Climate averages 1991–2020
Lhoka weather
in May.
A mild, moderately 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 Lhoka: daytime highs average 17.3°C and nights cool to about 5.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 57 mm of rain on roughly 15 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 36 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Rikaze (280 km away). In May its highs average 18.1°C, 0.8°C warmer than Lhoka, with 26 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Lhoka ranks joint 874th of 884 for the warmest May highs and joint 199th of 884 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 884 cities is 25.2°C; Lhoka is 7.9°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 3.2°C to 20.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 57 mm to 98 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
Lhoka climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 4.4°C-7.8°C | -7.8°C | 3.9 | 1.1 | 10.510 h |
| February | 6.6°C-5.5°C | -5.5°C | 4.9 | 1.6 | 11.111 h |
| March | 9.6°C-2.5°C | -2.5°C | 17 | 5.5 | 12.012 h |
| April | 13.1°C0.7°C | 0.7°C | 37 | 11.4 | 12.913 h |
| May, selected | 17.3°C5.3°C | 5.3°C | 57 | 14.5 | 13.614 h |
| June | 20.6°C10.0°C | 10.0°C | 98 | 20.0 | 14.014 h |
| July | 20.2°C11.5°C | 11.5°C | 149 | 24.7 | 13.814 h |
| August | 19.6°C11.2°C | 11.2°C | 128 | 23.2 | 13.213 h |
| September | 18.2°C9.1°C | 9.1°C | 84 | 18.7 | 12.412 h |
| October | 13.8°C3.3°C | 3.3°C | 32 | 7.8 | 11.511 h |
| November | 7.8°C-2.9°C | -2.9°C | 9.9 | 2.9 | 10.711 h |
| December | 5.7°C-5.6°C | -5.6°C | 4.0 | 1.3 | 10.310 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
- Rikaze in MayChina · 280 kmHigh 18.1°C · Low 4.8°C · 26 mm rain
- Thimphu in MayBhutan · 287 kmHigh 17.9°C · Low 9.4°C · 236 mm rain
- Tezpur in MayIndia · 307 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 22.8°C · 385 mm rain
- Nagaon in MayIndia · 333 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 23.1°C · 276 mm rain
- Guwahati in MayIndia · 340 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 23.1°C · 317 mm rain
- Jaigaon in MayIndia · 355 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 22.3°C · 255 mm rain
- Dibrugarh in MayIndia · 364 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 22.5°C · 417 mm rain
- Jorhat in MayIndia · 365 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 22.8°C · 323 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 Lhoka) is explained once on the Lhoka year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.