Darchen Weather in May
Darchen in May
The short of it: Darchen in May averages a high of 13 °C (56 °F) and a low of -3 °C (26 °F), with 7.0 mm (0.28 in) of rain and about 13 h 42 min of daylight. Rated 4 of 5 for a visit; the best months are June and May. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 13° · low -3° · rain 7.0 mm · daylight 13 h 42 min
✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: June & May
Thirty years of records give Darchen an average May high of 13°, a low of -3° and some 7.0 mm of rain. Highs rise 4° against April, to near 13°; nights run about -3°. It is the driest month of the year, only 7.0 mm of rain. The snow cover usually melts away this month.
The sun is up for about 13 h 42 min in mid-May, 49 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 June and May.
Against its neighbours, Darchen runs cooler than most and drier than most in May. Burang, 72 km to the S, is 4° warmer by day.
May in Darchen, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 5th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 12th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 4° warmer, 2.0 mm less rain
- Versus June
- 3° colder
- Day–night spread
- 17°
- Snow season
- Oct–Apr
- Daylight, mid-month
- 13 h 42 min
- Average wind
- 13 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BurangTibet | 72 km S | 17° | 1° | 15 mm |
| SimikoṭKarnali Pradesh | 118 km SSE | 22° | 6° | 26 mm |
| ChhibroKarnali Pradesh | 123 km SSE | 25° | 9° | 34 mm |
| KhārpūKarnali Pradesh | 129 km SE | 5° | -6° | 5.0 mm |
| DhārchulaUttarakhand | 141 km SSW | 31° | 14° | 67 mm |
| DārchulāSudurpashchim Pradesh | 142 km SSW | 27° | 12° | 67 mm |
| JoshīmathUttarakhand | 170 km WSW | 28° | 13° | 48 mm |
| PithorāgarhUttarakhand | 182 km SW | 30° | 16° | 70 mm |