Climate averages 1991–2020
Mothīhāri weather
in May.
A very hot, moderately wet month: the 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 Mothīhāri: daytime highs average 36.6°C and nights cool to about 25.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 84 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 26 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Birgañj (41 km away). In May its highs average 35.6°C, 1.0°C cooler than Mothīhāri, with 76 mm of rain.
Among the 692 cities listed in India, Mothīhāri ranks joint 475th of 692 for the warmest May highs and joint 578th of 692 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 692 cities is 37.3°C; Mothīhāri is 0.7°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 2.0°C to 34.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 84 mm to 264 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
Mothīhāri climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 22.0°C10.5°C | 10.5°C | 14 | 2.0 | 10.711 h |
| February | 25.8°C13.3°C | 13.3°C | 19 | 2.3 | 11.211 h |
| March | 32.0°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 16 | 2.4 | 12.012 h |
| April | 36.5°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 30 | 5.3 | 12.813 h |
| May, selected | 36.6°C25.7°C | 25.7°C | 84 | 11.3 | 13.413 h |
| June | 34.6°C26.5°C | 26.5°C | 264 | 21.1 | 13.814 h |
| July | 31.6°C26.0°C | 26.0°C | 466 | 29.2 | 13.614 h |
| August | 31.5°C25.9°C | 25.9°C | 385 | 28.8 | 13.113 h |
| September | 30.8°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 292 | 23.6 | 12.312 h |
| October | 30.2°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 56 | 5.9 | 11.512 h |
| November | 27.9°C16.3°C | 16.3°C | 5.3 | 0.5 | 10.911 h |
| December | 23.8°C12.0°C | 12.0°C | 7.8 | 0.7 | 10.511 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
- Birgañj in MayNepal · 41 kmHigh 35.6°C · Low 24.9°C · 76 mm rain
- Bettiah in MayIndia · 44 kmHigh 36.5°C · Low 25.5°C · 53 mm rain
- Siwān in MayIndia · 73 kmHigh 37.6°C · Low 26.1°C · 29 mm rain
- Muzaffarpur in MayIndia · 75 kmHigh 36.9°C · Low 25.7°C · 50 mm rain
- Hetauda in MayNepal · 87 kmHigh 31.8°C · Low 22.0°C · 154 mm rain
- Bagaha (Bihar, 27.10°N 84.09°E), India in MayIndia · 96 kmHigh 36.0°C · Low 25.1°C · 56 mm rain
- Chāpra in MayIndia · 98 kmHigh 37.9°C · Low 26.4°C · 28 mm rain
- Janakpur in MayNepal · 101 kmHigh 35.2°C · Low 25.0°C · 87 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 Mothīhāri) is explained once on the Mothīhāri year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.