Climate averages 1991–2020
Shivpuri weather
in May.
A very hot, very dry month: the warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a very hot month in Shivpuri: daytime highs average 39.9°C and nights cool to about 27.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 9.3 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes May a very dry month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 22 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Datia (85 km away). In May its highs average 41.1°C, 1.2°C warmer than Shivpuri, with 7.0 mm of rain.
Among the 692 cities listed in India, Shivpuri ranks joint 149th of 692 for the warmest May highs and joint 157th of 692 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 692 cities is 37.3°C; Shivpuri is 2.6°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 2.6°C to 37.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 9.3 mm to 84 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
Shivpuri climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 22.0°C9.6°C | 9.6°C | 12 | 1.6 | 10.711 h |
| February | 25.8°C12.4°C | 12.4°C | 14 | 1.9 | 11.311 h |
| March | 31.4°C17.3°C | 17.3°C | 7.9 | 1.7 | 12.012 h |
| April | 37.0°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 5.7 | 1.5 | 12.713 h |
| May, selected | 39.9°C27.0°C | 27.0°C | 9.3 | 3.0 | 13.413 h |
| June | 37.3°C27.8°C | 27.8°C | 84 | 10.2 | 13.714 h |
| July | 30.9°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 272 | 21.7 | 13.614 h |
| August | 29.1°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 228 | 21.9 | 13.013 h |
| September | 30.2°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 107 | 11.4 | 12.312 h |
| October | 30.9°C19.7°C | 19.7°C | 15 | 2.3 | 11.612 h |
| November | 27.3°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 8.1 | 1.0 | 10.911 h |
| December | 23.3°C11.0°C | 11.0°C | 8.3 | 1.0 | 10.611 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
- Datia in MayIndia · 85 kmHigh 41.1°C · Low 27.2°C · 7.0 mm rain
- Jhānsi in MayIndia · 92 kmHigh 41.2°C · Low 27.5°C · 7.1 mm rain
- Guna in MayIndia · 93 kmHigh 40.0°C · Low 27.4°C · 4.5 mm rain
- Ashoknagar in MayIndia · 95 kmHigh 39.9°C · Low 27.3°C · 7.2 mm rain
- Sheopur in MayIndia · 101 kmHigh 41.5°C · Low 27.8°C · 5.5 mm rain
- Gwalior in MayIndia · 103 kmHigh 41.0°C · Low 27.5°C · 8.5 mm rain
- Lalitpur in MayIndia · 112 kmHigh 40.6°C · Low 27.3°C · 6.7 mm rain
- Bārān in MayIndia · 121 kmHigh 41.8°C · Low 28.3°C · 4.8 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 Shivpuri) is explained once on the Shivpuri year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.