Climate averages 1991–2020
Paralakhemundi weather
in May.
A very hot, moderately wet month: the warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a very hot month in Paralakhemundi: daytime highs average 36.8°C and nights cool to about 26.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 56 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 00 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Srikakulam (57 km away). In May its highs average 34.5°C, 2.3°C cooler than Paralakhemundi, with 34 mm of rain.
Among the 692 cities listed in India, Paralakhemundi ranks joint 466th of 692 for the warmest May highs and joint 511th of 692 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 692 cities is 37.3°C; Paralakhemundi is 0.5°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 3.3°C to 33.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 56 mm to 223 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
Paralakhemundi climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 27.9°C16.4°C | 16.4°C | 8.7 | 1.8 | 11.111 h |
| February | 31.0°C18.9°C | 18.9°C | 13 | 2.9 | 11.512 h |
| March | 34.5°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 20 | 5.2 | 12.012 h |
| April | 35.8°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 33 | 9.3 | 12.613 h |
| May, selected | 36.8°C26.7°C | 26.7°C | 56 | 9.5 | 13.013 h |
| June | 33.5°C26.4°C | 26.4°C | 223 | 20.5 | 13.213 h |
| July | 30.6°C25.2°C | 25.2°C | 346 | 25.8 | 13.113 h |
| August | 30.2°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 315 | 26.8 | 12.813 h |
| September | 30.4°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 261 | 24.2 | 12.312 h |
| October | 29.9°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 154 | 16.8 | 11.712 h |
| November | 28.6°C19.4°C | 19.4°C | 47 | 4.8 | 11.311 h |
| December | 27.3°C16.2°C | 16.2°C | 14 | 1.8 | 11.011 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
- Srikakulam in MayIndia · 57 kmHigh 34.5°C · Low 28.2°C · 34 mm rain
- Rāyagada in MayIndia · 84 kmHigh 37.6°C · Low 26.2°C · 74 mm rain
- Brahmapur in MayIndia · 94 kmHigh 35.5°C · Low 27.6°C · 51 mm rain
- Vizianagaram in MayIndia · 103 kmHigh 36.5°C · Low 27.6°C · 33 mm rain
- Rasapūdipalem in MayIndia · 142 kmHigh 35.1°C · Low 28.2°C · 33 mm rain
- Visakhapatnam in MayIndia · 154 kmHigh 34.9°C · Low 28.2°C · 33 mm rain
- Jeypore in MayIndia · 161 kmHigh 35.2°C · Low 25.0°C · 55 mm rain
- Anakapalle in MayIndia · 167 kmHigh 36.5°C · Low 27.7°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 Paralakhemundi) is explained once on the Paralakhemundi year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.