Climate averages 1991–2020

Saharsa weather
in May.

A very hot, moderately wet month: the 2nd warmest and the 8th driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 35.2°C Daytime mean, May
Average low 24.9°C Night-time mean, May
Rainfall 82 mm 11 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 13 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
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May is a very hot month in Saharsa: daytime highs average 35.2°C and nights cool to about 24.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 82 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 24 min on an average May day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Benipur (49 km away). In May its highs average 36.0°C, 0.7°C warmer than Saharsa, with 82 mm of rain.

Among the 692 cities listed in India, Saharsa ranks joint 534th of 692 for the warmest May highs and joint 572nd of 692 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 692 cities is 37.3°C; Saharsa is 2.1°C cooler than that mean.

From May to June, average highs fall by 2.0°C to 33.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 82 mm to 228 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. 510152025303540 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 3500

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

Every month, side by side

Saharsa climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Saharsa, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 22.4°C11.0°C11.0°C152.110.711 h
February 26.0°C13.7°C13.7°C152.211.311 h
March 32.0°C18.6°C18.6°C162.412.012 h
April 35.7°C22.9°C22.9°C254.812.813 h
May, selected 35.2°C24.9°C24.9°C8210.913.413 h
June 33.3°C25.7°C25.7°C22819.913.714 h
July 31.5°C25.9°C25.9°C33428.013.614 h
August 31.4°C25.8°C25.8°C28727.513.013 h
September 30.7°C24.9°C24.9°C24422.312.312 h
October 30.0°C21.8°C21.8°C767.711.612 h
November 27.9°C16.8°C16.8°C5.00.610.911 h
December 24.2°C12.7°C12.7°C6.80.710.611 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 Saharsa

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 Saharsa) is explained once on the Saharsa year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.