Average temperature in May is 31 °C
Average daytime temperature is 37.6 °C
Average night temperature is 26.5 °C
Absolute maximum temperature: 42.1 °C
Absolute minimum temperature: 24.3 °C
Number of sunny days: 5
Number of rainy days: 26
Number of snow days:
Precipitation sum: 56 mm
* Weather data for Tirunelveli India is based on climate observations for 2023 year
| May (°C) | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 |
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| Maximum temperature | 33.1 | 32 | 32.5 | 34.9 | 32.1 | 35.2 | 33.1 | 36.4 | 35.6 | 36.4 | 37.2 | 38 | 36.5 | 39.4 | 39.2 | 40.4 | 42.1 | 39.8 | 40.4 | 39.8 | 38.1 | 38.4 | 38.4 | 40.8 | 39.4 | 38.8 | 38.8 | 39.8 | 39.9 | 40.7 | 39.7 |
| Apparent max temperature | 39.5 | 36.9 | 37 | 40 | 36.9 | 41.4 | 36.5 | 40.7 | 40.5 | 43 | 43.3 | 44.7 | 41.5 | 44.9 | 42.8 | 43.7 | 44.2 | 43.3 | 44.8 | 42.6 | 44 | 42.6 | 43.9 | 44.9 | 42.3 | 41.6 | 42.1 | 44.5 | 45 | 44.8 | 44.9 |
| Mean temperature | 27.2 | 27.5 | 27.6 | 29.6 | 28.6 | 29.9 | 29.5 | 30.1 | 29.3 | 30.6 | 30.7 | 30.9 | 31.1 | 31.9 | 32.7 | 33.1 | 33.7 | 32.9 | 31.6 | 31.8 | 31.7 | 31.3 | 31.4 | 32 | 32.1 | 31.8 | 32.1 | 32.7 | 31.7 | 31.9 | 31.3 |
| Apparent mean temperature | 29.7 | 30.2 | 30.6 | 29.7 | 30.1 | 30.1 | 30.4 | 30.3 | 30.4 | 30.9 | 31.1 | 31.5 | 31.1 | 31.5 | 31.7 | 31.3 | 31.9 | 32.5 | 32.2 | 31.9 | 31.9 | 31.4 | 31.1 | 31.6 | 31.2 | 30 | 30.4 | 32 | 32.3 | 32 | 32 |
| Minimum temperature | 24.3 | 24.5 | 24.6 | 25.2 | 26.2 | 26.9 | 26.2 | 26.6 | 25.7 | 26 | 26.4 | 26.7 | 26.7 | 27.2 | 27.4 | 27 | 26.9 | 27.1 | 26.5 | 26.6 | 26.4 | 25.9 | 25.9 | 26.9 | 27.2 | 27.2 | 27.5 | 28 | 27.1 | 27.3 | 26.4 |
| Apparent min temperature | 32.6 | 33 | 33.1 | 34.3 | 33.1 | 34 | 33.4 | 34.7 | 34.3 | 35.8 | 35.4 | 36.2 | 35.5 | 36.2 | 36.5 | 36.8 | 36.9 | 37.2 | 36.4 | 36 | 36.1 | 36 | 35.9 | 36 | 35.4 | 34.5 | 34.9 | 36.2 | 36 | 36.3 | 35.9 |
| May | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 |
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| Daylight duration (h) | 12.4 | 12.4 | 12.4 | 12.5 | 12.5 | 12.5 | 12.5 | 12.5 | 12.5 | 12.5 | 12.5 | 12.5 | 12.5 | 12.5 | 12.5 | 12.5 | 12.5 | 12.5 | 12.5 | 12.5 | 12.6 | 12.6 | 12.6 | 12.6 | 12.6 | 12.6 | 12.6 | 12.6 | 12.6 | 12.6 | 12.6 |
| Sunshine duration (h) | 9.5 | 3.4 | 4.4 | 9 | 1.6 | 10 | 1.9 | 9.8 | 10 | 11.2 | 10.9 | 11.2 | 7.2 | 11.2 | 11.4 | 11.4 | 11.6 | 11.5 | 11.6 | 11.4 | 11.5 | 11.4 | 11.5 | 11.5 | 11.5 | 11.5 | 10.7 | 11 | 11.5 | 11.6 | 11.7 |
| Precipitation (mm) | 8.4 | 9.9 | 1.6 | 0 | 0 | 1.2 | 0 | 0.5 | 5.4 | 0.3 | 1.7 | 1.7 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0.3 | 4.9 | 2.2 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 0.1 | 0.9 | 1.1 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 4.4 | 3.4 | 4.3 |
| Precipitation hours | 14 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
| Wind speed (m/s) | 20.1 | 12.6 | 10.4 | 11.9 | 9.5 | 14.1 | 14.8 | 12.3 | 14.7 | 12.4 | 16 | 18 | 19.1 | 18.7 | 16.7 | 17.6 | 17.6 | 17.2 | 16.5 | 12.4 | 18 | 14.3 | 17.3 | 15.9 | 22.6 | 22.2 | 17.9 | 15.9 | 24.5 | 14.8 | 13.6 |
In May 2023, the highest daytime temperature in Tirunelveli was 42.1°C.
While the minimum temperature at night dropped to 24.3°C.
The average nighttime and daytime temperatures during May in Tirunelveli are 26.5°C and 37.6°C respectively.
The precipitation sum in May is about 56 mm.