Climate averages 1991–2020
Bharatpur, Nepal weather
in May.
A hot, wet month: the 2nd warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a hot month in Bharatpur, Nepal: daytime highs average 32.6°C and nights cool to about 22.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 167 mm of rain on roughly 20 days, which makes May a wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 30 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Hetauda (65 km away). In May its highs average 31.8°C, 0.8°C cooler than Bharatpur, Nepal, with 154 mm of rain.
Among the 16 cities listed in Nepal, Bharatpur, Nepal ranks 11th of 16 for the warmest May highs and 14th of 16 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 16 cities is 32.7°C; Bharatpur, Nepal is 0.1°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 1.0°C to 31.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 167 mm to 440 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
Bharatpur, Nepal climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 20.7°C10.0°C | 10.0°C | 27 | 4.1 | 10.611 h |
| February | 23.9°C12.4°C | 12.4°C | 32 | 4.7 | 11.211 h |
| March | 29.1°C15.7°C | 15.7°C | 26 | 5.5 | 12.012 h |
| April | 32.8°C19.5°C | 19.5°C | 53 | 9.0 | 12.813 h |
| May, selected | 32.6°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 167 | 19.5 | 13.514 h |
| June | 31.6°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 440 | 26.0 | 13.914 h |
| July | 29.9°C25.1°C | 25.1°C | 682 | 30.6 | 13.714 h |
| August | 30.1°C25.1°C | 25.1°C | 555 | 30.2 | 13.113 h |
| September | 29.7°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 305 | 25.5 | 12.312 h |
| October | 28.6°C20.3°C | 20.3°C | 56 | 9.6 | 11.512 h |
| November | 25.7°C15.5°C | 15.5°C | 11 | 1.5 | 10.811 h |
| December | 22.1°C11.7°C | 11.7°C | 12 | 1.2 | 10.410 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
- Hetauda in MayNepal · 65 kmHigh 31.8°C · Low 22.0°C · 154 mm rain
- Bagaha (Bihar, 27.10°N 84.09°E), India in MayIndia · 73 kmHigh 36.0°C · Low 25.1°C · 56 mm rain
- Pokhara in MayNepal · 80 kmHigh 25.1°C · Low 15.4°C · 382 mm rain
- Birgañj in MayNepal · 86 kmHigh 35.6°C · Low 24.9°C · 76 mm rain
- Madhyapur Thimi in MayNepal · 94 kmHigh 25.3°C · Low 16.4°C · 186 mm rain
- Butwāl in MayNepal · 97 kmHigh 34.6°C · Low 24.0°C · 127 mm rain
- Bettiah in MayIndia · 98 kmHigh 36.5°C · Low 25.5°C · 53 mm rain
- Kushinagar in MayIndia · 118 kmHigh 37.4°C · Low 25.8°C · 42 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 Bharatpur) is explained once on the Bharatpur, Nepal year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.