Weather in Rājkot in May

The month to avoid. Of the twelve, May is the one to avoid. Daytime highs average 40.1 °C and the afternoon is not negotiable — outdoor plans move to early morning or evening.

May ranks 12 of 12 — near the bottom of Rājkot's year. January is the month that works, and the swing between the two is 63 points, which is a different holiday rather than a slightly better one.

Rain falls on only 1 days, so an itinerary with no wet-weather fallback is a reasonable risk. Pack for heat management rather than style: shade, water, and a schedule that gives up on the middle of the day.

What the averages hide

Averages flatten a month, and this one hides a few things: 31 days of the month clear 35 °C — that is not a heatwave, it is the month. Across the twenty years measured, the hottest May day reached 45.7 °C and the coldest night fell to 19.4 °C.

May is dependably dry, and that reliability is the point: across the twenty years measured, the wettest May on record still only managed 42 mm, and the driest managed 0 mm. There is no meaningful variability to plan around, which makes this one of the few months anywhere that you can build a fixed outdoor itinerary against without a fallback. The wettest single day in twenty years of Mays brought 22 mm. Rain simply is not the variable that decides this trip — heat, crowds and cost are.

Wind sits around 17.9 km/h — a steady breeze rather than a nuisance, and welcome on the warmer days, and humidity is unremarkable at 54%.

How May sits in the year

Temperatures hold steady either side: 39.5 °C in April, 40.1 here, 36.9 in June. Nothing about the timing within the month matters much. Rain is the thing that moves: June brings 9 days more of it, so the earlier half of a flexible trip is the safer half.

Daylight in May

May is at or near the longest days of Rājkot's year: 13.2 hours of daylight, gaining 0.4 hours across the month. Evenings are the real gain — dinner outdoors still happens in full light.

An inland climate

With no coast nearby, the year swings a fair way — 28.5 °C between the warmest afternoons and the coldest nights, wider than any coastal city at this latitude would manage. Within May itself the daily swing is 14.8 °C, so mornings and afternoons need different clothes.

How busy it gets

Off season. The genuine off season: cheapest by a distance, with the caveat that some tours and restaurants close entirely.

Crowd levels are estimated from climate desirability and school-holiday calendars, not from visitor numbers.

May in Rājkot versus nearby

If Rājkot is one option among several, the nearby comparison is worth making. Ahmedabad is close enough to be a coin toss — 3.4 °C warmer, the same number of rain days. Surat is close enough to be a coin toss — within a degree on temperature, the same number of rain days.

So: May is a compromise. January is 63 points better and is what Rājkot is actually like at its best — worth moving the trip for if that is possible, and worth adjusting expectations for if it is not.

Every month in Rājkot

See all twelve months in Rājkot, or where else to go in May.