Climate averages 1991–2020
Shivamogga weather
in May.
A hot, moderately wet month: the 3rd warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a hot month in Shivamogga: daytime highs average 32.5°C and nights cool to about 22.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 67 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 12 h 46 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Bhadrāvati (17 km away). In May its highs average 32.2°C, about as warm as Shivamogga, with 71 mm of rain.
Among the 692 cities listed in India, Shivamogga ranks joint 623rd of 692 for the warmest May highs and joint 542nd of 692 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 692 cities is 37.3°C; Shivamogga is 4.8°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 5.4°C to 27.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 67 mm to 188 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
Shivamogga climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 30.2°C17.2°C | 17.2°C | 1.4 | 0.4 | 11.411 h |
| February | 32.3°C18.5°C | 18.5°C | 1.7 | 0.5 | 11.712 h |
| March | 34.4°C20.7°C | 20.7°C | 8.5 | 1.7 | 12.012 h |
| April | 34.4°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 34 | 8.3 | 12.412 h |
| May, selected | 32.5°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 67 | 13.3 | 12.813 h |
| June | 27.1°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 188 | 24.7 | 12.913 h |
| July | 25.2°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 237 | 28.2 | 12.913 h |
| August | 25.5°C21.0°C | 21.0°C | 170 | 26.0 | 12.613 h |
| September | 26.8°C20.8°C | 20.8°C | 118 | 19.8 | 12.212 h |
| October | 27.6°C20.2°C | 20.2°C | 120 | 15.9 | 11.812 h |
| November | 28.0°C18.6°C | 18.6°C | 35 | 5.4 | 11.511 h |
| December | 28.8°C17.2°C | 17.2°C | 7.1 | 1.2 | 11.311 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
- Bhadrāvati in MayIndia · 17 kmHigh 32.2°C · Low 22.7°C · 71 mm rain
- Harihar in MayIndia · 70 kmHigh 34.5°C · Low 23.5°C · 56 mm rain
- Davangere in MayIndia · 71 kmHigh 34.4°C · Low 23.3°C · 57 mm rain
- Chikmagalūr in MayIndia · 71 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 20.7°C · 130 mm rain
- Ranebennur in MayIndia · 77 kmHigh 34.4°C · Low 23.4°C · 56 mm rain
- Chitradurga in MayIndia · 95 kmHigh 33.8°C · Low 22.7°C · 56 mm rain
- Udupi in MayIndia · 111 kmHigh 32.0°C · Low 26.1°C · 159 mm rain
- Hassan in MayIndia · 118 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 20.7°C · 113 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 Shivamogga) is explained once on the Shivamogga year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.