Climate averages 1991–2020
Butwāl weather
in May.
A very hot, wet month: one of the warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a very hot month in Butwāl: daytime highs average 34.6°C and nights cool to about 24.0°C. By daytime temperature it is one of the warmest months of the year.
Expect about 127 mm of rain on roughly 18 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 Pokhara (82 km away). In May its highs average 25.1°C, 9.5°C cooler than Butwāl, with 382 mm of rain.
Among the 16 cities listed in Nepal, Butwāl ranks 6th of 16 for the warmest May highs and joint 11th of 16 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 16 cities is 32.7°C; Butwāl is 1.9°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 1.5°C to 33.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 127 mm to 376 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
Butwāl climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 21.2°C10.6°C | 10.6°C | 21 | 3.1 | 10.611 h |
| February | 24.4°C12.7°C | 12.7°C | 23 | 4.3 | 11.211 h |
| March | 30.1°C16.4°C | 16.4°C | 20 | 4.5 | 12.012 h |
| April | 34.6°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 41 | 8.5 | 12.813 h |
| May, selected | 34.6°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 127 | 18.3 | 13.514 h |
| June | 33.1°C25.8°C | 25.8°C | 376 | 25.3 | 13.914 h |
| July | 31.0°C26.0°C | 26.0°C | 574 | 30.7 | 13.714 h |
| August | 30.9°C25.8°C | 25.8°C | 516 | 30.1 | 13.113 h |
| September | 30.5°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 279 | 26.4 | 12.312 h |
| October | 29.2°C20.8°C | 20.8°C | 58 | 11.4 | 11.512 h |
| November | 26.5°C16.2°C | 16.2°C | 8.5 | 1.4 | 10.811 h |
| December | 22.9°C12.6°C | 12.6°C | 10 | 1.1 | 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
- Pokhara in MayNepal · 82 kmHigh 25.1°C · Low 15.4°C · 382 mm rain
- Bagaha (Bihar, 27.10°N 84.09°E), India in MayIndia · 91 kmHigh 36.0°C · Low 25.1°C · 56 mm rain
- Bharatpur, Nepal in MayNepal · 97 kmHigh 32.6°C · Low 22.6°C · 167 mm rain
- Gorakhpur in MayIndia · 103 kmHigh 37.5°C · Low 25.9°C · 29 mm rain
- Kushinagar in MayIndia · 114 kmHigh 37.4°C · Low 25.8°C · 42 mm rain
- Bastī in MayIndia · 124 kmHigh 38.2°C · Low 26.1°C · 27 mm rain
- Balrāmpur in MayIndia · 128 kmHigh 37.5°C · Low 25.6°C · 27 mm rain
- Deoria in MayIndia · 136 kmHigh 37.7°C · Low 26.1°C · 34 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 Butwāl) is explained once on the Butwāl year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.