Climate averages 1991–2020
Salem weather
in May.
A very hot, wet month: the 2nd warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a very hot month in Salem: daytime highs average 36.1°C and nights cool to about 25.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 101 mm of rain on roughly 16 days, which makes May a wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 39 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Tiruchengode (42 km away). In May its highs average 36.5°C, about as warm as Salem, with 79 mm of rain.
Among the 692 cities listed in India, Salem ranks joint 500th of 692 for the warmest May highs and joint 591st of 692 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 692 cities is 37.3°C; Salem is 1.3°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 2.8°C to 33.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 101 mm to 93 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
Salem climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 30.2°C19.2°C | 19.2°C | 4.6 | 1.8 | 11.512 h |
| February | 33.0°C20.7°C | 20.7°C | 7.1 | 1.8 | 11.812 h |
| March | 36.0°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 16 | 3.1 | 12.112 h |
| April | 36.8°C25.6°C | 25.6°C | 56 | 7.8 | 12.412 h |
| May, selected | 36.1°C25.8°C | 25.8°C | 101 | 15.6 | 12.713 h |
| June | 33.2°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 93 | 16.3 | 12.813 h |
| July | 32.3°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 86 | 15.1 | 12.713 h |
| August | 32.0°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 105 | 15.5 | 12.513 h |
| September | 31.9°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 140 | 16.1 | 12.212 h |
| October | 30.6°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 176 | 18.9 | 11.912 h |
| November | 29.1°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 122 | 13.6 | 11.612 h |
| December | 28.5°C19.6°C | 19.6°C | 52 | 6.2 | 11.511 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
- Tiruchengode in MayIndia · 42 kmHigh 36.5°C · Low 26.0°C · 79 mm rain
- Kumarapalayam in MayIndia · 54 kmHigh 37.4°C · Low 26.1°C · 63 mm rain
- Erode in MayIndia · 58 kmHigh 37.3°C · Low 26.2°C · 54 mm rain
- Karur in MayIndia · 78 kmHigh 37.6°C · Low 26.6°C · 55 mm rain
- Kallakurichi in MayIndia · 88 kmHigh 37.6°C · Low 26.7°C · 62 mm rain
- Krishnagiri in MayIndia · 96 kmHigh 35.0°C · Low 24.3°C · 101 mm rain
- Tiruppur in MayIndia · 106 kmHigh 35.5°C · Low 25.3°C · 71 mm rain
- Velampālaiyam in MayIndia · 108 kmHigh 34.9°C · Low 24.9°C · 70 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 Salem) is explained once on the Salem year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.