Kedārnāth Weather in May
Kedārnāth in May
The short of it: Kedārnāth in May averages a high of 12 °C (53 °F) and a low of 2 °C (35 °F), with 39 mm (1.5 in) of rain and about 13 h 42 min of daylight. Rated 4 of 5 for a visit; the best months are May and June. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 12° · low 2° · rain 39 mm · daylight 13 h 42 min
✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: May & June
May in Kedārnāth brings afternoons near 12° and nights around 2°, with about 39 mm of rain over the month. Much like April: highs about 12°, nights near 2°. A wool coat will serve you well. Rain is modest, about 39 mm, the 11th wettest month. 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; it is the best month of the year to come.
Against its neighbours, Kedārnāth runs cooler than most and drier than most in May. Ukhimath, 23 km to the S, is 17° warmer by day.
May in Kedārnāth, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 5th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 11th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 3° warmer, 10 mm less rain
- Versus June
- 2° colder
- Day–night spread
- 10°
- Snow season
- Nov–Apr
- Daylight, mid-month
- 13 h 42 min
- Average wind
- 9 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| UkhimathUttarakhand | 23 km S | 29° | 14° | 47 mm |
| GangotriUttarakhand | 33 km NNW | 14° | 3° | 38 mm |
| PīpalkotiUttarakhand | 48 km SE | 29° | 14° | 49 mm |
| RudraprayāgUttarakhand | 49 km S | 34° | 17° | 36 mm |
| JoshīmathUttarakhand | 51 km ESE | 28° | 13° | 48 mm |
| UttarkāshiUttarakhand | 60 km W | 30° | 15° | 40 mm |
| SrīnagarUttarakhand | 62 km SSW | 36° | 20° | 39 mm |
| TehriUttarakhand | 67 km WSW | 34° | 21° | 41 mm |