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New Delhi in May

Very hot and mostly dry, as the days lengthen.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

May in New Delhi is very hot: highs near 106°F, lows near 77°F. Rain falls on about one day a week, and the days lengthen by 32 minutes from the first week to the last.May in New Delhi is very hot: highs near 41°C, lows near 25°C. Rain falls on about one day a week, and the days lengthen by 32 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
106°F41°Caverage
Low
77°F25°Caverage
Wet days
1a week · 19% of days
Daylight
13h 34mon average

Is May a good time to visit New Delhi?

May sits outside New Delhi's best months, which run from December to February. Expect very hot days and rain on about one day a week.

How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 70°F to 80°F, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 21°C to 27°C, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.

How May sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 106°F in May, against 70°F to 106°F through the year.Highs near 41°C in May, against 21°C to 41°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

19% of days in May, against 4% to 69% through the year.

Cloud cover

12% cover in May, against 9% to 58% through the year.

Daylight

13h 34m in May, against 10h 21m to 13h 56m through the year.

Week by week, lightly smoothed, with May shaded. The olive line marks the best months. Hover or tap a week for its figures.

Either side

  1. April100°38°low 68°low 20°1 wet day a weekRain on about one day a week.
  2. May106°41°low 77°low 25°1 wet day a weekRain on about one day a week.
  3. June104°40°low 82°low 28°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.

Where New Delhi sits, in May

Asia/Kolkata
this place
typical high in May 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-May
5:31 AMsets 7:04 PM
Above the sea
210 mlow-lying
Latitude
28.6°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Agra178 km south-east

The land around New Delhi, shaded by its typical high in May, the planning map's own layer. Hover the map for the figure at that spot; tap it on a phone. Clock times are local, for the 15th.

Elsewhere in India in May

high · low · wet days
See May on the planning mapThe whole year in New Delhi

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest New Delhi. Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 3.1°F cold in the source data and are raised to match.Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 1.7°C cold in the source data and are raised to match. Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not. Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.

Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not.

Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.