Climate averages 1991–2020
Birendranagar weather
in May.
A hot, fairly dry month: the warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a hot month in Birendranagar: daytime highs average 32.8°C and nights cool to about 20.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 39 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes May a fairly dry month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 33 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Nepalgunj (61 km away). In May its highs average 36.7°C, 4.0°C warmer than Birendranagar, with 32 mm of rain.
Among the 16 cities listed in Nepal, Birendranagar ranks joint 8th of 16 for the warmest May highs and 3rd of 16 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 16 cities is 32.7°C; Birendranagar is 0.1°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 1.5°C to 31.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 39 mm to 293 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
Birendranagar climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 18.4°C6.8°C | 6.8°C | 41 | 4.4 | 10.511 h |
| February | 21.2°C8.7°C | 8.7°C | 40 | 4.5 | 11.211 h |
| March | 26.1°C12.1°C | 12.1°C | 26 | 3.0 | 12.012 h |
| April | 31.2°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 18 | 4.0 | 12.813 h |
| May, selected | 32.8°C20.7°C | 20.7°C | 39 | 7.1 | 13.614 h |
| June | 31.2°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 293 | 17.9 | 13.914 h |
| July | 28.3°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 643 | 30.2 | 13.814 h |
| August | 28.1°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 554 | 30.2 | 13.213 h |
| September | 27.8°C21.5°C | 21.5°C | 244 | 22.6 | 12.412 h |
| October | 26.4°C17.0°C | 17.0°C | 37 | 4.9 | 11.512 h |
| November | 23.3°C12.4°C | 12.4°C | 6.7 | 1.1 | 10.811 h |
| December | 20.0°C8.7°C | 8.7°C | 16 | 1.3 | 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
- Nepalgunj in MayNepal · 61 kmHigh 36.7°C · Low 23.6°C · 32 mm rain
- Dhangaḍhi̇̄ in MayNepal · 101 kmHigh 35.9°C · Low 22.1°C · 34 mm rain
- Lakhīmpur in MayIndia · 109 kmHigh 38.1°C · Low 25.4°C · 28 mm rain
- Bahraigh in MayIndia · 114 kmHigh 37.8°C · Low 25.6°C · 29 mm rain
- Balrāmpur in MayIndia · 141 kmHigh 37.5°C · Low 25.6°C · 27 mm rain
- Bhimdatta in MayNepal · 146 kmHigh 35.7°C · Low 21.7°C · 40 mm rain
- Sītāpur in MayIndia · 147 kmHigh 38.5°C · Low 25.7°C · 21 mm rain
- Gondā City in MayIndia · 166 kmHigh 38.1°C · Low 25.8°C · 27 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 Birendranagar) is explained once on the Birendranagar year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.