Your holiday weather, at a glance

India in May: where is it warmest?

In May, Nagpur is the warmest place with 41 °C by day, Kargil the coolest with 8 °C. 16 of 85 destinations have good holiday weather.

All destinations in May, warmest first

Long-term averages for the month: daytime high, sea, sunshine and rainy days.

Place	Score	Air	Sea	Sun	Rain days
Nagpur	50	41°	–	9 h	3
Gwalior	50	41°	–	10 h	3
Ahmedabad	50	40°	–	10 h	1
Agra	50	40°	–	10 h	4
Prayagraj	50	40°	–	10 h	3
Kanpur	50	40°	–	10 h	4
Fatehpur Sikri	50	40°	–	10 h	4
Sanchi	50	40°	–	9 h	2
Mirzapur-cum-Vindhyachal	50	40°	–	10 h	3
Jaipur	50	40°	–	9 h	4
Vrindavan	49	40°	–	10 h	5
Mathura	49	40°	–	10 h	5
Gurgaon	47	40°	–	10 h	6
Varanasi	50	39°	–	10 h	3
Lucknow	50	39°	–	10 h	4
Bhopal	50	39°	–	9 h	2
Indore	50	39°	–	9 h	3
Vadodara	50	39°	–	10 h	1
Ujjain	50	39°	–	9 h	2
Aurangabad	49	39°	–	9 h	3
Noida	46	39°	–	10 h	6
Faridabad	46	39°	–	10 h	6
Ghaziabad	46	39°	–	10 h	6
Delhi	45	39°	–	10 h	6
Bodh Gaya	45	39°	–	9 h	6
Amaravati	44	39°	–	8 h	6
Vijayawada	43	39°	–	8 h	6
Amritsar	41	39°	–	9 h	8
Udaipur	50	38°	–	9 h	2
Ayodhya	48	38°	–	9 h	5
Meerut	46	38°	–	10 h	6
Hyderabad	44	38°	–	8 h	6
Patna	44	38°	–	9 h	6
Hastinapur	44	38°	–	10 h	7
Bareilly	44	38°	–	9 h	7
Tirupati	43	38°	–	8 h	6
Jamshedpur	30	38°	–	8 h	12
Tiruchirappalli	30	38°	–	8 h	11
Chandigarh	44	37°	–	9 h	7
Gorakhpur	44	37°	–	9 h	7
Secunderabad	44	37°	–	8 h	6
Bhubaneswar	40	37°	–	8 h	7
Hampi	40	37°	–	8 h	7
Srisailam	35	37°	–	8 h	9
Tiruvannamalai	32	37°	–	8 h	11
Madurai	20	37°	–	7 h	15
Chennai	46	36°	30°	8 h	5
Rishikesh	46	36°	–	9 h	6
Kakinada	45	36°	30°	8 h	5
Pune	42	36°	–	8 h	6
Ranchi	35	36°	–	8 h	10
Kolkata	26	35°	–	7 h	12
Daman	87	34°	30°	9 h	2
Auroville	80	34°	30°	8 h	7
Mahabalipuram	80	34°	30°	8 h	6
Visakhapatnam	57	34°	30°	8 h	4
Surat	54	34°	30°	10 h	1
Thane	51	34°	30°	8 h	4
Mahabaleshwar	40	34°	–	8 h	8
Pondicherry	51	33°	30°	8 h	7
Dehradun	50	33°	–	9 h	9
Dwarka	96	32°	29°	10 h	1
Calangute, Goa	81	32°	30°	7 h	8
Mumbai	69	32°	30°	8 h	4
Porbandar	68	32°	29°	9 h	1
Mysore	35	32°	–	6 h	17
Gokarna	78	31°	30°	6 h	12
Murdeshwar	74	31°	30°	6 h	13
Bengaluru	44	31°	–	7 h	15
Mangaluru	34	31°	30°	6 h	19
Kozhikode	33	31°	–	5 h	25
Rameswaram	93	30°	30°	8 h	7
Kanniyakumari	91	30°	29°	8 h	7
Mahé	67	30°	30°	5 h	22
Kochi, Kerala	38	30°	30°	5 h	29
Guwahati	37	30°	–	5 h	26
Alappuzha	37	30°	30°	5 h	29
Srivijayapuram	68	29°	30°	5 h	25
Thiruvananthapuram	47	29°	–	6 h	25
Dharamshala	62	27°	–	8 h	13
Mussoorie	73	25°	–	8 h	15
Nainital	79	24°	–	8 h	12
Ooty	59	22°	–	6 h	24
Shillong	55	22°	–	5 h	30
Kargil	40	8°	–	7 h	9

India in May: quick answers

India in May: where is it warmest?

The warmest places in May are Nagpur (41 °C), Gwalior (41 °C) and Ahmedabad (40 °C).

India in May: where is the sea warmest?

The sea is warmest at Chennai (30 °C), Kakinada (30 °C) and Daman (30 °C).

India in May: where is the weather best?

The best holiday weather in May – warm, sunny and dry – is in Dwarka, Rameswaram and Kanniyakumari.

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Climate averages 1996–2025, not a forecast. Data: Copernicus ERA5 / ERA5-Land via Open-Meteo.com (CC BY 4.0), NOAA OISST, WMO 1991–2020 (NOAA NCEI), GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Sources & licences