Climate averages 1991–2020
Nellore weather
in May.
A very hot, fairly dry month: the warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a very hot month in Nellore: daytime highs average 38.3°C and nights cool to about 28.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 34 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes May a fairly dry month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 47 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Gūdūr (36 km away). In May its highs average 38.5°C, about as warm as Nellore, with 29 mm of rain.
Among the 692 cities listed in India, Nellore ranks joint 339th of 692 for the warmest May highs and joint 430th of 692 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 692 cities is 37.3°C; Nellore is 1.0°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 1.9°C to 36.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 34 mm to 72 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
Nellore climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.3°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 10 | 2.6 | 11.411 h |
| February | 30.8°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 7.9 | 1.4 | 11.712 h |
| March | 33.9°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 6.3 | 1.3 | 12.012 h |
| April | 36.2°C26.2°C | 26.2°C | 8.9 | 1.6 | 12.412 h |
| May, selected | 38.3°C28.5°C | 28.5°C | 34 | 3.4 | 12.813 h |
| June | 36.4°C28.2°C | 28.2°C | 72 | 11.0 | 13.013 h |
| July | 34.5°C27.2°C | 27.2°C | 77 | 13.9 | 12.913 h |
| August | 33.8°C26.7°C | 26.7°C | 89 | 13.4 | 12.613 h |
| September | 33.4°C26.3°C | 26.3°C | 105 | 15.2 | 12.212 h |
| October | 31.3°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 190 | 17.0 | 11.812 h |
| November | 28.9°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 160 | 14.1 | 11.511 h |
| December | 27.7°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 63 | 6.3 | 11.311 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
- Gūdūr in MayIndia · 36 kmHigh 38.5°C · Low 28.5°C · 29 mm rain
- Kāvali in MayIndia · 52 kmHigh 36.9°C · Low 28.9°C · 39 mm rain
- Srikalahasti in MayIndia · 83 kmHigh 38.7°C · Low 27.7°C · 33 mm rain
- Badvel in MayIndia · 105 kmHigh 39.4°C · Low 28.3°C · 31 mm rain
- Tirupati in MayIndia · 109 kmHigh 38.2°C · Low 27.0°C · 41 mm rain
- Ongole in MayIndia · 117 kmHigh 37.9°C · Low 28.9°C · 34 mm rain
- Kadapa in MayIndia · 125 kmHigh 39.7°C · Low 28.5°C · 28 mm rain
- Rayachoti in MayIndia · 140 kmHigh 37.8°C · Low 26.6°C · 39 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 Nellore) is explained once on the Nellore year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.