Climate averages 1991–2020
Mathura weather
in May.
A very hot, very dry month: the warmest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a very hot month in Mathura: daytime highs average 40.2°C and nights cool to about 26.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 14 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes May a very dry month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 29 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Bharatpur, India (37 km away). In May its highs average 40.6°C, about as warm as Mathura, with 13 mm of rain.
Among the 692 cities listed in India, Mathura ranks joint 106th of 692 for the warmest May highs and joint 211th of 692 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 692 cities is 37.3°C; Mathura is 2.8°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 1.3°C to 38.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 14 mm to 77 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
Mathura climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 20.5°C8.2°C | 8.2°C | 15 | 2.3 | 10.611 h |
| February | 24.2°C11.0°C | 11.0°C | 20 | 2.7 | 11.211 h |
| March | 30.4°C15.8°C | 15.8°C | 16 | 2.5 | 12.012 h |
| April | 37.0°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 8.9 | 2.4 | 12.813 h |
| May, selected | 40.2°C26.2°C | 26.2°C | 14 | 4.3 | 13.513 h |
| June | 38.8°C28.6°C | 28.6°C | 77 | 8.7 | 13.814 h |
| July | 33.7°C27.1°C | 27.1°C | 215 | 20.1 | 13.714 h |
| August | 31.9°C25.9°C | 25.9°C | 214 | 20.1 | 13.113 h |
| September | 32.3°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 103 | 10.8 | 12.312 h |
| October | 32.2°C19.6°C | 19.6°C | 16 | 2.0 | 11.512 h |
| November | 27.5°C14.5°C | 14.5°C | 6.3 | 1.0 | 10.811 h |
| December | 22.5°C9.7°C | 9.7°C | 6.5 | 0.8 | 10.410 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
- Bharatpur, India in MayIndia · 37 kmHigh 40.6°C · Low 26.5°C · 13 mm rain
- Hāthras in MayIndia · 39 kmHigh 39.8°C · Low 26.0°C · 14 mm rain
- Agra in MayIndia · 49 kmHigh 40.3°C · Low 26.4°C · 12 mm rain
- Alīgarh in MayIndia · 58 kmHigh 39.7°C · Low 25.9°C · 16 mm rain
- Palwal in MayIndia · 79 kmHigh 40.0°C · Low 25.9°C · 17 mm rain
- Fīrozābād in MayIndia · 82 kmHigh 40.0°C · Low 26.3°C · 13 mm rain
- Khurja in MayIndia · 85 kmHigh 39.4°C · Low 25.5°C · 18 mm rain
- Dhaulpur in MayIndia · 92 kmHigh 40.9°C · Low 26.9°C · 9.6 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 Mathura) is explained once on the Mathura year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.