Rajshahi weather in May

In May, Rajshahi sees average daytime highs of 35°C and overnight lows near 26°C, with 193 mm of rain across 18.1 wet days and about 13.2 hours of daylight. It is the 2nd-warmest and 5th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 35°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 40% of the time in May, and the air most often feels miserable.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 54 min at the start of May to 13 h 24 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Rajshahi's 8th-clearest and 3rd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Rajshahi's year-round climate.

Daytime high
35°
2nd warmest
Overnight low
26°
8th coldest
Rainfall
193 mm
18.1 wet days
Daylight
13 h 12 min
5:27 AM – 6:37 PM
Cloud cover
50%
8th clearest
Wind
10 km/h
3rd windiest
Solar energy
5.46 kWh/m²
Travel score
2.2
out of 10

Rajshahi is metropolitan city in Western Bangladesh.

Air quality
Severe
PM2.5 72.5 µg/m³ · 2018
Founded
1700

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 35°C through the month.

A typical May day in Rajshahi reaches about 35°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 30°C and 39°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 Rajshahi

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.

Rajshahi 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
Jan24° / 12°11210.79.0
Feb28° / 16°202.611.27.9
Mar32° / 20°283.611.84.8
Apr35° / 24°749.512.62.6
May35° / 26°19318.113.22.2
Jun33° / 27°31323.613.52.1
Jul32° / 27°30727.613.42.2
Aug32° / 27°25427.412.82.2
Sep32° / 26°24523.212.22.6
Oct31° / 24°11210.511.44.5
Nov29° / 19°151.310.87.3
Dec25° / 15°9110.59.0

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 40% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 25% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 35%. Skies tend to cloud over as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
17327
27327
37228
47228
57228
67228
77228
87228
97228
107228
117228
127030
137030
146931
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196337
206238
216139
226040
235941
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255842
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275644
285545
295446
305347
315248

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Rajshahi gets around 193 mm of rain over 18.1 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 57% and peaks near 67% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
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3167

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 63% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 99% of them.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
1114115132
2014105134
300395236
400395137
500384939
600384841
700274744
800264546
900264448
1000254251
1100254152
1200243955
1300143857
1400133660
1500133462
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1700123166
1800022969
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310000892

Wind in May

Winds average 10 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 10 km/h on the calmest days to 10 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 54 min at the start of May to 13 h 24 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 5:36 AM to 5:21 AM, and sunset from 6:30 PM to 6:45 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.95:366:30
212.95:356:30
312.95:346:31
413.05:346:31
513.05:336:32
613.05:326:32
713.05:326:33
813.05:316:33
913.15:306:34
1013.15:306:34
1113.15:296:35
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1313.15:286:36
1413.15:286:36
1513.25:276:37
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1713.25:266:38
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1913.25:256:39
2013.25:256:39
2113.35:246:40
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2713.35:226:43
2813.45:226:43
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3113.45:216:45

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 5.46 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.01 kWh/m² to a high of 6.17 kWh/m² in April across the year — May's 5.46 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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245.2Bright
255.2Bright
265.2Bright
275.2Bright
285.1Bright
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305.1Bright
315.1Bright
Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Rajshahi

In seasonPeak

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

Rajshahi sits in the North Indian Ocean cyclone zone; the season peaks May and October–November.

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

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

Is May a good time to visit Rajshahi?

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

2.2
Sightseeing
9th-best month of the year
4.7
Beach & pool
8th-best month of the year

May is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Rajshahi.

What to pack for Rajshahi in May

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

In May, Rajshahi sees daytime highs around 35°C and nights near 26°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 18 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Rajshahi in May

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in May peaks around 8 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Rajshahi peaks around July 20 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 highExtremeModerateJul 20UV 12Jan 17UV 4
UV index (midday)Level
Jan4Moderate
Feb4Moderate
Mar8Very high
Apr7High
May8Very high
Jun7Very high
Jul12Extreme
Aug10Extreme
Sep11Extreme
Oct6High
Nov4Moderate
Dec4Moderate

Air quality in Rajshahi 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 Rajshahi is worst in January — around 131 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 4.5× the cleanest month (July, 29 µg/m³).

Seasonal pattern from CAMS reanalysis, scaled to Rajshahi's WHO annual average of 72.5 µg/m³.

0306090120150JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecUnhealthyPoorModeratePoorUnhealthyJan 14129 µg/m³Jul 1830 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan131Unhealthy
Feb114Unhealthy
Mar83Unhealthy
Apr58Unhealthy
May46Poor
Jun38Poor
Jul29Moderate
Aug35Poor
Sep44Poor
Oct69Unhealthy
Nov101Unhealthy
Dec121Unhealthy
Location & terrain

Where is Rajshahi?

Rajshahi sits at 24.4°N, 88.6°E, 23 m above sea level, in Bangladesh. The nearest listed city is Paharpur, 82 km away.

PaharpurJessoreRangpurMymensinghDhakaKhulnaKolkataBagerhat

Topography around Rajshahi

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Rajshahi has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 17 m around an average of 19 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 56 m.

The land around Rajshahi is covered by artificial surfaces (40%) and trees (28%) within 3 km, cropland (54%) and trees (29%) within 16 km, and cropland (66%) and trees (29%) within 80 km.

3 km
17 m
16 km
23 m
80 km
56 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwaterwetland
May weather nearby: Paharpur 82 km · Jessore 148 km · Rangpur 166 km · Mymensingh 187 km · Dhaka 198 km · Khulna 200 km · Kolkata 203 km · Bagerhat 226 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 Rajshahi (24.374°, 88.6011°, elevation 23 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. Tropical-cyclone seasons are the published climatological basin seasons (NOAA National Hurricane Center / regional warning centres). 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).