Climate averages 1991–2020
Valparai weather
in May.
A warm, very wet month: the 5th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a warm month in Valparai: daytime highs average 25.4°C and nights cool to about 19.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 372 mm of rain on roughly 30 days, which makes May a very wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 36 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Pollachi (37 km away). In May its highs average 32.5°C, 7.1°C warmer than Valparai, with 67 mm of rain.
Among the 692 cities listed in India, Valparai ranks 683rd of 692 for the warmest May highs and 685th of 692 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 692 cities is 37.3°C; Valparai is 11.9°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 2.5°C to 23.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 372 mm to 509 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
Valparai climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 26.7°C16.1°C | 16.1°C | 25 | 5.2 | 11.612 h |
| February | 28.3°C16.9°C | 16.9°C | 46 | 6.8 | 11.812 h |
| March | 29.0°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 139 | 15.2 | 12.112 h |
| April | 27.1°C19.4°C | 19.4°C | 331 | 28.2 | 12.312 h |
| May, selected | 25.4°C19.7°C | 19.7°C | 372 | 29.9 | 12.613 h |
| June | 23.0°C18.9°C | 18.9°C | 509 | 29.5 | 12.713 h |
| July | 22.3°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 611 | 30.7 | 12.713 h |
| August | 22.6°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 499 | 30.6 | 12.512 h |
| September | 23.5°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 356 | 28.2 | 12.212 h |
| October | 24.1°C18.0°C | 18.0°C | 379 | 27.8 | 11.912 h |
| November | 24.5°C17.7°C | 17.7°C | 238 | 21.1 | 11.712 h |
| December | 24.9°C16.7°C | 16.7°C | 87 | 11.1 | 11.512 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
- Pollachi in MayIndia · 37 kmHigh 32.5°C · Low 23.9°C · 67 mm rain
- Palakkad in MayIndia · 59 kmHigh 32.6°C · Low 24.9°C · 81 mm rain
- Palani in MayIndia · 64 kmHigh 34.9°C · Low 24.7°C · 67 mm rain
- Teni in MayIndia · 67 kmHigh 34.8°C · Low 23.3°C · 59 mm rain
- Edattala in MayIndia · 69 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 24.9°C · 284 mm rain
- Coimbatore in MayIndia · 75 kmHigh 33.2°C · Low 23.8°C · 70 mm rain
- Dharapuram in MayIndia · 78 kmHigh 34.9°C · Low 24.8°C · 50 mm rain
- Idaiyarpālaiyam in MayIndia · 79 kmHigh 32.2°C · Low 23.5°C · 70 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 Valparai) is explained once on the Valparai year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.