Climate averages 1991–2020
Neyveli weather
in May.
A very hot, moderately wet 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 Neyveli: daytime highs average 37.6°C and nights cool to about 27.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 47 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 39 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Virudhachalam (21 km away). In May its highs average 38.1°C, about as warm as Neyveli, with 53 mm of rain.
Among the 692 cities listed in India, Neyveli ranks joint 414th of 692 for the warmest May highs and 489th of 692 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 692 cities is 37.3°C; Neyveli is 0.3°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 1.3°C to 36.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 47 mm to 70 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
Neyveli climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.3°C20.1°C | 20.1°C | 17 | 4.7 | 11.512 h |
| February | 30.7°C20.6°C | 20.6°C | 11 | 2.6 | 11.812 h |
| March | 33.7°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 15 | 2.7 | 12.112 h |
| April | 35.8°C25.7°C | 25.7°C | 28 | 4.9 | 12.412 h |
| May, selected | 37.6°C27.5°C | 27.5°C | 47 | 8.8 | 12.713 h |
| June | 36.3°C27.0°C | 27.0°C | 70 | 13.3 | 12.813 h |
| July | 35.1°C26.3°C | 26.3°C | 80 | 15.4 | 12.713 h |
| August | 34.3°C25.8°C | 25.8°C | 106 | 16.1 | 12.513 h |
| September | 33.8°C25.4°C | 25.4°C | 117 | 16.6 | 12.212 h |
| October | 31.2°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 200 | 20.2 | 11.912 h |
| November | 28.6°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 222 | 18.5 | 11.612 h |
| December | 27.6°C21.2°C | 21.2°C | 123 | 10.7 | 11.511 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
- Virudhachalam in MayIndia · 21 kmHigh 38.1°C · Low 27.4°C · 53 mm rain
- Cuddalore in MayIndia · 33 kmHigh 33.6°C · Low 28.1°C · 39 mm rain
- Villupuram in MayIndia · 37 kmHigh 37.7°C · Low 27.6°C · 51 mm rain
- Puducherry in MayIndia · 51 kmHigh 33.3°C · Low 28.2°C · 43 mm rain
- Mayiladuthurai in MayIndia · 59 kmHigh 34.6°C · Low 27.9°C · 41 mm rain
- Kallakurichi in MayIndia · 60 kmHigh 37.6°C · Low 26.7°C · 62 mm rain
- Tindivanam in MayIndia · 72 kmHigh 37.0°C · Low 27.7°C · 44 mm rain
- Kumbakonam in MayIndia · 73 kmHigh 37.5°C · Low 27.5°C · 46 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 Neyveli) is explained once on the Neyveli year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.