Climate averages 1991–2020

Kolār weather
in May.

A hot, moderately wet month: the 2nd warmest and the 8th driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 32.7°C Daytime mean, May
Average low 21.9°C Night-time mean, May
Rainfall 89 mm 14 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 13 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
Every month in Kolār · average highYear overview

May is a hot month in Kolār: daytime highs average 32.7°C and nights cool to about 21.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 89 mm of rain on roughly 14 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 44 min on an average May day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Robertsonpet (26 km away). In May its highs average 32.8°C, about as warm as Kolār, with 96 mm of rain.

Among the 692 cities listed in India, Kolār ranks joint 618th of 692 for the warmest May highs and 582nd of 692 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 692 cities is 37.3°C; Kolār is 4.6°C cooler than that mean.

From May to June, average highs fall by 3.7°C to 29.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 89 mm to 94 mm.

The annual picture

May in context

30-year average
Average highAverage low°C
Average daily high and low temperatures by month The same values are available in the monthly table below. Lines show mean daily maxima and minima, not a forecast interval. 10152025303540 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm
Average monthly rainfall totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 1500

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Kolār climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Kolār, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 26.9°C14.8°C14.8°C5.01.411.411 h
February 29.5°C16.1°C16.1°C6.41.411.712 h
March 32.5°C18.5°C18.5°C142.012.112 h
April 33.6°C21.0°C21.0°C315.112.412 h
May, selected 32.7°C21.9°C21.9°C8913.712.713 h
June 29.0°C21.1°C21.1°C9414.712.913 h
July 27.7°C20.5°C20.5°C8714.712.813 h
August 27.4°C20.2°C20.2°C9314.312.613 h
September 27.8°C19.8°C19.8°C11914.812.212 h
October 27.0°C19.1°C19.1°C13917.311.812 h
November 25.7°C17.4°C17.4°C7810.811.512 h
December 25.2°C15.4°C15.4°C314.411.411 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

Distance from Kolār

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 limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Kolār) is explained once on the Kolār year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.