Climate averages 1991–2020
Silchar weather
in May.
A hot, very wet month: one of the warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a hot month in Silchar: daytime highs average 30.3°C and nights cool to about 23.3°C. By daytime temperature it is one of the warmest months of the year.
Expect about 417 mm of rain on roughly 26 days, which makes May a very wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 20 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Sylhet (94 km away). In May its highs average 29.8°C, 0.6°C cooler than Silchar, with 759 mm of rain.
Among the 692 cities listed in India, Silchar ranks joint 654th of 692 for the warmest May highs and joint 688th of 692 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 692 cities is 37.3°C; Silchar is 7.0°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs stay level at 30.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 417 mm to 510 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
Silchar climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 23.8°C11.8°C | 11.8°C | 12 | 2.0 | 10.811 h |
| February | 26.1°C13.9°C | 13.9°C | 51 | 5.2 | 11.311 h |
| March | 29.1°C17.6°C | 17.6°C | 171 | 10.5 | 12.012 h |
| April | 30.1°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 252 | 17.9 | 12.713 h |
| May, selected | 30.3°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 417 | 25.6 | 13.313 h |
| June | 30.3°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 510 | 29.0 | 13.714 h |
| July | 30.1°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 492 | 30.3 | 13.514 h |
| August | 30.3°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 390 | 29.9 | 13.013 h |
| September | 30.1°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 293 | 26.4 | 12.312 h |
| October | 29.5°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 168 | 16.3 | 11.612 h |
| November | 27.4°C17.2°C | 17.2°C | 30 | 3.7 | 11.011 h |
| December | 24.8°C13.4°C | 13.4°C | 14 | 1.3 | 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
- Sylhet in MayBangladesh · 94 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 23.1°C · 759 mm rain
- Imphal in MayIndia · 116 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 19.6°C · 167 mm rain
- Aizawl in MayIndia · 122 kmHigh 26.5°C · Low 17.6°C · 224 mm rain
- Shillong in MayIndia · 124 kmHigh 22.8°C · Low 16.5°C · 453 mm rain
- Sunāmganj in MayBangladesh · 143 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 22.5°C · 751 mm rain
- Habiganj in MayBangladesh · 149 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 23.9°C · 502 mm rain
- Dimāpur in MayIndia · 152 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 21.6°C · 235 mm rain
- Kohima in MayIndia · 162 kmHigh 23.5°C · Low 15.3°C · 304 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 Silchar) is explained once on the Silchar year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.