| May, selected | 33.7°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 128 | 13.7 | 13.413 h |
| June | 32.3°C25.7°C | 25.7°C | 275 | 22.5 | 13.714 h |
| July | 31.3°C25.9°C | 25.9°C | 327 | 28.2 | 13.614 h |
| August | 31.4°C25.9°C | 25.9°C | 289 | 27.8 | 13.013 h |
| September | 30.8°C25.1°C | 25.1°C | 254 | 23.5 | 12.312 h |
| October | 29.9°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 94 | 8.3 | 11.612 h |
| November | 27.7°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 5.3 | 0.5 | 10.911 h |
| December | 24.3°C13.5°C | 13.5°C | 5.9 | 0.7 | 10.611 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
- Purnia in MayIndia · 28 kmHigh 33.3°C · Low 24.2°C · 160 mm rain
- Sāhibganj in MayIndia · 33 kmHigh 34.1°C · Low 25.0°C · 143 mm rain
- Rāiganj in MayIndia · 56 kmHigh 32.6°C · Low 24.0°C · 176 mm rain
- Arāria in MayIndia · 68 kmHigh 32.7°C · Low 24.0°C · 208 mm rain
- Bhāgalpur in MayIndia · 68 kmHigh 35.5°C · Low 25.2°C · 86 mm rain
- Kishanganj in MayIndia · 74 kmHigh 31.8°C · Low 23.7°C · 215 mm rain
- Malda in MayIndia · 83 kmHigh 33.7°C · Low 24.8°C · 171 mm rain
- Dhuliān in MayIndia · 103 kmHigh 34.2°C · Low 25.2°C · 146 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 Katihar) is explained once on the Katihar year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.