Handwāra Weather in May
Handwāra in May
The short of it: Handwāra in May averages a high of 26 °C (79 °F) and a low of 14 °C (56 °F), with 65 mm (2.6 in) of rain and about 13 h 57 min of daylight. Rated 4 of 5 for a visit; the best months are October and September. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 26° · low 14° · rain 65 mm · daylight 13 h 57 min
✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: October & September
Thirty years of records give Handwāra an average May high of 26°, a low of 14° and some 65 mm of rain. Spring takes hold here: highs climb 4° from April to about 26°, with nights near 14°. Wet spells are common — about 65 mm, the 4th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 13 h 57 min in mid-May, 56 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 4 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are October and September.
Against its neighbours, Handwāra runs warmer than most and drier than most in May. Drug Mulla, 10 km to the N, sees much the same highs.
May in Handwāra, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 5th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 4th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 4° warmer, 60 mm less rain
- Versus June
- 4° colder
- Day–night spread
- 12°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 13 h 57 min
- Average wind
- 5 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Drug MullaJammu and Kashmir | 10 km N | 26° | 14° | 66 mm |
| WatargāmJammu and Kashmir | 12 km SE | 26° | 14° | 62 mm |
| KopaworJammu and Kashmir | 15 km N | 25° | 13° | 68 mm |
| SogāmJammu and Kashmir | 15 km NE | 25° | 13° | 69 mm |
| Buna HirJammu and Kashmir | 16 km NNW | 26° | 14° | 67 mm |
| SolakutJammu and Kashmir | 16 km N | 25° | 13° | 68 mm |
| Dever Inder BugJammu and Kashmir | 17 km ENE | 22° | 11° | 77 mm |
| DārapurJammu and Kashmir | 18 km NE | 25° | 13° | 69 mm |