Climate averages 1991–2020
Nāgercoil weather
in May.
A hot, moderately wet month: the 4th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a hot month in Nāgercoil: daytime highs average 30.9°C and nights cool to about 25.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 85 mm of rain on roughly 15 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 29 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Neyyāttinkara (45 km away). In May its highs average 29.2°C, 1.7°C cooler than Nāgercoil, with 224 mm of rain.
Among the 692 cities listed in India, Nāgercoil ranks joint 647th of 692 for the warmest May highs and 580th of 692 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 692 cities is 37.3°C; Nāgercoil is 6.4°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 1.8°C to 29.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 85 mm to 79 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
Nāgercoil climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 30.6°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 12 | 2.3 | 11.712 h |
| February | 32.1°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 14 | 2.9 | 11.912 h |
| March | 33.1°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 36 | 7.0 | 12.112 h |
| April | 32.1°C25.8°C | 25.8°C | 78 | 16.8 | 12.312 h |
| May, selected | 30.9°C25.9°C | 25.9°C | 85 | 14.6 | 12.512 h |
| June | 29.1°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 79 | 14.7 | 12.613 h |
| July | 28.9°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 49 | 11.5 | 12.513 h |
| August | 29.3°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 51 | 9.7 | 12.412 h |
| September | 29.6°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 62 | 11.2 | 12.212 h |
| October | 29.2°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 171 | 18.6 | 11.912 h |
| November | 28.7°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 197 | 17.8 | 11.812 h |
| December | 29.1°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 72 | 7.7 | 11.712 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
- Neyyāttinkara in MayIndia · 45 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 25.5°C · 224 mm rain
- Thiruvananthapuram in MayIndia · 63 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 25.3°C · 224 mm rain
- Tirunelveli in MayIndia · 67 kmHigh 36.2°C · Low 25.9°C · 54 mm rain
- Thenkasi in MayIndia · 88 kmHigh 32.4°C · Low 23.7°C · 145 mm rain
- Kadayanallur in MayIndia · 100 kmHigh 33.1°C · Low 24.1°C · 145 mm rain
- Thoothukudi in MayIndia · 101 kmHigh 33.5°C · Low 27.5°C · 30 mm rain
- Kovilpatti in MayIndia · 120 kmHigh 37.1°C · Low 26.1°C · 48 mm rain
- Kollam in MayIndia · 122 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 25.7°C · 302 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 Nāgercoil) is explained once on the Nāgercoil year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.