Climate averages 1991–2020

Shāhjānpur weather
in May.

A very hot, fairly dry month: the warmest and the 4th driest of the year.

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

Average high 38.7°C Daytime mean, May
Average low 25.6°C Night-time mean, May
Rainfall 22 mm 5 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 14 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
Every month in Shāhjānpur · average highYear overview

May is a very hot month in Shāhjānpur: daytime highs average 38.7°C and nights cool to about 25.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.

Expect about 22 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes May a fairly dry month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 31 min on an average May day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Shāhābād (27 km away). In May its highs average 38.9°C, about as warm as Shāhjānpur, with 19 mm of rain.

Among the 692 cities listed in India, Shāhjānpur ranks joint 305th of 692 for the warmest May highs and joint 315th of 692 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 692 cities is 37.3°C; Shāhjānpur is 1.3°C warmer than that mean.

From May to June, average highs fall by 1.8°C to 36.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 22 mm to 135 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. 51015202530354045 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 3000

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

Every month, side by side

Shāhjānpur climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Shāhjānpur, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 20.5°C8.7°C8.7°C273.010.611 h
February 24.0°C11.6°C11.6°C363.411.211 h
March 29.9°C16.1°C16.1°C253.312.012 h
April 36.4°C21.6°C21.6°C153.112.813 h
May, selected 38.7°C25.6°C25.6°C225.213.514 h
June 36.9°C27.3°C27.3°C13511.413.914 h
July 32.3°C26.2°C26.2°C29625.213.714 h
August 31.3°C25.7°C25.7°C26824.513.113 h
September 31.1°C24.2°C24.2°C15414.812.312 h
October 30.7°C19.3°C19.3°C242.111.512 h
November 27.1°C14.4°C14.4°C3.30.510.811 h
December 22.4°C9.9°C9.9°C121.010.410 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 Shāhjānpur

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