Climate averages 1991–2020
Pīlibhīt weather
in May.
A very hot, fairly dry month: the warmest and the joint 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a very hot month in Pīlibhīt: daytime highs average 37.8°C and nights cool to about 24.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 27 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes May a fairly dry month (the joint 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 34 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Bareilly (47 km away). In May its highs average 38.3°C, about as warm as Pīlibhīt, with 19 mm of rain.
Among the 692 cities listed in India, Pīlibhīt ranks joint 393rd of 692 for the warmest May highs and joint 362nd of 692 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 692 cities is 37.3°C; Pīlibhīt is 0.5°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 1.9°C to 36.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 27 mm to 151 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
Pīlibhīt climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 20.4°C8.5°C | 8.5°C | 44 | 3.6 | 10.511 h |
| February | 23.8°C11.2°C | 11.2°C | 56 | 4.3 | 11.211 h |
| March | 29.7°C15.3°C | 15.3°C | 38 | 3.5 | 12.012 h |
| April | 35.8°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 20 | 3.4 | 12.813 h |
| May, selected | 37.8°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 27 | 5.4 | 13.614 h |
| June | 36.0°C26.4°C | 26.4°C | 151 | 12.8 | 13.914 h |
| July | 31.6°C25.8°C | 25.8°C | 435 | 26.4 | 13.814 h |
| August | 31.0°C25.5°C | 25.5°C | 373 | 25.4 | 13.213 h |
| September | 30.8°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 221 | 16.1 | 12.412 h |
| October | 30.2°C19.1°C | 19.1°C | 27 | 2.3 | 11.512 h |
| November | 26.8°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 3.3 | 0.6 | 10.811 h |
| December | 22.3°C10.0°C | 10.0°C | 18 | 1.4 | 10.410 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
- Bareilly in MayIndia · 47 kmHigh 38.3°C · Low 25.0°C · 19 mm rain
- Bhimdatta in MayNepal · 52 kmHigh 35.7°C · Low 21.7°C · 40 mm rain
- Farīdpur, India in MayIndia · 53 kmHigh 38.5°C · Low 25.2°C · 19 mm rain
- Rudrapur in MayIndia · 55 kmHigh 37.3°C · Low 23.3°C · 27 mm rain
- Haldwani in MayIndia · 71 kmHigh 35.9°C · Low 21.7°C · 48 mm rain
- Dhangaḍhi̇̄ in MayNepal · 77 kmHigh 35.9°C · Low 22.1°C · 34 mm rain
- Rāmpur in MayIndia · 78 kmHigh 38.2°C · Low 24.7°C · 27 mm rain
- Shāhjānpur in MayIndia · 84 kmHigh 38.7°C · Low 25.6°C · 22 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 Pīlibhīt) is explained once on the Pīlibhīt year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.