Climate averages 1991–2020
Rāyagada weather
in May.
A very hot, moderately wet 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 Rāyagada: daytime highs average 37.6°C and nights cool to about 26.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 74 mm of rain on roughly 13 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 02 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Paralakhemundi (84 km away). In May its highs average 36.8°C, 0.7°C cooler than Rāyagada, with 56 mm of rain.
Among the 692 cities listed in India, Rāyagada ranks joint 414th of 692 for the warmest May highs and joint 559th of 692 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 692 cities is 37.3°C; Rāyagada is 0.2°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 4.1°C to 33.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 74 mm to 221 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
Rāyagada climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.0°C16.0°C | 16.0°C | 16 | 2.3 | 11.111 h |
| February | 31.3°C18.5°C | 18.5°C | 15 | 2.4 | 11.512 h |
| March | 35.2°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 28 | 5.3 | 12.012 h |
| April | 36.6°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 49 | 12.4 | 12.613 h |
| May, selected | 37.6°C26.2°C | 26.2°C | 74 | 12.6 | 13.013 h |
| June | 33.4°C26.1°C | 26.1°C | 221 | 21.4 | 13.313 h |
| July | 30.1°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 351 | 25.5 | 13.213 h |
| August | 29.7°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 318 | 25.9 | 12.813 h |
| September | 30.2°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 232 | 21.8 | 12.312 h |
| October | 29.7°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 117 | 12.4 | 11.712 h |
| November | 28.3°C18.6°C | 18.6°C | 37 | 4.0 | 11.211 h |
| December | 27.1°C15.6°C | 15.6°C | 15 | 1.8 | 11.011 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
- Paralakhemundi in MayIndia · 84 kmHigh 36.8°C · Low 26.7°C · 56 mm rain
- Nowrangapur in MayIndia · 91 kmHigh 36.0°C · Low 24.6°C · 51 mm rain
- Jeypore in MayIndia · 95 kmHigh 35.2°C · Low 25.0°C · 55 mm rain
- Srikakulam in MayIndia · 110 kmHigh 34.5°C · Low 28.2°C · 34 mm rain
- Vizianagaram in MayIndia · 117 kmHigh 36.5°C · Low 27.6°C · 33 mm rain
- Brahmapur in MayIndia · 146 kmHigh 35.5°C · Low 27.6°C · 51 mm rain
- Jagdalpur in MayIndia · 147 kmHigh 36.5°C · Low 25.3°C · 52 mm rain
- Rasapūdipalem in MayIndia · 160 kmHigh 35.1°C · Low 28.2°C · 33 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 Rāyagada) is explained once on the Rāyagada year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.