Chitral Weather in May
Chitral in May
The short of it: Chitral in May averages a high of 27 °C (81 °F) and a low of 12 °C (54 °F), with 44 mm (1.7 in) of rain and about 14 h 3 min of daylight. Rated 5 of 5 for a visit; the best months are October and May. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 27° · low 12° · rain 44 mm · daylight 14 h 3 min
✦✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: October & May
Thirty years of records give Chitral an average May high of 27°, a low of 12° and some 44 mm of rain. Highs rise 6° against April, to near 27°; nights run about 12°. Rain is modest, about 44 mm, the 4th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 14 h 3 min in mid-May, 59 minutes more than a month before.
For the traveller: pack light clothes and a jacket for the evening. The Almanac rates May 5 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are October and May.
Against its neighbours, Chitral runs warmer than most and drier than most in May. Thal, 59 km to the SE, is 6° cooler by day.
May in Chitral, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 5th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 4th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 6° warmer, 22 mm less rain
- Versus June
- 6° colder
- Day–night spread
- 15°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 14 h 3 min
- Average wind
- 5 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ThalKhyber Pakhtunkhwa | 59 km SE | 21° | 9° | 62 mm |
| BuniKhyber Pakhtunkhwa | 63 km NE | 24° | 10° | 30 mm |
| Upper DirKhyber Pakhtunkhwa | 72 km S | 29° | 15° | 62 mm |
| PārūnNuristan | 92 km WSW | 14° | 4° | 77 mm |
| AshkāshamBadakhshan | 95 km NNW | 17° | 4° | 36 mm |
| IshqoshimGorno-Badakhshan | 98 km N | 21° | 6° | 29 mm |
| Kakad Wari Dir UpperKhyber Pakhtunkhwa | 98 km SSE | 29° | 15° | 53 mm |
| ĀsmārKunar | 99 km SSW | 31° | 17° | 48 mm |