Climate averages 1991–2020
Palwancha weather
in May.
A very hot, fairly dry month: the warmest and the joint 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a very hot month in Palwancha: daytime highs average 40.0°C and nights cool to about 28.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 30 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes May a fairly dry month (the joint 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 57 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kottagūdem (7 km away). In May its highs average 39.7°C, about as warm as Palwancha, with 37 mm of rain.
Among the 692 cities listed in India, Palwancha ranks joint 124th of 692 for the warmest May highs and joint 386th of 692 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 692 cities is 37.3°C; Palwancha is 2.6°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 4.7°C to 35.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 30 mm to 185 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
Palwancha climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.6°C18.4°C | 18.4°C | 5.5 | 1.3 | 11.211 h |
| February | 32.6°C20.3°C | 20.3°C | 7.2 | 1.1 | 11.612 h |
| March | 36.1°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 6.5 | 1.4 | 12.012 h |
| April | 38.2°C26.3°C | 26.3°C | 13 | 3.9 | 12.513 h |
| May, selected | 40.0°C28.7°C | 28.7°C | 30 | 5.3 | 12.913 h |
| June | 35.2°C27.6°C | 27.6°C | 185 | 16.8 | 13.213 h |
| July | 31.3°C25.6°C | 25.6°C | 285 | 22.3 | 13.113 h |
| August | 30.6°C25.1°C | 25.1°C | 265 | 22.1 | 12.713 h |
| September | 31.2°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 198 | 18.5 | 12.212 h |
| October | 31.0°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 102 | 13.0 | 11.812 h |
| November | 29.9°C21.0°C | 21.0°C | 30 | 3.9 | 11.311 h |
| December | 28.8°C18.5°C | 18.5°C | 9.3 | 1.0 | 11.111 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
- Kottagūdem in MayIndia · 7 kmHigh 39.7°C · Low 28.6°C · 37 mm rain
- Khammam in MayIndia · 68 kmHigh 39.7°C · Low 28.4°C · 36 mm rain
- Mulugu in MayIndia · 103 kmHigh 39.7°C · Low 28.7°C · 16 mm rain
- Eluru in MayIndia · 107 kmHigh 38.8°C · Low 28.4°C · 32 mm rain
- Vijayawada in MayIndia · 119 kmHigh 39.4°C · Low 28.5°C · 36 mm rain
- Amaravati in MayIndia · 120 kmHigh 39.7°C · Low 28.7°C · 35 mm rain
- Suriāpet in MayIndia · 122 kmHigh 39.8°C · Low 28.5°C · 22 mm rain
- Tadepalligudem in MayIndia · 124 kmHigh 38.1°C · Low 28.2°C · 35 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 Palwancha) is explained once on the Palwancha year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.