Jakar Weather in May
Jakar in May
The short of it: Jakar in May averages a high of 18 °C (64 °F) and a low of 8 °C (46 °F), with 106 mm (4.2 in) of rain and about 13 h 30 min of daylight. Rated 3 of 5 for a visit; the best months are October and November. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 18° · low 8° · rain 106 mm · daylight 13 h 30 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: October & November
Thirty years of records give Jakar an average May high of 18°, a low of 8° and some 106 mm of rain. Much like April: highs about 18°, nights near 8°. A wool coat will serve you well. Wet spells are common — about 106 mm, the 5th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 13 h 30 min in mid-May, 43 minutes more than a month before.
For the traveller: pack layers, a wool coat and stout boots, and an oilskin besides. The Almanac rates May 3 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are October and November.
Against its neighbours, Jakar runs cooler than most and drier than most in May. Ura, 22 km to the SE, is 5° cooler by day.
May in Jakar, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 5th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 5th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 2° warmer, 15 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 2° colder
- Day–night spread
- 10°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 13 h 30 min
- Average wind
- 7 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| UraBumthang District | 22 km SE | 13° | 3° | 92 mm |
| TrongsaTongsa | 25 km WSW | 19° | 9° | 115 mm |
| ShemgangZhemgang District | 38 km SSW | 25° | 17° | 150 mm |
| AutshoLhuntse | 43 km ESE | 27° | 17° | 107 mm |
| LhuentseLhuntse | 45 km ENE | 25° | 14° | 116 mm |
| MongarMongar | 57 km ESE | 26° | 17° | 121 mm |
| Trashi YangtseTrashi Yangste | 74 km E | 22° | 12° | 137 mm |
| SamtengangOther | 76 km W | 27° | 15° | 132 mm |