Climate averages 1991–2020
Kurnool weather
in May.
A very hot, fairly dry month: the warmest and the joint 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a very hot month in Kurnool: daytime highs average 39.2°C and nights cool to about 28.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 31 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes May a fairly dry month (the joint 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 51 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Emmiganūr (59 km away). In May its highs average 38.5°C, 0.7°C cooler than Kurnool, with 31 mm of rain.
Among the 692 cities listed in India, Kurnool ranks joint 263rd of 692 for the warmest May highs and joint 396th of 692 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 692 cities is 37.3°C; Kurnool is 1.9°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 4.8°C to 34.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 31 mm to 100 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
Kurnool climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 31.0°C18.8°C | 18.8°C | 4.3 | 0.9 | 11.311 h |
| February | 33.8°C20.6°C | 20.6°C | 2.4 | 0.4 | 11.612 h |
| March | 37.2°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 8.9 | 1.1 | 12.012 h |
| April | 39.0°C26.6°C | 26.6°C | 11 | 3.1 | 12.512 h |
| May, selected | 39.2°C28.1°C | 28.1°C | 31 | 5.7 | 12.913 h |
| June | 34.4°C25.9°C | 25.9°C | 100 | 14.9 | 13.113 h |
| July | 31.9°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 120 | 18.0 | 13.013 h |
| August | 30.8°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 122 | 16.2 | 12.713 h |
| September | 31.2°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 128 | 14.8 | 12.212 h |
| October | 31.1°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 118 | 12.3 | 11.812 h |
| November | 30.6°C20.6°C | 20.6°C | 31 | 5.2 | 11.411 h |
| December | 30.1°C18.6°C | 18.6°C | 8.3 | 1.2 | 11.211 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
- Emmiganūr in MayIndia · 59 kmHigh 38.5°C · Low 27.1°C · 31 mm rain
- Nandyāl in MayIndia · 62 kmHigh 39.5°C · Low 28.1°C · 31 mm rain
- Rāichūr in MayIndia · 84 kmHigh 38.5°C · Low 27.3°C · 28 mm rain
- Adoni in MayIndia · 84 kmHigh 38.0°C · Low 26.3°C · 32 mm rain
- Mahbūbnagar in MayIndia · 102 kmHigh 37.7°C · Low 26.5°C · 26 mm rain
- Tadpatri in MayIndia · 102 kmHigh 39.3°C · Low 27.7°C · 41 mm rain
- Guntakal in MayIndia · 103 kmHigh 37.5°C · Low 25.9°C · 45 mm rain
- Proddatūr in MayIndia · 132 kmHigh 39.9°C · Low 28.6°C · 36 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 Kurnool) is explained once on the Kurnool year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.