Laya Weather in May
Laya in May
The short of it: Laya in May averages a high of 12 °C (54 °F) and a low of 0 °C (33 °F), with 26 mm (1.0 in) of rain and about 13 h 32 min of daylight. Rated 4 of 5 for a visit; the best months are September and May. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 12° · low 0° · rain 26 mm · daylight 13 h 32 min
✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: September & May
Thirty years of records give Laya an average May high of 12°, a low of 0° and some 26 mm of rain. Much like April: highs about 12°, nights near 0°. A wool coat will serve you well. Rain is modest, about 26 mm, the 5th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 13 h 32 min in mid-May, 43 minutes more than a month before.
For the traveller: pack layers, a wool coat and stout boots. The Almanac rates May 4 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are September and May.
Against its neighbours, Laya runs cooler than most and drier than most in May. Gasa, 18 km to the SSE, is 8° warmer by day.
May in Laya, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 5th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 5th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 3° warmer, 8.0 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 3° colder
- Day–night spread
- 12°
- Snow season
- Feb–Mar
- Daylight, mid-month
- 13 h 32 min
- Average wind
- 9 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GasaGasa | 18 km SSE | 20° | 8° | 47 mm |
| PunākhaPunakha | 56 km SSE | 27° | 13° | 136 mm |
| PajoPunakha | 62 km SSE | 28° | 16° | 152 mm |
| Tashi Chho DzongOther | 65 km S | 19° | 8° | 86 mm |
| LungtenzampaThimphu District | 66 km S | 21° | 10° | 86 mm |
| ThimphuThimphu District | 66 km S | 21° | 10° | 86 mm |
| SamtengangOther | 67 km SSE | 27° | 15° | 132 mm |
| Wangdue PhodrangWangdi Phodrang | 67 km SSE | 28° | 16° | 158 mm |