Udaipur weather in May

In May, Udaipur sees average daytime highs of 39°C and overnight lows near 26°C, with 6 mm of rain across 2 wet days and about 13.2 hours of daylight. It is the 1st-warmest and 6th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 39°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 92% of the time in May, and the air most often feels dry.

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 Udaipur's 2nd-clearest and 3rd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Udaipur's year-round climate.

Daytime high
39°
1st warmest
Overnight low
26°
12th coldest
Rainfall
6 mm
2 wet days
Daylight
13 h 12 min
5:56 AM – 7:07 PM
Cloud cover
16%
2nd clearest
Wind
12 km/h
3rd windiest
Solar energy
7.43 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.9
out of 10

Udaipur is city in Rajasthan, India.

Air quality
Severe
PM10 156.3 µg/m³ · 2019
Density
12,192/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 39°C through the month.

A typical May day in Udaipur reaches about 39°C in the afternoon and slips back to 26°C overnight — a 12°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 36°C and 41°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 2°C warmer than April and about 3°C warmer than June.

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How May really feels in Udaipur

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
7 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.

Udaipur weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 1st-warmest and 6th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan24° / 11°30.410.69.4
Feb27° / 14°30.511.18.7
Mar32° / 18°30.711.85.4
Apr37° / 23°51.612.62.2
May39° / 26°6213.20.9
Jun36° / 26°608.413.52.1
Jul31° / 25°21916.313.43.7
Aug29° / 24°18816.212.94.4
Sep31° / 23°789.712.24.7
Oct32° / 20°182.611.45.2
Nov29° / 16°50.910.87.5
Dec25° / 12°20.410.59.2

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 92% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 6% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 2%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
1955
2955
3964
4964
5973
6973
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8973
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Udaipur gets around 6 mm of rain over 2 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 7% and peaks near 11% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
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Humidity in May

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, May lands in the dry band about 40% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 14% of them.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
17420510
27221610
37121710
46722920
565231020
662231230
760241330
856251540
955251640
1051261850
1148261960
1246262170
1343272280
1440272490
15382625100
16352626120
17332627130
18312628140
19292628161
20282629171
21272529191
22252529201
23242429221
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25222328242
26212328262
27202228273
28192228283
29182127294
30172127305
31162127316

Wind in May

Winds average 12 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 10 km/h on the calmest days to 13 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 6:05 AM to 5:51 AM, and sunset from 7:00 PM to 7:15 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.96:057:00
212.96:047:00
312.96:047:01
413.06:037:01
513.06:027:02
613.06:027:02
713.06:017:03
813.06:007:03
913.16:007:04
1013.15:597:04
1113.15:587:05
1213.15:587:05
1313.15:577:06
1413.25:577:06
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1713.25:557:08
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1913.25:547:09
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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 7.43 kWh/m² — the sunniest month for solar.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.64 kWh/m² to a high of 7.43 kWh/m² in May across the year — May's 7.43 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
17.4Intense
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37.5Intense
47.5Intense
57.5Intense
67.5Intense
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307.2Intense
317.1Intense
Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Udaipur

In seasonPeak

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

Udaipur's monsoon runs July–August, when most of the year's rain falls.

Udaipur sees seasonal dust haze (May–July), heaviest in June.

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

Is May a good time to visit Udaipur?

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

0.9
Sightseeing
12th-best month of the year
4.2
Beach & pool
12th-best month of the year

May is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Udaipur.

What to pack for Udaipur in May

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

In May, Udaipur sees daytime highs around 39°C and nights near 26°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Udaipur in May

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in May peaks around 10 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Udaipur peaks around June 15 at about 12 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near November 21 at about 5 (high).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecHighVery highExtremeExtremeVery highHighJun 15UV 12Nov 21UV 5
UV index (midday)Level
Jan6High
Feb6High
Mar9Very high
Apr11Extreme
May10Extreme
Jun12Extreme
Jul10Very high
Aug12Extreme
Sep10Very high
Oct8Very high
Nov5High
Dec6High

Air quality in Udaipur 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 Udaipur is worst in December — around 68 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), and holds fairly steady the rest of the year.

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

020406080JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecUnhealthyPoorUnhealthyPoorUnhealthyDec 1767 µg/m³Aug 2143 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan66Unhealthy
Feb53Poor
Mar45Poor
Apr47Poor
May58Unhealthy
Jun57Unhealthy
Jul48Poor
Aug43Poor
Sep44Poor
Oct45Poor
Nov65Unhealthy
Dec68Unhealthy
Location & terrain

Where is Udaipur?

Udaipur sits at 24.6°N, 73.7°E, 565 m above sea level, in India. The nearest listed city is Jodhpur, 200 km away.

JodhpurPushkarJaipurJaisalmerFatehpur SikriAgraElloraAurangabad

Topography around Udaipur

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Udaipur has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 124 m around an average of 576 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 583 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,120 m.

The land around Udaipur is covered by artificial surfaces (65%) and trees (23%) within 3 km, grassland (33%) and trees (32%) within 16 km, and grassland (35%) and cropland (32%) within 80 km.

3 km
124 m
16 km
583 m
80 km
1,120 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
May weather nearby: Jodhpur 200 km · Pushkar 228 km · Jaipur 332 km · Jaisalmer 383 km · Fatehpur Sikri 483 km · Agra 518 km · Ellora 529 km · Aurangabad 550 km

India travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 2
Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs
Type C / D / M
230 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 23% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$2,702
2025
Happiness
4.5 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
76%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
2.8
per 100k, 2022
Road deaths
15.6
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
Lower middle
World Bank
English
Low
EF EPI 484
Religion
Hindu 80%Muslim 14%Christian 2%other and unspecified 2%

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 Udaipur (24.5858°, 73.7135°, elevation 565 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).