Climate averages 1991–2020

Rāichūr 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.

Average high 38.5°C Daytime mean, May
Average low 27.3°C Night-time mean, May
Rainfall 28 mm 6 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 13 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
Every month in Rāichūr · average highYear overview

May is a very hot month in Rāichūr: daytime highs average 38.5°C and nights cool to about 27.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.

Expect about 28 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 12 h 53 min on an average May day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Emmiganūr (50 km away). In May its highs average 38.5°C, about as warm as Rāichūr, with 31 mm of rain.

Among the 692 cities listed in India, Rāichūr ranks joint 321st of 692 for the warmest May highs and joint 376th of 692 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 692 cities is 37.3°C; Rāichūr is 1.1°C warmer than that mean.

From May to June, average highs fall by 5.1°C to 33.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 28 mm to 116 mm.

The annual picture

May in context

30-year average
Average highAverage low°C
Average daily high and low temperatures by month The same values are available in the monthly table below. Lines show mean daily maxima and minima, not a forecast interval. 15202530354045 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm
Average monthly rainfall totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 1500

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Rāichūr climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Rāichūr, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 30.1°C17.9°C17.9°C4.80.811.311 h
February 32.7°C19.8°C19.8°C3.90.511.612 h
March 36.0°C23.1°C23.1°C6.71.312.012 h
April 38.0°C26.0°C26.0°C122.412.512 h
May, selected 38.5°C27.3°C27.3°C285.612.913 h
June 33.4°C25.0°C25.0°C11616.413.113 h
July 30.8°C23.9°C23.9°C14019.313.013 h
August 29.9°C23.3°C23.3°C13817.412.713 h
September 30.2°C23.0°C23.0°C14215.312.212 h
October 30.3°C21.8°C21.8°C11011.711.812 h
November 29.9°C19.8°C19.8°C243.711.411 h
December 29.4°C17.7°C17.7°C5.90.911.211 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

Distance from Rāichūr

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 limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Rāichūr) is explained once on the Rāichūr year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.