Jessore weather in May

In May, Jessore sees average daytime highs of 34°C and overnight lows near 26°C, with 222 mm of rain across 16.8 wet days and about 13.1 hours of daylight. It is the 2nd-warmest and 5th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 34°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 38% of the time in May, and the air most often feels miserable.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 48 min at the start of May to 13 h 18 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Jessore's 8th-clearest and 3rd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Jessore's year-round climate.

Daytime high
34°
2nd warmest
Overnight low
26°
8th coldest
Rainfall
222 mm
16.8 wet days
Daylight
13 h 06 min
5:26 AM – 6:33 PM
Cloud cover
53%
8th clearest
Wind
11 km/h
3rd windiest
Solar energy
5.44 kWh/m²
Travel score
2.4
out of 10

Jessore is town in Jashore District, Bangladesh.

Density
9,486/km²
people per km²

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

Temperature in May

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 34°C through the month.

A typical May day in Jessore reaches about 34°C in the afternoon and slips back to 26°C overnight — a 9°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 31°C and 37°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs on par with April and about 1°C warmer than June.

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How May really feels in Jessore

Once humidity and wind are folded in, May averages 31 days that feel above 32°C and 0 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C
31
31 feel dangerously hot (≥ 39°C)
Days feeling ≤ C
0
wind chill below the day's low

The story in May is heat — humidity pushes the afternoon "feels like" well above the raw temperature.

Jessore weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 2nd-warmest and 5th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan25° / 13°91.510.79.0
Feb28° / 16°202.911.27.5
Mar33° / 21°424.811.84.6
Apr35° / 24°11611.812.52.7
May34° / 26°22216.813.12.4
Jun33° / 27°29723.913.42.2
Jul32° / 27°34028.513.32.2
Aug32° / 27°28128.112.82.2
Sep32° / 26°23524.412.12.6
Oct31° / 24°1261311.54.3
Nov29° / 19°291.810.97.0
Dec26° / 14°110.910.68.8

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 38% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 24% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 39%. Skies tend to cloud over as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
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27426
37327
47327
57327
67228
77228
87030
97030
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Jessore gets around 222 mm of rain over 16.8 wet days in May. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 54% and peaks near 62% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
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Humidity in May

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of May feels miserable — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, May lands in the miserable band about 80% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

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Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
134552
224454
324256
414158
513960
613762
703565
803367
903169
1002872
1102674
1202476
1302179
1401981
1501783
1601585
1701486
1801288
1901189
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210991
220892
230892
240793
250694
260595
270595
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300397
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Wind in May

Winds average 11 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 11 km/h on the calmest days to 11 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
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Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 48 min at the start of May to 13 h 18 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 30 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 5:35 AM to 5:21 AM, and sunset from 6:26 PM to 6:40 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.85:356:26
212.95:346:26
312.95:346:27
412.95:336:27
512.95:326:28
612.95:326:28
713.05:316:28
813.05:306:29
913.05:306:29
1013.05:296:30
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1213.05:286:31
1313.15:276:31
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1813.15:256:34
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2013.25:246:35
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2613.35:226:37
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Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 5.44 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.95 kWh/m² to a high of 6.09 kWh/m² in April across the year — May's 5.44 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Jessore

In seasonPeak

In May, Jessore sits inside its monsoon season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

Jessore's monsoon runs May–September, when most of the year's rain falls.

Monsoon
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Is May a good time to visit Jessore?

Our two travel scores rate May for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

2.4
Sightseeing
9th-best month of the year
5.0
Beach & pool
8th-best month of the year

May is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Jessore.

What to pack for Jessore in May

From May's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In May, Jessore sees daytime highs around 34°C and nights near 26°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 17 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Jessore in May

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in May peaks around 9 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Jessore peaks around July 19 at about 12 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near January 17 at about 4 (moderate).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — every month of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateVery highExtremeHighModerateJul 19UV 12Jan 17UV 4
UV index (midday)Level
Jan4Moderate
Feb5Moderate
Mar8Very high
Apr8Very high
May9Very high
Jun8Very high
Jul13Extreme
Aug10Extreme
Sep11Extreme
Oct6High
Nov5Moderate
Dec5Moderate

Air quality in Jessore in May

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where May falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Jessore is worst in January — around 196 µg/m³ PM2.5 (very unhealthy), about 5.3× the cleanest month (July, 37 µg/m³).

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

0306090120150180210JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecVery unhealthyUnhealthyPoorUnhealthyVery unhealthyJan 13194 µg/m³Jul 1738 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan196Very unhealthy
Feb163Very unhealthy
Mar115Unhealthy
Apr74Unhealthy
May58Unhealthy
Jun48Poor
Jul37Poor
Aug47Poor
Sep54Poor
Oct93Unhealthy
Nov154Very unhealthy
Dec185Very unhealthy
Location & terrain

Where is Jessore?

Jessore sits at 23.2°N, 89.2°E, 15 m above sea level, in Bangladesh. The nearest listed city is Khulna, 54 km away.

KhulnaBagerhatKolkataBarisalDhakaRajshahiPaharpurMymensingh

Topography around Jessore

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Jessore.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Jessore has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 19 m around an average of 10 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 23 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 31 m.

The land around Jessore is covered by trees (49%) and artificial surfaces (30%) within 3 km, cropland (54%) and trees (43%) within 16 km, and cropland (55%) and trees (37%) within 80 km.

3 km
19 m
16 km
23 m
80 km
31 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
May weather nearby: Khulna 54 km · Bagerhat 82 km · Kolkata 110 km · Barisal 129 km · Dhaka 136 km · Rajshahi 148 km · Paharpur 208 km · Mymensingh 214 km

Bangladesh travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 3
Reconsider Travel
Power plugs
Type A / C / D / G
220 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 25% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$2,597
2025
Happiness
4.3 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
59%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
2.3
per 100k, 2018
Road deaths
15.3
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
Lower middle
World Bank
English
Moderate
EF EPI 506
Religion
Muslim 91%Hindu 8%other 1%

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Jessore (23.1697°, 89.2137°, elevation 15 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).