Climate averages 1991–2020
Māler Kotla weather
in May.
A very hot, fairly dry 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 Māler Kotla: daytime highs average 39.3°C and nights cool to about 24.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 27 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes May a fairly dry month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 41 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Sangrūr (32 km away). In May its highs average 39.6°C, about as warm as Māler Kotla, with 26 mm of rain.
Among the 692 cities listed in India, Māler Kotla ranks joint 253rd of 692 for the warmest May highs and joint 362nd of 692 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 692 cities is 37.3°C; Māler Kotla is 2.0°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 0.9°C to 38.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 27 mm to 66 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
Māler Kotla climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 18.1°C6.6°C | 6.6°C | 42 | 3.8 | 10.410 h |
| February | 21.5°C9.1°C | 9.1°C | 54 | 5.3 | 11.111 h |
| March | 27.4°C13.7°C | 13.7°C | 45 | 5.6 | 12.012 h |
| April | 34.9°C19.3°C | 19.3°C | 26 | 4.7 | 12.913 h |
| May, selected | 39.3°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 27 | 6.5 | 13.714 h |
| June | 38.4°C26.8°C | 26.8°C | 66 | 9.5 | 14.114 h |
| July | 33.9°C26.4°C | 26.4°C | 173 | 19.5 | 13.914 h |
| August | 32.4°C25.6°C | 25.6°C | 160 | 19.3 | 13.313 h |
| September | 32.4°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 88 | 9.0 | 12.412 h |
| October | 31.6°C18.4°C | 18.4°C | 18 | 2.2 | 11.511 h |
| November | 26.5°C13.1°C | 13.1°C | 8.6 | 1.2 | 10.611 h |
| December | 20.8°C8.2°C | 8.2°C | 13 | 1.7 | 10.210 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
- Sangrūr in MayIndia · 32 kmHigh 39.6°C · Low 24.6°C · 26 mm rain
- Barnāla in MayIndia · 36 kmHigh 39.7°C · Low 24.5°C · 24 mm rain
- Khanna in MayIndia · 38 kmHigh 39.0°C · Low 23.9°C · 32 mm rain
- Ludhiana in MayIndia · 42 kmHigh 38.9°C · Low 23.7°C · 30 mm rain
- Gobindgarh in MayIndia · 43 kmHigh 38.9°C · Low 23.7°C · 32 mm rain
- Patiāla in MayIndia · 54 kmHigh 39.0°C · Low 24.1°C · 32 mm rain
- Rajpura in MayIndia · 69 kmHigh 38.5°C · Low 23.7°C · 33 mm rain
- Moga in MayIndia · 75 kmHigh 39.6°C · Low 24.2°C · 27 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 Māler Kotla) is explained once on the Māler Kotla year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.