Climate averages 1991–2020
Raipur weather
in May.
A very hot, fairly dry month: the warmest and the joint 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a very hot month in Raipur: daytime highs average 41.1°C and nights cool to about 28.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 16 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes May a fairly dry month (the joint 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 08 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Bhilai Charoda (18 km away). In May its highs average 41.2°C, about as warm as Raipur, with 15 mm of rain.
Among the 692 cities listed in India, Raipur ranks joint 25th of 692 for the warmest May highs and joint 235th of 692 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 692 cities is 37.3°C; Raipur is 3.8°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 5.5°C to 35.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 16 mm to 202 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
Raipur climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 26.4°C13.7°C | 13.7°C | 16 | 1.9 | 11.011 h |
| February | 30.0°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 12 | 2.3 | 11.411 h |
| March | 34.7°C20.8°C | 20.8°C | 13 | 2.6 | 12.012 h |
| April | 38.8°C25.5°C | 25.5°C | 15 | 3.5 | 12.613 h |
| May, selected | 41.1°C28.9°C | 28.9°C | 16 | 3.9 | 13.113 h |
| June | 35.6°C27.5°C | 27.5°C | 202 | 17.2 | 13.413 h |
| July | 29.9°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 385 | 25.5 | 13.313 h |
| August | 29.2°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 383 | 25.6 | 12.913 h |
| September | 30.3°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 228 | 19.2 | 12.312 h |
| October | 30.3°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 65 | 7.8 | 11.712 h |
| November | 28.3°C17.2°C | 17.2°C | 12 | 1.7 | 11.111 h |
| December | 26.2°C13.8°C | 13.8°C | 11 | 1.2 | 10.911 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
- Bhilai Charoda in MayIndia · 18 kmHigh 41.2°C · Low 29.0°C · 15 mm rain
- Bhilai in MayIndia · 21 kmHigh 41.2°C · Low 28.8°C · 15 mm rain
- Durg in MayIndia · 37 kmHigh 41.2°C · Low 28.8°C · 15 mm rain
- Dhamtari in MayIndia · 59 kmHigh 40.7°C · Low 28.8°C · 16 mm rain
- Rāj-Nāndgaon in MayIndia · 64 kmHigh 40.7°C · Low 28.9°C · 13 mm rain
- Bilāspur in MayIndia · 109 kmHigh 41.5°C · Low 28.1°C · 13 mm rain
- Gondiā in MayIndia · 151 kmHigh 40.7°C · Low 28.2°C · 6.7 mm rain
- Bālāghāt in MayIndia · 163 kmHigh 41.2°C · Low 27.5°C · 7.4 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 Raipur) is explained once on the Raipur year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.