Climate averages 1991–2020
Bhimdatta weather
in May.
A very hot, moderately wet month: the warmest and the joint 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a very hot month in Bhimdatta: daytime highs average 35.7°C and nights cool to about 21.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 40 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the joint 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 35 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Dhangaḍhi̇̄ (50 km away). In May its highs average 35.9°C, about as warm as Bhimdatta, with 34 mm of rain.
Among the 16 cities listed in Nepal, Bhimdatta ranks 3rd of 16 for the warmest May highs and 4th of 16 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 16 cities is 32.7°C; Bhimdatta is 3.1°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 1.9°C to 33.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 40 mm to 243 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
Bhimdatta climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 19.8°C7.2°C | 7.2°C | 30 | 3.2 | 10.511 h |
| February | 22.9°C9.4°C | 9.4°C | 40 | 3.8 | 11.111 h |
| March | 28.4°C13.1°C | 13.1°C | 23 | 3.1 | 12.012 h |
| April | 33.9°C17.9°C | 17.9°C | 17 | 3.9 | 12.813 h |
| May, selected | 35.7°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 40 | 7.5 | 13.614 h |
| June | 33.8°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 243 | 16.2 | 14.014 h |
| July | 30.0°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 579 | 28.4 | 13.814 h |
| August | 29.7°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 476 | 27.3 | 13.213 h |
| September | 29.6°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 198 | 17.9 | 12.412 h |
| October | 28.7°C17.2°C | 17.2°C | 26 | 2.8 | 11.511 h |
| November | 25.4°C12.5°C | 12.5°C | 2.5 | 0.4 | 10.711 h |
| December | 21.5°C8.8°C | 8.8°C | 12 | 1.1 | 10.310 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
- Dhangaḍhi̇̄ in MayNepal · 50 kmHigh 35.9°C · Low 22.1°C · 34 mm rain
- Pīlibhīt in MayIndia · 52 kmHigh 37.8°C · Low 24.4°C · 27 mm rain
- Haldwani in MayIndia · 69 kmHigh 35.9°C · Low 21.7°C · 48 mm rain
- Rudrapur in MayIndia · 76 kmHigh 37.3°C · Low 23.3°C · 27 mm rain
- Bareilly in MayIndia · 98 kmHigh 38.3°C · Low 25.0°C · 19 mm rain
- Farīdpur, India in MayIndia · 104 kmHigh 38.5°C · Low 25.2°C · 19 mm rain
- Rāmpur in MayIndia · 113 kmHigh 38.2°C · Low 24.7°C · 27 mm rain
- Kashipur in MayIndia · 122 kmHigh 37.5°C · Low 23.1°C · 20 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 Bhimdatta) is explained once on the Bhimdatta year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.