Chennai Weather in May
Chennai in May
The short of it: Chennai in May averages a high of 38 °C (100 °F) and a low of 28 °C (82 °F), with 52 mm (2.0 in) of rain and about 12 h 44 min of daylight. Rated 2 of 5 for a visit; the best months are January and February. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 38° · low 28° · rain 52 mm · daylight 12 h 44 min
✦✦ Travel with care for a visit · best months: January & February
May in Chennai brings afternoons near 38° and nights around 28°, with about 52 mm of rain over the month. No month in Chennai runs warmer: highs about 38°. Rain is modest, about 52 mm, the 8th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 12 h 44 min in mid-May, 19 minutes more than a month before.
For the traveller: pack linen, a wide hat and water. The Almanac rates May 2 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are January and February.
Against its neighbours, Chennai runs warmer than most and drier than most in May. Nerkunram, 8 km to the WSW, sees much the same highs.
May in Chennai, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 1st warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 8th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 2° warmer, 29 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 1° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 10°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 12 h 44 min
- Average wind
- 11 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NerkunramTamil Nadu | 8 km WSW | 38° | 28° | 53 mm |
| TiruvottiyūrTamil Nadu | 8 km NNE | 38° | 28° | 52 mm |
| MadhavaramTamil Nadu | 8 km NW | 38° | 28° | 55 mm |
| ManaliTamil Nadu | 9 km N | 38° | 28° | 54 mm |
| MathurTamil Nadu | 10 km NNW | 38° | 28° | 56 mm |
| PuzhalTamil Nadu | 12 km NW | 37° | 28° | 56 mm |
| RamapuramTamil Nadu | 12 km WSW | 38° | 28° | 53 mm |
| AlandurTamil Nadu | 12 km SW | 38° | 28° | 53 mm |