Thimphu Weather in May
Thimphu in May
The short of it: Thimphu in May averages a high of 21 °C (69 °F) and a low of 10 °C (50 °F), with 86 mm (3.4 in) of rain and about 13 h 30 min of daylight. Rated 3 of 5 for a visit; the best months are November and March. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 21° · low 10° · rain 86 mm · daylight 13 h 30 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: November & March
Thirty years of records give Thimphu an average May high of 21°, a low of 10° and some 86 mm of rain. Much like April: highs about 21°, nights near 10°. Easy travelling weather. Wet spells are common — about 86 mm, the 5th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 13 h 30 min in mid-May, 42 minutes more than a month before.
For the traveller: pack light clothes and a jacket for the evening, and an oilskin besides. The Almanac rates May 3 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are November and March.
Against its neighbours, Thimphu runs cooler than most and drier than most in May. Lungtenzampa, 0 km to the NE, sees much the same highs.
May in Thimphu, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 5th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 5th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 2° warmer, 19 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 2° colder
- Day–night spread
- 11°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 13 h 30 min
- Average wind
- 6 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LungtenzampaThimphu District | 0 km NE | 21° | 10° | 86 mm |
| Tashi Chho DzongOther | 3 km NW | 19° | 8° | 86 mm |
| ParoParo | 23 km W | 22° | 11° | 97 mm |
| PajoPunakha | 25 km ENE | 28° | 16° | 152 mm |
| Wangdue PhodrangWangdi Phodrang | 25 km E | 28° | 16° | 158 mm |
| PunākhaPunakha | 27 km ENE | 27° | 13° | 136 mm |
| SamtengangOther | 34 km E | 27° | 15° | 132 mm |
| HaHaa | 37 km WSW | 18° | 7° | 95 mm |