Climate averages 1991–2020
Kumbakonam weather
in May.
A very hot, moderately wet 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 Kumbakonam: daytime highs average 37.5°C and nights cool to about 27.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 46 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 37 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Mayiladuthurai (33 km away). In May its highs average 34.6°C, 2.9°C cooler than Kumbakonam, with 41 mm of rain.
Among the 692 cities listed in India, Kumbakonam ranks joint 423rd of 692 for the warmest May highs and joint 486th of 692 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 692 cities is 37.3°C; Kumbakonam is 0.2°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 1.0°C to 36.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 46 mm to 52 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
Kumbakonam climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.6°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 22 | 4.3 | 11.612 h |
| February | 31.2°C21.5°C | 21.5°C | 14 | 2.8 | 11.812 h |
| March | 34.3°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 17 | 3.0 | 12.112 h |
| April | 36.0°C26.1°C | 26.1°C | 29 | 5.9 | 12.412 h |
| May, selected | 37.5°C27.5°C | 27.5°C | 46 | 8.9 | 12.613 h |
| June | 36.5°C27.2°C | 27.2°C | 52 | 10.4 | 12.813 h |
| July | 35.5°C26.5°C | 26.5°C | 56 | 12.6 | 12.713 h |
| August | 34.9°C26.1°C | 26.1°C | 80 | 14.6 | 12.512 h |
| September | 34.4°C25.8°C | 25.8°C | 96 | 16.0 | 12.212 h |
| October | 31.6°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 169 | 19.7 | 11.912 h |
| November | 28.8°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 212 | 18.8 | 11.612 h |
| December | 27.8°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 127 | 11.2 | 11.511 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
- Mayiladuthurai in MayIndia · 33 kmHigh 34.6°C · Low 27.9°C · 41 mm rain
- Thanjavur in MayIndia · 34 kmHigh 37.8°C · Low 27.4°C · 60 mm rain
- Kāraikāl in MayIndia · 49 kmHigh 33.0°C · Low 28.2°C · 41 mm rain
- Nagapattinam in MayIndia · 54 kmHigh 33.0°C · Low 28.2°C · 44 mm rain
- Pattukkottai in MayIndia · 60 kmHigh 36.2°C · Low 27.2°C · 62 mm rain
- Virudhachalam in MayIndia · 62 kmHigh 38.1°C · Low 27.4°C · 53 mm rain
- Neyveli in MayIndia · 73 kmHigh 37.6°C · Low 27.5°C · 47 mm rain
- Tiruchirappalli in MayIndia · 78 kmHigh 38.3°C · Low 27.2°C · 53 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 Kumbakonam) is explained once on the Kumbakonam year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.