Climate averages 1991–2020
Tirunelveli weather
in May.
A very hot, moderately wet month: the warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a very hot month in Tirunelveli: daytime highs average 36.2°C and nights cool to about 25.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 54 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 31 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Thenkasi (48 km away). In May its highs average 32.4°C, 3.8°C cooler than Tirunelveli, with 145 mm of rain.
Among the 692 cities listed in India, Tirunelveli ranks joint 496th of 692 for the warmest May highs and joint 506th of 692 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 692 cities is 37.3°C; Tirunelveli is 1.1°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 2.1°C to 34.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 54 mm to 35 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
Tirunelveli climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 30.0°C20.4°C | 20.4°C | 32 | 5.8 | 11.712 h |
| February | 32.5°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 29 | 5.5 | 11.812 h |
| March | 35.1°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 40 | 6.5 | 12.112 h |
| April | 36.1°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 59 | 9.7 | 12.312 h |
| May, selected | 36.2°C25.9°C | 25.9°C | 54 | 8.3 | 12.513 h |
| June | 34.1°C25.4°C | 25.4°C | 35 | 6.0 | 12.613 h |
| July | 33.8°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 28 | 6.3 | 12.613 h |
| August | 34.2°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 35 | 6.6 | 12.412 h |
| September | 34.7°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 50 | 8.1 | 12.212 h |
| October | 32.5°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 189 | 17.1 | 11.912 h |
| November | 29.4°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 245 | 20.8 | 11.712 h |
| December | 28.7°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 125 | 13.2 | 11.612 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
- Thenkasi in MayIndia · 48 kmHigh 32.4°C · Low 23.7°C · 145 mm rain
- Thoothukudi in MayIndia · 50 kmHigh 33.5°C · Low 27.5°C · 30 mm rain
- Kovilpatti in MayIndia · 53 kmHigh 37.1°C · Low 26.1°C · 48 mm rain
- Kadayanallur in MayIndia · 54 kmHigh 33.1°C · Low 24.1°C · 145 mm rain
- Nāgercoil in MayIndia · 67 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 25.9°C · 85 mm rain
- Neyyāttinkara in MayIndia · 75 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 25.5°C · 224 mm rain
- Sivakasi in MayIndia · 81 kmHigh 36.9°C · Low 25.8°C · 60 mm rain
- Rajapalayam in MayIndia · 82 kmHigh 36.4°C · Low 25.3°C · 116 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 Tirunelveli) is explained once on the Tirunelveli year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.