Climate averages 1991–2020
Siliguri weather
in May.
A hot, very 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 hot month in Siliguri: daytime highs average 29.8°C and nights cool to about 22.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 231 mm of rain on roughly 24 days, which makes May a very wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 27 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Jalpāiguri (37 km away). In May its highs average 30.2°C, about as warm as Siliguri, with 293 mm of rain.
Among the 692 cities listed in India, Siliguri ranks joint 664th of 692 for the warmest May highs and 660th of 692 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 692 cities is 37.3°C; Siliguri is 7.5°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 0.6°C to 29.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 231 mm to 616 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
Siliguri climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 21.5°C10.9°C | 10.9°C | 19 | 4.4 | 10.711 h |
| February | 24.1°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 21 | 4.4 | 11.211 h |
| March | 29.2°C16.3°C | 16.3°C | 30 | 5.6 | 12.012 h |
| April | 30.9°C19.5°C | 19.5°C | 73 | 13.9 | 12.813 h |
| May, selected | 29.8°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 231 | 23.8 | 13.413 h |
| June | 29.3°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 616 | 28.1 | 13.814 h |
| July | 29.0°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 850 | 29.8 | 13.614 h |
| August | 29.4°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 576 | 28.7 | 13.113 h |
| September | 29.0°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 411 | 24.7 | 12.312 h |
| October | 28.4°C19.8°C | 19.8°C | 116 | 10.6 | 11.512 h |
| November | 26.2°C15.3°C | 15.3°C | 8.8 | 2.0 | 10.911 h |
| December | 23.3°C12.0°C | 12.0°C | 8.8 | 2.7 | 10.510 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
- Jalpāiguri in MayIndia · 37 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 22.8°C · 293 mm rain
- Dārjiling in MayIndia · 39 kmHigh 19.7°C · Low 12.3°C · 377 mm rain
- Gangtok in MayIndia · 71 kmHigh 20.2°C · Low 13.0°C · 283 mm rain
- Thākurgaon in MayBangladesh · 76 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 23.3°C · 271 mm rain
- Kishanganj in MayIndia · 82 kmHigh 31.8°C · Low 23.7°C · 215 mm rain
- Jaigaon in MayIndia · 95 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 22.3°C · 255 mm rain
- Koch Bihār in MayIndia · 110 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 23.0°C · 561 mm rain
- Arāria in MayIndia · 110 kmHigh 32.7°C · Low 24.0°C · 208 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 Siliguri) is explained once on the Siliguri year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.