Climate averages 1991–2020
Rajapalayam weather
in May.
A very hot, wet month: the 2nd warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a very hot month in Rajapalayam: daytime highs average 36.4°C and nights cool to about 25.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 116 mm of rain on roughly 20 days, which makes May a wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 33 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Sivakasi (27 km away). In May its highs average 36.9°C, about as warm as Rajapalayam, with 60 mm of rain.
Among the 692 cities listed in India, Rajapalayam ranks joint 493rd of 692 for the warmest May highs and 606th of 692 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 692 cities is 37.3°C; Rajapalayam is 0.9°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 2.3°C to 34.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 116 mm to 96 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
Rajapalayam climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.7°C20.2°C | 20.2°C | 25 | 5.5 | 11.612 h |
| February | 32.7°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 29 | 5.1 | 11.812 h |
| March | 35.9°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 39 | 6.4 | 12.112 h |
| April | 36.6°C25.3°C | 25.3°C | 76 | 12.8 | 12.312 h |
| May, selected | 36.4°C25.3°C | 25.3°C | 116 | 19.9 | 12.613 h |
| June | 34.2°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 96 | 16.5 | 12.713 h |
| July | 33.6°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 95 | 16.2 | 12.613 h |
| August | 33.9°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 105 | 16.5 | 12.412 h |
| September | 34.2°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 126 | 17.5 | 12.212 h |
| October | 31.7°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 231 | 22.1 | 11.912 h |
| November | 28.9°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 210 | 20.9 | 11.712 h |
| December | 28.2°C20.6°C | 20.6°C | 107 | 11.9 | 11.612 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
- Sivakasi in MayIndia · 27 kmHigh 36.9°C · Low 25.8°C · 60 mm rain
- Virudunagar in MayIndia · 47 kmHigh 37.6°C · Low 26.3°C · 64 mm rain
- Kovilpatti in MayIndia · 47 kmHigh 37.1°C · Low 26.1°C · 48 mm rain
- Kadayanallur in MayIndia · 48 kmHigh 33.1°C · Low 24.1°C · 145 mm rain
- Aruppukkottai in MayIndia · 60 kmHigh 37.5°C · Low 26.5°C · 64 mm rain
- Thenkasi in MayIndia · 61 kmHigh 32.4°C · Low 23.7°C · 145 mm rain
- Teni in MayIndia · 63 kmHigh 34.8°C · Low 23.3°C · 59 mm rain
- Madurai in MayIndia · 81 kmHigh 37.3°C · Low 26.2°C · 63 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 Rajapalayam) is explained once on the Rajapalayam year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.