Climate averages 1991–2020
Patna weather
in May.
A very hot, fairly dry 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 Patna: daytime highs average 38.0°C and nights cool to about 26.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 33 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes May a fairly dry month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 23 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Dinapore (10 km away). In May its highs average 38.1°C, about as warm as Patna, with 31 mm of rain.
Among the 692 cities listed in India, Patna ranks joint 372nd of 692 for the warmest May highs and joint 417th of 692 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 692 cities is 37.3°C; Patna is 0.7°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 2.1°C to 35.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 33 mm to 175 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
Patna climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 22.0°C10.9°C | 10.9°C | 18 | 2.3 | 10.711 h |
| February | 25.9°C13.7°C | 13.7°C | 16 | 2.5 | 11.311 h |
| March | 32.2°C18.6°C | 18.6°C | 11 | 2.2 | 12.012 h |
| April | 37.3°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 13 | 3.3 | 12.713 h |
| May, selected | 38.0°C26.3°C | 26.3°C | 33 | 5.6 | 13.413 h |
| June | 35.9°C27.3°C | 27.3°C | 175 | 16.4 | 13.714 h |
| July | 32.1°C26.6°C | 26.6°C | 311 | 25.8 | 13.614 h |
| August | 31.7°C26.3°C | 26.3°C | 268 | 26.3 | 13.013 h |
| September | 31.0°C25.3°C | 25.3°C | 195 | 20.3 | 12.312 h |
| October | 30.2°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 53 | 5.9 | 11.612 h |
| November | 27.7°C16.7°C | 16.7°C | 5.9 | 0.6 | 10.911 h |
| December | 23.8°C12.4°C | 12.4°C | 7.4 | 0.7 | 10.611 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
- Dinapore in MayIndia · 10 kmHigh 38.1°C · Low 26.4°C · 31 mm rain
- Hājīpur in MayIndia · 13 kmHigh 37.7°C · Low 26.2°C · 38 mm rain
- Chāpra in MayIndia · 44 kmHigh 37.9°C · Low 26.4°C · 28 mm rain
- Jahānābād in MayIndia · 45 kmHigh 39.0°C · Low 26.7°C · 24 mm rain
- Arrah in MayIndia · 48 kmHigh 38.3°C · Low 26.6°C · 26 mm rain
- Bihār Sharīf in MayIndia · 59 kmHigh 38.4°C · Low 26.4°C · 37 mm rain
- Muzaffarpur in MayIndia · 64 kmHigh 36.9°C · Low 25.7°C · 50 mm rain
- Bāruni in MayIndia · 85 kmHigh 37.0°C · Low 25.7°C · 56 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 Patna) is explained once on the Patna year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.