Climate averages 1991–2020
Khandwa weather
in May.
A very hot, very dry month: the warmest and the 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a very hot month in Khandwa: daytime highs average 41.0°C and nights cool to about 28.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 4.7 mm of rain on roughly 1 day, which makes May a very dry month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 10 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Punāsa (46 km away). In May its highs average 41.0°C, about as warm as Khandwa, with 4.9 mm of rain.
Among the 692 cities listed in India, Khandwa ranks joint 30th of 692 for the warmest May highs and joint 61st of 692 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 692 cities is 37.3°C; Khandwa is 3.6°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 5.0°C to 36.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 4.7 mm to 131 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
Khandwa climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 27.5°C14.0°C | 14.0°C | 7.9 | 1.2 | 11.011 h |
| February | 30.7°C16.4°C | 16.4°C | 7.5 | 1.2 | 11.411 h |
| March | 35.2°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 9.4 | 1.6 | 12.012 h |
| April | 39.5°C25.2°C | 25.2°C | 3.1 | 0.9 | 12.613 h |
| May, selected | 41.0°C28.2°C | 28.2°C | 4.7 | 1.0 | 13.213 h |
| June | 36.0°C27.0°C | 27.0°C | 131 | 12.4 | 13.413 h |
| July | 30.0°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 339 | 21.8 | 13.313 h |
| August | 28.6°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 263 | 21.9 | 12.913 h |
| September | 30.2°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 149 | 13.1 | 12.312 h |
| October | 32.1°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 41 | 4.9 | 11.712 h |
| November | 30.4°C18.1°C | 18.1°C | 16 | 1.9 | 11.111 h |
| December | 28.0°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 9.3 | 1.1 | 10.811 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
- Punāsa in MayIndia · 46 kmHigh 41.0°C · Low 28.1°C · 4.9 mm rain
- Burhānpur in MayIndia · 59 kmHigh 40.9°C · Low 27.6°C · 4.2 mm rain
- Khargone in MayIndia · 76 kmHigh 40.6°C · Low 27.2°C · 2.7 mm rain
- Harda in MayIndia · 96 kmHigh 40.9°C · Low 28.2°C · 4.8 mm rain
- Mhow in MayIndia · 102 kmHigh 39.2°C · Low 26.2°C · 7.6 mm rain
- Bhusawal in MayIndia · 105 kmHigh 40.8°C · Low 27.2°C · 2.7 mm rain
- Akot in MayIndia · 109 kmHigh 41.0°C · Low 28.0°C · 6.3 mm rain
- Pithampur in MayIndia · 110 kmHigh 39.0°C · Low 26.0°C · 7.6 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 Khandwa) is explained once on the Khandwa year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.