Climate averages 1991–2020
Kishanganj weather
in May.
A hot, very 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 Kishanganj: daytime highs average 31.8°C and nights cool to about 23.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 215 mm of rain on roughly 19 days, which makes May a very wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 24 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Arāria (44 km away). In May its highs average 32.7°C, 0.9°C warmer than Kishanganj, with 208 mm of rain.
Among the 692 cities listed in India, Kishanganj ranks joint 639th of 692 for the warmest May highs and 655th of 692 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 692 cities is 37.3°C; Kishanganj is 5.5°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 0.8°C to 31.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 215 mm to 386 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
Kishanganj climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 23.0°C11.7°C | 11.7°C | 13 | 1.7 | 10.711 h |
| February | 26.2°C14.1°C | 14.1°C | 15 | 2.1 | 11.311 h |
| March | 31.7°C18.9°C | 18.9°C | 20 | 3.5 | 12.012 h |
| April | 33.5°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 67 | 9.2 | 12.813 h |
| May, selected | 31.8°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 215 | 19.1 | 13.413 h |
| June | 31.1°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 386 | 26.6 | 13.714 h |
| July | 30.9°C25.5°C | 25.5°C | 411 | 29.6 | 13.614 h |
| August | 31.1°C25.5°C | 25.5°C | 359 | 28.9 | 13.113 h |
| September | 30.4°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 309 | 24.9 | 12.312 h |
| October | 29.7°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 104 | 9.9 | 11.612 h |
| November | 27.8°C17.1°C | 17.1°C | 5.5 | 0.8 | 10.911 h |
| December | 24.7°C13.3°C | 13.3°C | 5.9 | 0.7 | 10.511 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
- Arāria in MayIndia · 44 kmHigh 32.7°C · Low 24.0°C · 208 mm rain
- Thākurgaon in MayBangladesh · 52 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 23.3°C · 271 mm rain
- Rāiganj in MayIndia · 57 kmHigh 32.6°C · Low 24.0°C · 176 mm rain
- Purnia in MayIndia · 60 kmHigh 33.3°C · Low 24.2°C · 160 mm rain
- Katihar in MayIndia · 74 kmHigh 33.7°C · Low 24.5°C · 128 mm rain
- Biratnagar in MayNepal · 79 kmHigh 32.8°C · Low 24.2°C · 118 mm rain
- Siliguri in MayIndia · 82 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 22.1°C · 231 mm rain
- Dinajpur in MayBangladesh · 86 kmHigh 31.8°C · Low 23.6°C · 324 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 Kishanganj) is explained once on the Kishanganj year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.