Rourkela Weather in May
Rourkela in May
The short of it: Rourkela in May averages a high of 41 °C (105 °F) and a low of 27 °C (81 °F), with 30 mm (1.2 in) of rain and about 13 h 12 min of daylight. Rated 3 of 5 for a visit; the best months are December and January. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 41° · low 27° · rain 30 mm · daylight 13 h 12 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: December & January
Thirty years of records give Rourkela an average May high of 41°, a low of 27° and some 30 mm of rain. No month in Rourkela runs warmer: highs about 41°. Rain is modest, about 30 mm, the 6th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 13 h 12 min in mid-May, 33 minutes more than a month before.
For the traveller: pack linen, a wide hat and water. The Almanac rates May 3 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are December and January.
Against its neighbours, Rourkela runs cooler than most and wetter than most in May. Raurkela Industrial Township, 3 km to the S, sees much the same highs.
May in Rourkela, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 1st warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 6th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 1° warmer, 15 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 4° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 13°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 13 h 12 min
- Average wind
- 8 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Raurkela Industrial TownshipOdisha | 3 km S | 41° | 27° | 30 mm |
| JaldaOdisha | 5 km SSW | 41° | 27° | 30 mm |
| BānposhOdisha | 6 km WNW | 41° | 27° | 29 mm |
| LathikataOdisha | 11 km SSE | 41° | 27° | 32 mm |
| KumārmundaOdisha | 12 km NW | 41° | 27° | 28 mm |
| KansbahalOdisha | 21 km W | 41° | 27° | 26 mm |
| BirmitrapurOdisha | 22 km NNW | 41° | 27° | 28 mm |
| O.C.L. Industrial TownshipOdisha | 28 km W | 41° | 27° | 27 mm |