Rangpur weather in May

In May, Rangpur sees average daytime highs of 32°C and overnight lows near 24°C, with 403 mm of rain across 25.1 wet days and about 13.2 hours of daylight. It is the 5th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 32°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 19% of the time in May, and the air most often feels miserable.

Daylight stretches from about 13 hours at the start of May to 13 h 30 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Rangpur's 8th-clearest and 4th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Rangpur's year-round climate.

Daytime high
32°
5th warmest
Overnight low
24°
8th coldest
Rainfall
403 mm
25.1 wet days
Daylight
13 h 18 min
5:22 AM – 6:37 PM
Cloud cover
63%
8th clearest
Wind
9 km/h
4th windiest
Solar energy
4.5 kWh/m²
Travel score
2.7
out of 10

Rangpur is city in Bangladesh.

Founded
1769

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 32°C through the month.

A typical May day in Rangpur reaches about 32°C in the afternoon and slips back to 24°C overnight — a 8°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 28°C and 35°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs on par with April and on par with June.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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How May really feels in Rangpur

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
4 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.

Rangpur weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 5th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan24° / 12°131.810.68.9
Feb27° / 15°162.811.17.8
Mar32° / 19°385.811.85.0
Apr33° / 22°16215.712.63.3
May32° / 24°40325.113.22.7
Jun32° / 26°51428.413.62.2
Jul32° / 26°43229.313.42.1
Aug32° / 27°36528.612.92.1
Sep32° / 26°33426.412.22.5
Oct31° / 23°15413.111.44.5
Nov29° / 18°91.310.77.3
Dec26° / 14°50.710.48.8

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 19% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 26% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 54%. Skies tend to cloud over as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
15248
25248
35347
45347
55248
65347
75347
85248
95248
105248
115248
125248
135149
145050
154951
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Rangpur gets around 403 mm of rain over 25.1 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 80% and peaks near 90% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

0%20%40%60%80%100%151015202531
Rain chance (%)
171
271
372
472
573
673
774
874
974
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1478
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3190

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 51% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

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Dry (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
111156518
201136620
301126522
401106623
50096625
60086527
70076330
80066232
90066034
100055936
110045739
120045442
130035344
140035047
150034849
160024652
170024454
180024256
190024058
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210013663
220013465
230013267
240013069
250012871
260002674
270002476
280002377
290002179
300001981
310001882

Wind in May

Winds average 9 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 9 km/h on the calmest days to 9 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
19calm
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Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 13 hours at the start of May to 13 h 30 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 5:32 AM to 5:16 AM, and sunset from 6:29 PM to 6:45 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
113.05:326:29
213.05:316:29
313.05:306:30
413.05:296:30
513.05:286:31
613.15:286:31
713.15:276:32
813.15:266:33
913.15:266:33
1013.15:256:34
1113.25:246:34
1213.25:246:35
1313.25:236:35
1413.25:236:36
1513.25:226:36
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2113.35:196:40
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2313.45:186:41
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2913.55:176:44
3013.55:166:44
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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 4.5 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.65 kWh/m² to a high of 5.7 kWh/m² in March across the year — May's 4.5 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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214.3Bright
224.3Bright
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244.2Bright
254.2Bright
264.2Bright
274.1Bright
284.1Bright
294.1Bright
304.0Bright
314.0Bright
Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Rangpur

In seasonPeak

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

Rangpur'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 Rangpur?

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

2.7
Sightseeing
8th-best month of the year
4.3
Beach & pool
8th-best month of the year

May is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Rangpur.

What to pack for Rangpur in May

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

In May, Rangpur sees daytime highs around 32°C and nights near 24°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 25 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Rangpur in May

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in May peaks around 7 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Rangpur peaks around July 22 at about 11 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near January 14 at about 4 (moderate).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateVery highHighHighExtremeModerateJul 22UV 11Jan 14UV 4
UV index (midday)Level
Jan4Moderate
Feb5Moderate
Mar8Very high
Apr6High
May7Very high
Jun6High
Jul11Extreme
Aug10Extreme
Sep10Extreme
Oct6High
Nov4Moderate
Dec4Moderate

Air quality in Rangpur 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 Rangpur is worst in January — around 178 µg/m³ PM2.5 (very unhealthy), about 4.8× the cleanest month (July, 37 µg/m³).

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

0306090120150180JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecVery unhealthyUnhealthyPoorUnhealthyJan 17176 µg/m³Jul 1839 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan178Very unhealthy
Feb161Very unhealthy
Mar121Unhealthy
Apr83Unhealthy
May65Unhealthy
Jun53Poor
Jul37Poor
Aug47Poor
Sep56Unhealthy
Oct87Unhealthy
Nov128Unhealthy
Dec155Very unhealthy
Location & terrain

Where is Rangpur?

Rangpur sits at 25.7°N, 89.3°E, 36 m above sea level, in Bangladesh. The nearest listed city is Paharpur, 85 km away.

PaharpurPhuentsholingBhadrapurMymensinghRajshahiIlām

Topography around Rangpur

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Rangpur has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 16 m around an average of 34 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 174 m.

The land around Rangpur is covered by trees (43%), artificial surfaces (32%) and cropland (23%) within 3 km, cropland (62%) and trees (33%) within 16 km, and cropland (68%) and trees (24%) within 80 km.

3 km
16 m
16 km
23 m
80 km
174 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
May weather nearby: Paharpur 85 km · Phuentsholing 124 km · Bhadrapur 146 km · Mymensingh 160 km · Rajshahi 166 km · Tsirang 166 km · Darjeeling 173 km · Ilām 185 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 Rangpur (25.7466°, 89.2517°, elevation 36 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).