Climate averages 1991–2020
Kāvali weather
in May.
A very hot, fairly dry month: the warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a very hot month in Kāvali: daytime highs average 36.9°C and nights cool to about 28.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 39 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes May a fairly dry month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 49 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Nellore (52 km away). In May its highs average 38.3°C, 1.4°C warmer than Kāvali, with 34 mm of rain.
Among the 692 cities listed in India, Kāvali ranks joint 458th of 692 for the warmest May highs and joint 462nd of 692 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 692 cities is 37.3°C; Kāvali is 0.4°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 1.4°C to 35.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 39 mm to 69 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
Kāvali climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 27.3°C20.6°C | 20.6°C | 13 | 2.7 | 11.311 h |
| February | 29.6°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 11 | 1.7 | 11.612 h |
| March | 32.6°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 6.7 | 1.0 | 12.012 h |
| April | 34.8°C26.5°C | 26.5°C | 8.5 | 1.1 | 12.512 h |
| May, selected | 36.9°C28.9°C | 28.9°C | 39 | 2.7 | 12.813 h |
| June | 35.5°C28.5°C | 28.5°C | 69 | 9.8 | 13.013 h |
| July | 33.7°C27.3°C | 27.3°C | 81 | 12.8 | 12.913 h |
| August | 32.9°C26.9°C | 26.9°C | 86 | 12.3 | 12.613 h |
| September | 32.6°C26.6°C | 26.6°C | 104 | 13.6 | 12.212 h |
| October | 30.6°C25.2°C | 25.2°C | 229 | 16.4 | 11.812 h |
| November | 28.4°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 187 | 13.5 | 11.411 h |
| December | 27.1°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 56 | 5.8 | 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
- Nellore in MayIndia · 52 kmHigh 38.3°C · Low 28.5°C · 34 mm rain
- Ongole in MayIndia · 66 kmHigh 37.9°C · Low 28.9°C · 34 mm rain
- Gūdūr in MayIndia · 86 kmHigh 38.5°C · Low 28.5°C · 29 mm rain
- Badvel in MayIndia · 102 kmHigh 39.4°C · Low 28.3°C · 31 mm rain
- Chīrāla in MayIndia · 108 kmHigh 37.3°C · Low 28.9°C · 32 mm rain
- Mārkāpur in MayIndia · 120 kmHigh 39.7°C · Low 28.2°C · 25 mm rain
- Bāpatla in MayIndia · 121 kmHigh 37.7°C · Low 28.9°C · 32 mm rain
- Chilakalūrupet in MayIndia · 132 kmHigh 39.5°C · Low 28.6°C · 30 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 Kāvali) is explained once on the Kāvali year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.