Climate averages 1991–2020
Kātoya weather
in May.
A very 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 very hot month in Kātoya: daytime highs average 35.2°C and nights cool to about 26.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 177 mm of rain on roughly 17 days, which makes May a wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 16 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Navadwīp (36 km away). In May its highs average 34.8°C, about as warm as Kātoya, with 180 mm of rain.
Among the 692 cities listed in India, Kātoya ranks joint 534th of 692 for the warmest May highs and 649th of 692 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 692 cities is 37.3°C; Kātoya is 2.2°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 2.0°C to 33.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 177 mm to 288 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
Kātoya climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 24.0°C12.2°C | 12.2°C | 11 | 2.2 | 10.911 h |
| February | 27.8°C15.3°C | 15.3°C | 20 | 2.5 | 11.311 h |
| March | 32.8°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 27 | 4.0 | 12.012 h |
| April | 35.9°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 69 | 9.8 | 12.713 h |
| May, selected | 35.2°C26.1°C | 26.1°C | 177 | 17.0 | 13.313 h |
| June | 33.2°C26.7°C | 26.7°C | 288 | 22.9 | 13.614 h |
| July | 31.4°C26.0°C | 26.0°C | 315 | 28.2 | 13.413 h |
| August | 31.2°C25.8°C | 25.8°C | 252 | 26.7 | 13.013 h |
| September | 31.0°C25.1°C | 25.1°C | 230 | 22.6 | 12.312 h |
| October | 30.3°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 109 | 10.5 | 11.612 h |
| November | 28.1°C18.0°C | 18.0°C | 15 | 1.5 | 11.011 h |
| December | 24.9°C13.8°C | 13.8°C | 11 | 0.9 | 10.711 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
- Navadwīp in MayIndia · 36 kmHigh 34.8°C · Low 26.1°C · 180 mm rain
- Bolpur in MayIndia · 44 kmHigh 35.8°C · Low 26.2°C · 141 mm rain
- Krishnanagar in MayIndia · 45 kmHigh 34.7°C · Low 26.1°C · 189 mm rain
- Barddhamān in MayIndia · 52 kmHigh 35.8°C · Low 26.4°C · 138 mm rain
- Baharampur in MayIndia · 52 kmHigh 34.6°C · Low 25.7°C · 174 mm rain
- Shāntipur in MayIndia · 54 kmHigh 35.0°C · Low 26.3°C · 169 mm rain
- Rānāghāt in MayIndia · 68 kmHigh 34.7°C · Low 26.2°C · 169 mm rain
- Kānchrāpāra in MayIndia · 82 kmHigh 35.0°C · Low 26.5°C · 152 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 Kātoya) is explained once on the Kātoya year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.