Climate averages 1991–2020
Lalitpur weather
in May.
A very hot, very dry month: the warmest and the 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a very hot month in Lalitpur: daytime highs average 40.6°C and nights cool to about 27.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 6.7 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes May a very dry month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 20 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Tīkamgarh (42 km away). In May its highs average 40.7°C, about as warm as Lalitpur, with 6.2 mm of rain.
Among the 692 cities listed in India, Lalitpur ranks joint 64th of 692 for the warmest May highs and joint 103rd of 692 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 692 cities is 37.3°C; Lalitpur is 3.3°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 3.1°C to 37.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 6.7 mm to 110 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
Lalitpur climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 22.7°C10.3°C | 10.3°C | 11 | 1.8 | 10.811 h |
| February | 26.6°C13.0°C | 13.0°C | 13 | 2.0 | 11.311 h |
| March | 32.3°C17.6°C | 17.6°C | 7.7 | 1.6 | 12.012 h |
| April | 37.8°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 4.3 | 1.2 | 12.713 h |
| May, selected | 40.6°C27.3°C | 27.3°C | 6.7 | 2.0 | 13.313 h |
| June | 37.5°C28.1°C | 28.1°C | 110 | 10.7 | 13.614 h |
| July | 31.1°C25.4°C | 25.4°C | 306 | 22.8 | 13.514 h |
| August | 29.4°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 281 | 22.8 | 13.013 h |
| September | 30.5°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 137 | 12.9 | 12.312 h |
| October | 31.1°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 20 | 2.5 | 11.612 h |
| November | 27.7°C15.6°C | 15.6°C | 7.3 | 1.0 | 11.011 h |
| December | 23.9°C11.7°C | 11.7°C | 5.7 | 1.0 | 10.611 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
- Tīkamgarh in MayIndia · 42 kmHigh 40.7°C · Low 27.3°C · 6.2 mm rain
- Ashoknagar in MayIndia · 71 kmHigh 39.9°C · Low 27.3°C · 7.2 mm rain
- Jhānsi in MayIndia · 87 kmHigh 41.2°C · Low 27.5°C · 7.1 mm rain
- Saugor in MayIndia · 100 kmHigh 40.0°C · Low 27.5°C · 7.9 mm rain
- Basoda in MayIndia · 105 kmHigh 40.6°C · Low 27.8°C · 5.8 mm rain
- Datia in MayIndia · 109 kmHigh 41.1°C · Low 27.2°C · 7.0 mm rain
- Shivpuri in MayIndia · 112 kmHigh 39.9°C · Low 27.0°C · 9.3 mm rain
- Guna in MayIndia · 112 kmHigh 40.0°C · Low 27.4°C · 4.5 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 Lalitpur) is explained once on the Lalitpur year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.