Shimla Weather in May
Shimla in May
The short of it: Shimla in May averages a high of 27 °C (80 °F) and a low of 17 °C (62 °F), with 55 mm (2.2 in) of rain and about 13 h 43 min of daylight. Rated 4 of 5 for a visit; the best months are April and October. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 27° · low 17° · rain 55 mm · daylight 13 h 43 min
✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: April & October
Thirty years of records give Shimla an average May high of 27°, a low of 17° and some 55 mm of rain. Much like April: highs about 27°, nights near 17°. Easy travelling weather. Rain is modest, about 55 mm, the 8th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 13 h 43 min in mid-May, 49 minutes more than a month before.
For the traveller: pack light clothes and a jacket for the evening. The Almanac rates May 4 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are April and October.
Against its neighbours, Shimla runs cooler than most and wetter than most in May. Sabāthu, 22 km to the SW, is 6° warmer by day.
May in Shimla, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 2nd warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 8th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 4° warmer, 19 mm more rain
- Versus June
- about the same
- Day–night spread
- 10°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 13 h 43 min
- Average wind
- 6 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SabāthuHimachal Pradesh | 22 km SW | 33° | 21° | 35 mm |
| SolanHimachal Pradesh | 22 km SSW | 30° | 18° | 42 mm |
| KasauliHimachal Pradesh | 30 km SW | 30° | 19° | 38 mm |
| ParwanooHimachal Pradesh | 36 km SSW | 32° | 20° | 33 mm |
| KālkaHimachal Pradesh | 36 km SW | 35° | 22° | 27 mm |
| BaddiHimachal Pradesh | 39 km WSW | 39° | 24° | 19 mm |
| PinjaurHaryana | 41 km SW | 37° | 23° | 23 mm |
| NālāgarhHimachal Pradesh | 43 km W | 38° | 24° | 22 mm |