Climate averages 1991–2020
Sopur weather
in May.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 5th warmest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a mild month in Sopur: daytime highs average 20.9°C and nights cool to about 10.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 65 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 56 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Bāramūla (15 km away). In May its highs average 21.8°C, 0.9°C warmer than Sopur, with 147 mm of rain.
Among the 692 cities listed in India, Sopur ranks 689th of 692 for the warmest May highs and 540th of 692 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 692 cities is 37.3°C; Sopur is 16.4°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 3.5°C to 24.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 65 mm to 46 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
Sopur climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 2.7°C-4.9°C | -4.9°C | 137 | 11.0 | 10.110 h |
| February | 4.4°C-2.4°C | -2.4°C | 180 | 12.6 | 10.911 h |
| March | 9.1°C1.3°C | 1.3°C | 177 | 13.1 | 11.912 h |
| April | 15.7°C5.5°C | 5.5°C | 132 | 11.7 | 13.013 h |
| May, selected | 20.9°C10.5°C | 10.5°C | 65 | 8.9 | 13.914 h |
| June | 24.4°C14.4°C | 14.4°C | 46 | 7.2 | 14.414 h |
| July | 25.3°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 166 | 16.5 | 14.214 h |
| August | 24.6°C16.2°C | 16.2°C | 158 | 16.3 | 13.413 h |
| September | 22.7°C13.1°C | 13.1°C | 68 | 6.9 | 12.412 h |
| October | 18.1°C7.7°C | 7.7°C | 30 | 3.7 | 11.411 h |
| November | 12.6°C2.4°C | 2.4°C | 57 | 5.4 | 10.410 h |
| December | 6.5°C-2.6°C | -2.6°C | 77 | 7.1 | 9.910 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
- Bāramūla in MayIndia · 15 kmHigh 21.8°C · Low 11.6°C · 147 mm rain
- Dhirkot in MayPakistan · 87 kmHigh 24.5°C · Low 10.8°C · 92 mm rain
- Anantnag in MayIndia · 88 kmHigh 20.6°C · Low 6.9°C · 83 mm rain
- Muzaffarābād in MayPakistan · 92 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 15.4°C · 67 mm rain
- Abbottabad in MayPakistan · 117 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 14.1°C · 91 mm rain
- Battagram in MayPakistan · 140 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 14.0°C · 71 mm rain
- New Mirpur City in MayPakistan · 143 kmHigh 35.6°C · Low 19.5°C · 45 mm rain
- Islamabad in MayPakistan · 146 kmHigh 33.4°C · Low 19.9°C · 37 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 Sopur) is explained once on the Sopur year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.