Climate averages 1991–2020
Hetauda 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 Hetauda: daytime highs average 31.8°C and nights cool to about 22.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 154 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 29 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Madhyapur Thimi (45 km away). In May its highs average 25.3°C, 6.4°C cooler than Hetauda, with 186 mm of rain.
Among the 16 cities listed in Nepal, Hetauda ranks 13th of 16 for the warmest May highs and 13th of 16 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 16 cities is 32.7°C; Hetauda is 0.9°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 1.3°C to 30.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 154 mm to 340 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
Hetauda climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 19.7°C9.2°C | 9.2°C | 24 | 3.9 | 10.611 h |
| February | 23.0°C11.1°C | 11.1°C | 28 | 5.3 | 11.211 h |
| March | 28.3°C15.0°C | 15.0°C | 28 | 6.0 | 12.012 h |
| April | 32.0°C19.2°C | 19.2°C | 55 | 10.6 | 12.813 h |
| May, selected | 31.8°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 154 | 19.5 | 13.513 h |
| June | 30.5°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 340 | 25.9 | 13.814 h |
| July | 28.4°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 615 | 30.9 | 13.714 h |
| August | 28.5°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 485 | 30.7 | 13.113 h |
| September | 28.1°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 252 | 26.8 | 12.312 h |
| October | 27.2°C19.2°C | 19.2°C | 56 | 10.8 | 11.512 h |
| November | 24.6°C14.6°C | 14.6°C | 9.6 | 2.0 | 10.811 h |
| December | 21.2°C11.0°C | 11.0°C | 10 | 1.4 | 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
- Madhyapur Thimi in MayNepal · 45 kmHigh 25.3°C · Low 16.4°C · 186 mm rain
- Birgañj in MayNepal · 48 kmHigh 35.6°C · Low 24.9°C · 76 mm rain
- Bharatpur, Nepal in MayNepal · 65 kmHigh 32.6°C · Low 22.6°C · 167 mm rain
- Bettiah in MayIndia · 87 kmHigh 36.5°C · Low 25.5°C · 53 mm rain
- Mothīhāri in MayIndia · 87 kmHigh 36.6°C · Low 25.7°C · 84 mm rain
- Bagaha (Bihar, 27.10°N 84.09°E), India in MayIndia · 100 kmHigh 36.0°C · Low 25.1°C · 56 mm rain
- Janakpur in MayNepal · 118 kmHigh 35.2°C · Low 25.0°C · 87 mm rain
- Kushinagar in MayIndia · 137 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 Hetauda) is explained once on the Hetauda year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.