Manāli Weather in May
Manāli in May
The short of it: Manāli in May averages a high of 23 °C (74 °F) and a low of 12 °C (54 °F), with 87 mm (3.4 in) of rain and about 13 h 48 min of daylight. Rated 3 of 5 for a visit; the best months are October and November. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 23° · low 12° · rain 87 mm · daylight 13 h 48 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: October & November
Thirty years of records give Manāli an average May high of 23°, a low of 12° and some 87 mm of rain. Spring takes hold here: highs climb 4° from April to about 23°, with nights near 12°. Wet spells are common — about 87 mm, the 8th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 13 h 48 min in mid-May, 52 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 October and November.
Against its neighbours, Manāli runs cooler than most and wetter than most in May. Nagar, 13 km to the S, is 2° warmer by day.
May in Manāli, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 2nd warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 8th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 4° warmer, 1.0 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 2° colder
- Day–night spread
- 11°
- Snow season
- January
- Daylight, mid-month
- 13 h 48 min
- Average wind
- 6 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NagarHimachal Pradesh | 13 km S | 25° | 14° | 86 mm |
| KuluHimachal Pradesh | 34 km S | 27° | 15° | 80 mm |
| KyelangHimachal Pradesh | 38 km NNW | 15° | 4° | 57 mm |
| ShamshiHimachal Pradesh | 44 km S | 30° | 17° | 68 mm |
| BhuntarHimachal Pradesh | 44 km S | 30° | 17° | 68 mm |
| JogindarnagarHimachal Pradesh | 47 km SW | 33° | 18° | 62 mm |
| PālampurHimachal Pradesh | 60 km WSW | 31° | 17° | 60 mm |
| MandiHimachal Pradesh | 65 km SSW | 33° | 22° | 47 mm |