Climate averages 1991–2020
Medinīpur weather
in May.
A very hot, wet month: the 2nd warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a very hot month in Medinīpur: daytime highs average 36.6°C and nights cool to about 26.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 113 mm of rain on roughly 13 days, which makes May a wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 12 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kharagpur (9 km away). In May its highs average 36.7°C, about as warm as Medinīpur, with 105 mm of rain.
Among the 692 cities listed in India, Medinīpur ranks joint 475th of 692 for the warmest May highs and joint 603rd of 692 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 692 cities is 37.3°C; Medinīpur is 0.7°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 2.8°C to 33.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 113 mm to 238 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
Medinīpur climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 25.0°C12.8°C | 12.8°C | 13 | 1.8 | 10.911 h |
| February | 28.9°C16.3°C | 16.3°C | 20 | 2.2 | 11.411 h |
| March | 33.9°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 22 | 3.9 | 12.012 h |
| April | 36.8°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 50 | 9.9 | 12.713 h |
| May, selected | 36.6°C26.9°C | 26.9°C | 113 | 12.5 | 13.213 h |
| June | 33.8°C27.1°C | 27.1°C | 238 | 20.9 | 13.513 h |
| July | 31.2°C26.0°C | 26.0°C | 311 | 28.2 | 13.413 h |
| August | 30.9°C25.6°C | 25.6°C | 285 | 28.1 | 12.913 h |
| September | 30.8°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 213 | 22.9 | 12.312 h |
| October | 30.1°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 106 | 11.2 | 11.612 h |
| November | 28.3°C18.1°C | 18.1°C | 22 | 1.7 | 11.111 h |
| December | 25.5°C13.8°C | 13.8°C | 11 | 1.0 | 10.811 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
- Kharagpur in MayIndia · 9 kmHigh 36.7°C · Low 27.0°C · 105 mm rain
- Uluberiya in MayIndia · 80 kmHigh 35.3°C · Low 27.1°C · 118 mm rain
- Baripāda in MayIndia · 82 kmHigh 36.9°C · Low 26.5°C · 90 mm rain
- Contai in MayIndia · 84 kmHigh 34.2°C · Low 27.8°C · 93 mm rain
- Budge Budge in MayIndia · 89 kmHigh 35.1°C · Low 27.1°C · 122 mm rain
- Haldia in MayIndia · 90 kmHigh 34.0°C · Low 27.5°C · 98 mm rain
- Bānkura in MayIndia · 94 kmHigh 36.9°C · Low 26.3°C · 111 mm rain
- Maheshtala in MayIndia · 96 kmHigh 35.1°C · Low 27.1°C · 122 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 Medinīpur) is explained once on the Medinīpur year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.