Climate averages 1991–2020
Koch Bihār weather
in May.
A hot, very wet month: the 7th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a hot month in Koch Bihār: daytime highs average 29.8°C and nights cool to about 23.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 561 mm of rain on roughly 26 days, which makes May a very wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 25 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Jaigaon (58 km away). In May its highs average 28.4°C, 1.4°C cooler than Koch Bihār, with 255 mm of rain.
Among the 692 cities listed in India, Koch Bihār ranks joint 664th of 692 for the warmest May highs and 692nd of 692 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 692 cities is 37.3°C; Koch Bihār is 7.6°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 0.4°C to 30.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 561 mm to 755 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
Koch Bihār climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 23.0°C11.9°C | 11.9°C | 13 | 2.0 | 10.711 h |
| February | 25.7°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 22 | 3.5 | 11.311 h |
| March | 30.2°C18.4°C | 18.4°C | 59 | 7.0 | 12.012 h |
| April | 30.7°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 207 | 17.4 | 12.813 h |
| May, selected | 29.8°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 561 | 26.4 | 13.413 h |
| June | 30.2°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 755 | 29.1 | 13.814 h |
| July | 30.6°C25.5°C | 25.5°C | 690 | 30.6 | 13.614 h |
| August | 31.0°C25.5°C | 25.5°C | 590 | 30.1 | 13.113 h |
| September | 30.2°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 460 | 26.7 | 12.312 h |
| October | 29.3°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 171 | 12.5 | 11.612 h |
| November | 27.3°C16.9°C | 16.9°C | 9.9 | 1.8 | 10.911 h |
| December | 24.6°C13.4°C | 13.4°C | 5.6 | 0.9 | 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
- Jaigaon in MayIndia · 58 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 22.3°C · 255 mm rain
- Rangpur in MayBangladesh · 67 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 23.4°C · 403 mm rain
- Jalpāiguri in MayIndia · 74 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 22.8°C · 293 mm rain
- Saidpur in MayBangladesh · 82 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 23.4°C · 366 mm rain
- Thākurgaon in MayBangladesh · 103 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 23.3°C · 271 mm rain
- Siliguri in MayIndia · 110 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 22.1°C · 231 mm rain
- Dinajpur in MayBangladesh · 112 kmHigh 31.8°C · Low 23.6°C · 324 mm rain
- Tura in MayIndia · 118 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 22.5°C · 473 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 Koch Bihār) is explained once on the Koch Bihār year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.