Coonoor Weather in May
Coonoor in May
The short of it: Coonoor in May averages a high of 24 °C (75 °F) and a low of 14 °C (58 °F), with 162 mm (6.4 in) of rain and about 12 h 39 min of daylight. Rated 3 of 5 for a visit; the best months are March and February. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 24° · low 14° · rain 162 mm · daylight 12 h 39 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: March & February
Thirty years of records give Coonoor an average May high of 24°, a low of 14° and some 162 mm of rain. The height of summer in Coonoor, with afternoons near 24°. Wet spells are common — about 162 mm, the 3rd wettest month.
The sun is up for about 12 h 39 min in mid-May, 16 minutes more than a month before.
For the traveller: pack light clothes and a jacket for the evening, and an oilskin besides. The Almanac rates May 3 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are March and February.
Against its neighbours, Coonoor runs cooler than most and wetter than most in May. Kotagiri, 11 km to the NE, sees much the same highs.
May in Coonoor, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 1st warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 3rd wettest of 12
- Versus April
- about the same, 95 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 3° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 10°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 12 h 39 min
- Average wind
- 8 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KotagiriTamil Nadu | 11 km NE | 24° | 14° | 161 mm |
| OotyTamil Nadu | 13 km WNW | 22° | 12° | 162 mm |
| MettupalayamTamil Nadu | 16 km ESE | 34° | 24° | 133 mm |
| KāramadaiTamil Nadu | 22 km SE | 35° | 24° | 129 mm |
| PeriyanayakkanpalaiyamTamil Nadu | 28 km SE | 34° | 23° | 126 mm |
| TudiyalūrTamil Nadu | 34 km SSE | 34° | 23° | 123 mm |
| IdaiyarpālaiyamTamil Nadu | 37 km SSE | 34° | 23° | 121 mm |
| VadavalliTamil Nadu | 38 km SSE | 34° | 23° | 126 mm |