Climate averages 1991–2020
Tirupati weather
in May.
A very hot, moderately wet 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 Tirupati: daytime highs average 38.2°C and nights cool to about 27.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 41 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 45 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Srikalahasti (33 km away). In May its highs average 38.7°C, 0.5°C warmer than Tirupati, with 33 mm of rain.
Among the 692 cities listed in India, Tirupati ranks joint 349th of 692 for the warmest May highs and joint 470th of 692 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 692 cities is 37.3°C; Tirupati is 0.9°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 2.7°C to 35.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 41 mm to 87 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
Tirupati climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.3°C18.1°C | 18.1°C | 11 | 3.0 | 11.411 h |
| February | 31.5°C19.3°C | 19.3°C | 6.6 | 1.5 | 11.712 h |
| March | 35.0°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 9.8 | 1.7 | 12.012 h |
| April | 37.0°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 15 | 3.3 | 12.412 h |
| May, selected | 38.2°C27.0°C | 27.0°C | 41 | 7.1 | 12.813 h |
| June | 35.5°C26.7°C | 26.7°C | 87 | 14.6 | 12.913 h |
| July | 33.8°C25.9°C | 25.9°C | 92 | 15.1 | 12.813 h |
| August | 33.0°C25.3°C | 25.3°C | 98 | 14.7 | 12.613 h |
| September | 32.6°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 108 | 16.0 | 12.212 h |
| October | 30.8°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 165 | 17.6 | 11.812 h |
| November | 28.3°C21.0°C | 21.0°C | 151 | 14.9 | 11.512 h |
| December | 27.1°C18.7°C | 18.7°C | 72 | 7.6 | 11.311 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
- Srikalahasti in MayIndia · 33 kmHigh 38.7°C · Low 27.7°C · 33 mm rain
- Chittoor in MayIndia · 59 kmHigh 37.2°C · Low 26.0°C · 57 mm rain
- Arakkonam in MayIndia · 67 kmHigh 38.3°C · Low 27.5°C · 46 mm rain
- Gūdūr in MayIndia · 74 kmHigh 38.5°C · Low 28.5°C · 29 mm rain
- Rānipet in MayIndia · 80 kmHigh 38.2°C · Low 27.0°C · 59 mm rain
- Vellore in MayIndia · 86 kmHigh 37.8°C · Low 26.6°C · 59 mm rain
- Rayachoti in MayIndia · 86 kmHigh 37.8°C · Low 26.6°C · 39 mm rain
- Kanchipuram in MayIndia · 94 kmHigh 38.1°C · Low 27.5°C · 45 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 Tirupati) is explained once on the Tirupati year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.