Pituk Weather in May
Pituk in May
The short of it: Pituk in May averages a high of 19 °C (66 °F) and a low of 5 °C (40 °F), with 8.0 mm (0.31 in) of rain and about 13 h 55 min of daylight. Rated 5 of 5 for a visit; the best months are June and September. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 19° · low 5° · rain 8.0 mm · daylight 13 h 55 min
✦✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: June & September
May in Pituk brings afternoons near 19° and nights around 5°, with about 8.0 mm of rain over the month. Highs rise 5° against April, to near 19°; nights run about 5°. Rain is scarce, about 8.0 mm, the 6th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 13 h 55 min in mid-May, 56 minutes more than a month before.
For the traveller: pack layers, a wool coat and stout boots. The Almanac rates May 5 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are June and September.
Against its neighbours, Pituk runs about middling and drier than most in May. Leh, 5 km to the ENE, is 1° cooler by day.
May in Pituk, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 5th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 6th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 5° warmer, 0.0 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 4° colder
- Day–night spread
- 14°
- Snow season
- Dec–Mar
- Daylight, mid-month
- 13 h 55 min
- Average wind
- 8 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LehLadakh | 5 km ENE | 17° | 4° | 8.0 mm |
| ChoglamsarLadakh | 6 km ESE | 20° | 5° | 9.0 mm |
| PadamLadakh | 96 km SW | 15° | 2° | 23 mm |
| ThangLadakh | 111 km NW | 11° | -1° | 7.0 mm |
| KargilLadakh | 138 km WNW | 20° | 6° | 23 mm |
| YouguGilgit-Baltistan | 171 km NW | 19° | 6° | 16 mm |
| KyelangHimachal Pradesh | 181 km SSW | 15° | 4° | 57 mm |
| BunjwahJammu and Kashmir | 184 km SW | 23° | 11° | 69 mm |