Climate averages 1991–2020
Madhyapur Thimi weather
in May.
A warm, very 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 warm month in Madhyapur Thimi: daytime highs average 25.3°C and nights cool to about 16.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 186 mm of rain on roughly 23 days, which makes May a very 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 (45 km away). In May its highs average 31.8°C, 6.4°C warmer than Madhyapur Thimi, with 154 mm of rain.
Among the 16 cities listed in Nepal, Madhyapur Thimi ranks 15th of 16 for the warmest May highs and 15th of 16 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 16 cities is 32.7°C; Madhyapur Thimi is 7.3°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 0.4°C to 25.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 186 mm to 404 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
Madhyapur Thimi climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 15.6°C6.6°C | 6.6°C | 42 | 5.4 | 10.611 h |
| February | 17.6°C7.8°C | 7.8°C | 51 | 8.1 | 11.211 h |
| March | 21.2°C10.4°C | 10.4°C | 60 | 11.4 | 12.012 h |
| April | 24.4°C13.5°C | 13.5°C | 86 | 14.5 | 12.813 h |
| May, selected | 25.3°C16.4°C | 16.4°C | 186 | 22.6 | 13.514 h |
| June | 25.7°C19.3°C | 19.3°C | 404 | 27.3 | 13.914 h |
| July | 25.0°C20.2°C | 20.2°C | 717 | 30.9 | 13.714 h |
| August | 25.2°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 571 | 30.8 | 13.113 h |
| September | 24.6°C18.8°C | 18.8°C | 304 | 27.8 | 12.312 h |
| October | 22.6°C15.3°C | 15.3°C | 79 | 13.8 | 11.512 h |
| November | 19.5°C11.5°C | 11.5°C | 18 | 4.5 | 10.811 h |
| December | 16.9°C8.6°C | 8.6°C | 20 | 2.6 | 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 · 45 kmHigh 31.8°C · Low 22.0°C · 154 mm rain
- Birgañj in MayNepal · 89 kmHigh 35.6°C · Low 24.9°C · 76 mm rain
- Bharatpur, Nepal in MayNepal · 94 kmHigh 32.6°C · Low 22.6°C · 167 mm rain
- Janakpur in MayNepal · 118 kmHigh 35.2°C · Low 25.0°C · 87 mm rain
- Mothīhāri in MayIndia · 124 kmHigh 36.6°C · Low 25.7°C · 84 mm rain
- Bettiah in MayIndia · 131 kmHigh 36.5°C · Low 25.5°C · 53 mm rain
- Bagaha (Bihar, 27.10°N 84.09°E), India in MayIndia · 143 kmHigh 36.0°C · Low 25.1°C · 56 mm rain
- Lahān in MayNepal · 152 kmHigh 33.6°C · Low 24.0°C · 97 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 Madhyapur Thimi) is explained once on the Madhyapur Thimi year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.