Ooty Weather in May
Ooty in May
The short of it: Ooty in May averages a high of 22 °C (71 °F) and a low of 12 °C (53 °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 22° · low 12° · rain 162 mm · daylight 12 h 39 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: March & February
Thirty years of records give Ooty an average May high of 22°, a low of 12° and some 162 mm of rain. No month in Ooty runs warmer: highs about 22°. Wet spells are common — about 162 mm, the 5th 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, Ooty runs cooler than most and wetter than most in May. Coonoor, 13 km to the ESE, is 2° warmer by day.
May in Ooty, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 1st warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 5th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- about the same, 93 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 4° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 10°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 12 h 39 min
- Average wind
- 6 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CoonoorTamil Nadu | 13 km ESE | 24° | 14° | 162 mm |
| KotagiriTamil Nadu | 18 km E | 24° | 14° | 161 mm |
| GudalurTamil Nadu | 26 km WNW | 29° | 20° | 154 mm |
| MettupalayamTamil Nadu | 29 km ESE | 34° | 24° | 133 mm |
| KāramadaiTamil Nadu | 35 km ESE | 35° | 24° | 129 mm |
| TondalamTamil Nadu | 39 km WNW | 29° | 20° | 164 mm |
| GundlupētKarnataka | 44 km N | 32° | 21° | 141 mm |
| TudiyalūrTamil Nadu | 46 km SE | 34° | 23° | 123 mm |