Climate averages 1991–2020
Thimphu weather
in May.
A mild, very wet month: the 5th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a mild month in Thimphu: daytime highs average 17.9°C and nights cool to about 9.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 236 mm of rain on roughly 29 days, which makes May a very wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 29 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Jaigaon (74 km away). In May its highs average 28.4°C, 10.5°C warmer than Thimphu, with 255 mm of rain.
From May to June, average highs rise by 1.3°C to 19.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 236 mm to 378 mm.
The annual picture
May in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Thimphu climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7.2°C-0.5°C | -0.5°C | 65 | 17.2 | 10.611 h |
| February | 9.0°C0.8°C | 0.8°C | 95 | 21.2 | 11.211 h |
| March | 12.6°C3.3°C | 3.3°C | 151 | 27.0 | 12.012 h |
| April | 15.8°C6.1°C | 6.1°C | 160 | 26.1 | 12.813 h |
| May, selected | 17.9°C9.4°C | 9.4°C | 236 | 28.8 | 13.513 h |
| June | 19.2°C12.6°C | 12.6°C | 378 | 29.2 | 13.814 h |
| July | 19.2°C13.6°C | 13.6°C | 484 | 30.2 | 13.714 h |
| August | 19.4°C13.4°C | 13.4°C | 350 | 28.8 | 13.113 h |
| September | 18.6°C12.1°C | 12.1°C | 255 | 26.2 | 12.312 h |
| October | 16.0°C8.0°C | 8.0°C | 139 | 22.8 | 11.512 h |
| November | 12.5°C3.9°C | 3.9°C | 72 | 18.2 | 10.811 h |
| December | 9.4°C1.1°C | 1.1°C | 59 | 17.0 | 10.410 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
May in nearby cities
- Jaigaon in MayIndia · 74 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 22.3°C · 255 mm rain
- Gangtok in MayIndia · 103 kmHigh 20.2°C · Low 13.0°C · 283 mm rain
- Koch Bihār in MayIndia · 128 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 23.0°C · 561 mm rain
- Jalpāiguri in MayIndia · 139 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 22.8°C · 293 mm rain
- Dārjiling in MayIndia · 144 kmHigh 19.7°C · Low 12.3°C · 377 mm rain
- Siliguri in MayIndia · 147 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 22.1°C · 231 mm rain
- Rangpur in MayBangladesh · 195 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 23.4°C · 403 mm rain
- Thākurgaon in MayBangladesh · 198 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 23.3°C · 271 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Thimphu) is explained once on the Thimphu year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.