Dêqên Weather in May
Dêqên in May
The short of it: Dêqên in May averages a high of 16 °C (60 °F) and a low of 2 °C (35 °F), with 28 mm (1.1 in) of rain and about 13 h 39 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 16° · low 2° · rain 28 mm · daylight 13 h 39 min
✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: September & May
May in Dêqên brings afternoons near 16° and nights around 2°, with about 28 mm of rain over the month. Much like April: highs about 16°, nights near 2°. A wool coat will serve you well. Rain is modest, about 28 mm, the 5th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 13 h 39 min in mid-May, 47 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, Dêqên runs cooler than most and drier than most in May. Doilungdêqên, 43 km to the SE, is 3° warmer by day.
May in Dêqên, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 5th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 5th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 4° warmer, 23 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 3° colder
- Day–night spread
- 14°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 13 h 39 min
- Average wind
- 12 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DoilungdêqênTibet | 43 km SE | 19° | 5° | 29 mm |
| Chéngguān QūTibet | 48 km SE | 19° | 5° | 30 mm |
| LhasaTibet | 51 km SE | 19° | 5° | 30 mm |
| LhünzhubTibet | 53 km E | 18° | 4° | 31 mm |
| QuxuTibet | 67 km S | 19° | 5° | 29 mm |
| DamxungTibet | 68 km NNE | 14° | 0° | 31 mm |
| DagzêTibet | 68 km ESE | 18° | 4° | 29 mm |
| NyêmoTibet | 80 km SW | 18° | 3° | 24 mm |