Climate averages 1991–2020
Ðà Lạt weather
in May.
A warm, very wet month: the 4th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a warm month in Ðà Lạt: daytime highs average 24.5°C and nights cool to about 17.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 280 mm of rain on roughly 27 days, which makes May a very wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 40 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Đưc Trọng (25 km away). In May its highs average 27.9°C, 3.5°C warmer than Ðà Lạt, with 176 mm of rain.
Among the 136 cities listed in Vietnam, Ðà Lạt ranks 136th of 136 for the warmest May highs and 132nd of 136 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 136 cities is 31.2°C; Ðà Lạt is 6.7°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 1.1°C to 23.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 280 mm to 225 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
Ðà Lạt climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 22.6°C13.0°C | 13.0°C | 35 | 6.6 | 11.512 h |
| February | 24.6°C13.6°C | 13.6°C | 25 | 5.5 | 11.712 h |
| March | 25.9°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 71 | 10.0 | 12.112 h |
| April | 25.5°C16.4°C | 16.4°C | 160 | 17.8 | 12.412 h |
| May, selected | 24.5°C17.3°C | 17.3°C | 280 | 26.9 | 12.713 h |
| June | 23.4°C17.1°C | 17.1°C | 225 | 26.1 | 12.813 h |
| July | 22.8°C16.9°C | 16.9°C | 216 | 27.3 | 12.813 h |
| August | 22.7°C16.8°C | 16.8°C | 236 | 26.8 | 12.513 h |
| September | 22.6°C16.5°C | 16.5°C | 291 | 27.9 | 12.212 h |
| October | 22.4°C15.8°C | 15.8°C | 289 | 26.4 | 11.912 h |
| November | 22.0°C15.0°C | 15.0°C | 169 | 17.9 | 11.612 h |
| December | 21.4°C13.9°C | 13.9°C | 109 | 11.9 | 11.411 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
- Đưc Trọng in MayVietnam · 25 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 20.0°C · 176 mm rain
- Huyện Lâm Hà in MayVietnam · 29 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 19.9°C · 176 mm rain
- Phan Rang-Tháp Chàm in MayVietnam · 73 kmHigh 32.1°C · Low 25.1°C · 111 mm rain
- Cam Ranh in MayVietnam · 78 kmHigh 31.8°C · Low 26.3°C · 95 mm rain
- Gia Nghĩa in MayVietnam · 82 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 21.0°C · 177 mm rain
- Bảo Lộc in MayVietnam · 82 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 20.7°C · 230 mm rain
- Nha Trang in MayVietnam · 88 kmHigh 31.7°C · Low 26.1°C · 102 mm rain
- Buôn Ma Thuột in MayVietnam · 91 kmHigh 31.3°C · Low 22.7°C · 127 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 Ðà Lạt) is explained once on the Ðà Lạt year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.