Climate averages 1991–2020
Nepalgunj weather
in May.
A very hot, fairly dry month: the warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a very hot month in Nepalgunj: daytime highs average 36.7°C and nights cool to about 23.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 32 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes May a fairly dry month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 31 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Bahraigh (53 km away). In May its highs average 37.8°C, 1.0°C warmer than Nepalgunj, with 29 mm of rain.
Among the 16 cities listed in Nepal, Nepalgunj ranks 1st of 16 for the warmest May highs and 1st of 16 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 16 cities is 32.7°C; Nepalgunj is 4.1°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 2.0°C to 34.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 32 mm to 175 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
Nepalgunj climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 20.2°C8.2°C | 8.2°C | 27 | 3.0 | 10.611 h |
| February | 23.8°C10.6°C | 10.6°C | 35 | 3.5 | 11.211 h |
| March | 29.6°C14.5°C | 14.5°C | 21 | 2.4 | 12.012 h |
| April | 35.3°C19.5°C | 19.5°C | 16 | 3.2 | 12.813 h |
| May, selected | 36.7°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 32 | 6.6 | 13.514 h |
| June | 34.8°C25.8°C | 25.8°C | 175 | 14.7 | 13.914 h |
| July | 30.7°C25.4°C | 25.4°C | 355 | 25.2 | 13.714 h |
| August | 30.4°C25.1°C | 25.1°C | 268 | 24.8 | 13.113 h |
| September | 30.2°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 154 | 17.2 | 12.312 h |
| October | 29.3°C19.0°C | 19.0°C | 29 | 2.9 | 11.512 h |
| November | 25.9°C14.0°C | 14.0°C | 3.8 | 0.5 | 10.811 h |
| December | 21.8°C9.9°C | 9.9°C | 12 | 0.9 | 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
- Bahraigh in MayIndia · 53 kmHigh 37.8°C · Low 25.6°C · 29 mm rain
- Birendranagar in MayNepal · 61 kmHigh 32.8°C · Low 20.7°C · 39 mm rain
- Lakhīmpur in MayIndia · 83 kmHigh 38.1°C · Low 25.4°C · 28 mm rain
- Balrāmpur in MayIndia · 89 kmHigh 37.5°C · Low 25.6°C · 27 mm rain
- Sītāpur in MayIndia · 107 kmHigh 38.5°C · Low 25.7°C · 21 mm rain
- Gondā City in MayIndia · 107 kmHigh 38.1°C · Low 25.8°C · 27 mm rain
- Dhangaḍhi̇̄ in MayNepal · 124 kmHigh 35.9°C · Low 22.1°C · 34 mm rain
- Nawābganj, India in MayIndia · 131 kmHigh 39.0°C · Low 26.1°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 Nepalgunj) is explained once on the Nepalgunj year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.