Kālimpong Weather in May
Kālimpong in May
The short of it: Kālimpong in May averages a high of 26 °C (79 °F) and a low of 18 °C (65 °F), with 274 mm (10.8 in) of rain and about 13 h 28 min of daylight. Rated 3 of 5 for a visit; the best months are November and December. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 26° · low 18° · rain 274 mm · daylight 13 h 28 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: November & December
May in Kālimpong brings afternoons near 26° and nights around 18°, with about 274 mm of rain over the month. Much like April: highs about 26°, nights near 18°. Easy travelling weather. Wet spells are common — about 274 mm, the 5th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 13 h 28 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 December.
Against its neighbours, Kālimpong runs cooler than most and drier than most in May. Rhenok, 16 km to the N, is 2° warmer by day.
May in Kālimpong, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 5th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 5th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 2° warmer, 110 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 1° colder
- Day–night spread
- 8°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 13 h 28 min
- Average wind
- 5 km/h