Climate averages 1991–2020
Mangaluru weather
in May.
A hot, wet month: the 4th warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a hot month in Mangaluru: daytime highs average 31.1°C and nights cool to about 26.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 175 mm of rain on roughly 17 days, which makes May a wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 43 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Udupi (48 km away). In May its highs average 32.0°C, 0.9°C warmer than Mangaluru, with 159 mm of rain.
Among the 692 cities listed in India, Mangaluru ranks 646th of 692 for the warmest May highs and 647th of 692 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 692 cities is 37.3°C; Mangaluru is 6.2°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 3.3°C to 27.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 175 mm to 592 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
Mangaluru climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 30.9°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 2.0 | 0.7 | 11.511 h |
| February | 31.5°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 1.5 | 0.4 | 11.712 h |
| March | 32.1°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 15 | 2.5 | 12.112 h |
| April | 32.3°C26.3°C | 26.3°C | 50 | 9.1 | 12.412 h |
| May, selected | 31.1°C26.3°C | 26.3°C | 175 | 17.4 | 12.713 h |
| June | 27.8°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 592 | 29.4 | 12.913 h |
| July | 26.8°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 631 | 30.9 | 12.813 h |
| August | 26.9°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 437 | 30.0 | 12.613 h |
| September | 27.7°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 228 | 24.2 | 12.212 h |
| October | 28.7°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 224 | 22.2 | 11.912 h |
| November | 29.8°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 72 | 10.0 | 11.512 h |
| December | 30.6°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 15 | 3.2 | 11.411 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
- Udupi in MayIndia · 48 kmHigh 32.0°C · Low 26.1°C · 159 mm rain
- Kanhangad in MayIndia · 73 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 25.8°C · 219 mm rain
- Payyanur in MayIndia · 99 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 26.2°C · 211 mm rain
- Chikmagalūr in MayIndia · 109 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 20.7°C · 130 mm rain
- Taliparamba in MayIndia · 112 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 25.4°C · 211 mm rain
- Hassan in MayIndia · 135 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 20.7°C · 113 mm rain
- Shivamogga in MayIndia · 137 kmHigh 32.5°C · Low 22.7°C · 67 mm rain
- Bhadrāvati in MayIndia · 138 kmHigh 32.2°C · Low 22.7°C · 71 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 Mangaluru) is explained once on the Mangaluru year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.