Climate averages 1991–2020
Panipat weather
in May.
A very hot, fairly dry month: the warmest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a very hot month in Panipat: daytime highs average 39.3°C and nights cool to about 25.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 20 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes May a fairly dry month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 36 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kairāna (23 km away). In May its highs average 39.0°C, about as warm as Panipat, with 22 mm of rain.
Among the 692 cities listed in India, Panipat ranks joint 253rd of 692 for the warmest May highs and joint 290th of 692 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 692 cities is 37.3°C; Panipat is 2.0°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 1.3°C to 38.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 20 mm to 71 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
Panipat climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 19.1°C7.6°C | 7.6°C | 35 | 3.6 | 10.510 h |
| February | 22.5°C10.3°C | 10.3°C | 44 | 4.6 | 11.111 h |
| March | 28.5°C14.9°C | 14.9°C | 29 | 4.4 | 12.012 h |
| April | 35.7°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 21 | 4.0 | 12.913 h |
| May, selected | 39.3°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 20 | 5.9 | 13.614 h |
| June | 38.0°C27.3°C | 27.3°C | 71 | 9.8 | 14.014 h |
| July | 33.5°C26.5°C | 26.5°C | 201 | 20.0 | 13.814 h |
| August | 32.1°C25.7°C | 25.7°C | 185 | 20.5 | 13.213 h |
| September | 32.0°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 111 | 9.9 | 12.412 h |
| October | 31.2°C18.6°C | 18.6°C | 13 | 1.9 | 11.511 h |
| November | 26.8°C13.8°C | 13.8°C | 5.3 | 0.8 | 10.711 h |
| December | 21.6°C9.1°C | 9.1°C | 11 | 1.5 | 10.310 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
- Kairāna in MayIndia · 23 kmHigh 39.0°C · Low 24.8°C · 22 mm rain
- Shāmli in MayIndia · 34 kmHigh 38.9°C · Low 24.8°C · 22 mm rain
- Karnāl in MayIndia · 34 kmHigh 38.8°C · Low 24.6°C · 24 mm rain
- Baraut in MayIndia · 43 kmHigh 39.1°C · Low 25.0°C · 19 mm rain
- Sonīpat in MayIndia · 44 kmHigh 39.5°C · Low 25.1°C · 19 mm rain
- Narela in MayIndia · 61 kmHigh 39.6°C · Low 25.3°C · 18 mm rain
- Jīnd in MayIndia · 64 kmHigh 39.9°C · Low 25.4°C · 21 mm rain
- Bawāna in MayIndia · 66 kmHigh 39.8°C · Low 25.4°C · 18 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 Panipat) is explained once on the Panipat year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.