Climate averages 1991–2020
Tumkūr weather
in May.
A hot, wet month: the 3rd warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a hot month in Tumkūr: daytime highs average 32.4°C and nights cool to about 22.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 112 mm of rain on roughly 15 days, which makes May a wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 44 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Doddaballapura (47 km away). In May its highs average 32.0°C, about as warm as Tumkūr, with 114 mm of rain.
Among the 692 cities listed in India, Tumkūr ranks joint 627th of 692 for the warmest May highs and joint 600th of 692 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 692 cities is 37.3°C; Tumkūr is 4.9°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 4.0°C to 28.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 112 mm to 135 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
Tumkūr climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.2°C15.7°C | 15.7°C | 3.2 | 0.7 | 11.411 h |
| February | 30.5°C17.3°C | 17.3°C | 5.8 | 1.0 | 11.712 h |
| March | 33.1°C19.8°C | 19.8°C | 13 | 2.3 | 12.012 h |
| April | 33.7°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 42 | 7.9 | 12.412 h |
| May, selected | 32.4°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 112 | 15.0 | 12.713 h |
| June | 28.5°C21.2°C | 21.2°C | 135 | 20.2 | 12.913 h |
| July | 26.8°C20.6°C | 20.6°C | 150 | 22.0 | 12.813 h |
| August | 26.6°C20.2°C | 20.2°C | 128 | 19.3 | 12.613 h |
| September | 27.2°C19.7°C | 19.7°C | 126 | 16.4 | 12.212 h |
| October | 27.0°C19.2°C | 19.2°C | 144 | 16.5 | 11.812 h |
| November | 26.5°C17.7°C | 17.7°C | 60 | 8.3 | 11.512 h |
| December | 26.5°C15.9°C | 15.9°C | 17 | 2.8 | 11.411 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
- Doddaballapura in MayIndia · 47 kmHigh 32.0°C · Low 21.6°C · 114 mm rain
- Yelahanka in MayIndia · 60 kmHigh 31.6°C · Low 21.3°C · 123 mm rain
- Bengaluru in MayIndia · 67 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 21.2°C · 123 mm rain
- Hindupur in MayIndia · 69 kmHigh 34.7°C · Low 23.5°C · 77 mm rain
- Closepet in MayIndia · 72 kmHigh 32.8°C · Low 22.5°C · 110 mm rain
- Channapatna in MayIndia · 78 kmHigh 33.1°C · Low 22.6°C · 110 mm rain
- Electronic City Phase I in MayIndia · 81 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 21.1°C · 123 mm rain
- Mandya in MayIndia · 94 kmHigh 33.3°C · Low 22.8°C · 108 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 Tumkūr) is explained once on the Tumkūr year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.