Climate averages 1991–2020
Ooty weather
in May.
A warm, wet month: the 3rd warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a warm month in Ooty: daytime highs average 22.3°C and nights cool to about 14.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 161 mm of rain on roughly 23 days, which makes May a wet month (the 8th 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 Idaiyarpālaiyam (48 km away). In May its highs average 32.2°C, 9.9°C warmer than Ooty, with 70 mm of rain.
Among the 692 cities listed in India, Ooty ranks 687th of 692 for the warmest May highs and 640th of 692 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 692 cities is 37.3°C; Ooty is 15.0°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 2.1°C to 20.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 161 mm to 205 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
Ooty climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 19.9°C10.1°C | 10.1°C | 20 | 4.8 | 11.512 h |
| February | 20.9°C10.5°C | 10.5°C | 24 | 5.0 | 11.812 h |
| March | 22.4°C12.1°C | 12.1°C | 44 | 7.5 | 12.112 h |
| April | 22.8°C13.7°C | 13.7°C | 85 | 15.0 | 12.412 h |
| May, selected | 22.3°C14.5°C | 14.5°C | 161 | 23.2 | 12.613 h |
| June | 20.2°C14.2°C | 14.2°C | 205 | 23.7 | 12.813 h |
| July | 19.2°C13.6°C | 13.6°C | 202 | 24.7 | 12.713 h |
| August | 19.4°C13.3°C | 13.3°C | 179 | 22.9 | 12.512 h |
| September | 19.9°C13.1°C | 13.1°C | 145 | 20.8 | 12.212 h |
| October | 19.5°C12.8°C | 12.8°C | 196 | 22.1 | 11.912 h |
| November | 19.0°C12.1°C | 12.1°C | 134 | 16.3 | 11.612 h |
| December | 19.2°C11.0°C | 11.0°C | 58 | 8.3 | 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
- Idaiyarpālaiyam in MayIndia · 48 kmHigh 32.2°C · Low 23.5°C · 70 mm rain
- Coimbatore in MayIndia · 54 kmHigh 33.2°C · Low 23.8°C · 70 mm rain
- Manjeri in MayIndia · 71 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 24.3°C · 267 mm rain
- Palakkad in MayIndia · 71 kmHigh 32.6°C · Low 24.9°C · 81 mm rain
- Velampālaiyam in MayIndia · 74 kmHigh 34.9°C · Low 24.9°C · 70 mm rain
- Malappuram in MayIndia · 79 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 24.5°C · 267 mm rain
- Tiruppur in MayIndia · 79 kmHigh 35.5°C · Low 25.3°C · 71 mm rain
- Pollachi in MayIndia · 91 kmHigh 32.5°C · Low 23.9°C · 67 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 Ooty) is explained once on the Ooty year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.