Climate averages 1991–2020
Kon Tum weather
in May.
A hot, wet month: the joint 3rd warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a hot month in Kon Tum: daytime highs average 29.9°C and nights cool to about 21.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 172 mm of rain on roughly 23 days, which makes May a wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 47 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Pleiku (41 km away). In May its highs average 28.5°C, 1.4°C cooler than Kon Tum, with 243 mm of rain.
Among the 136 cities listed in Vietnam, Kon Tum ranks 120th of 136 for the warmest May highs and 32nd of 136 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 136 cities is 31.2°C; Kon Tum is 1.3°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 1.8°C to 28.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 172 mm to 183 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
Kon Tum climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 27.4°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 6.1 | 0.7 | 11.411 h |
| February | 29.9°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 5.6 | 1.0 | 11.712 h |
| March | 31.9°C19.5°C | 19.5°C | 35 | 5.2 | 12.012 h |
| April | 32.0°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 84 | 12.3 | 12.412 h |
| May, selected | 29.9°C21.5°C | 21.5°C | 172 | 22.8 | 12.813 h |
| June | 28.0°C21.5°C | 21.5°C | 183 | 26.6 | 13.013 h |
| July | 27.1°C21.2°C | 21.2°C | 228 | 28.5 | 12.913 h |
| August | 26.9°C21.0°C | 21.0°C | 247 | 29.0 | 12.613 h |
| September | 26.9°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 267 | 26.9 | 12.212 h |
| October | 27.2°C19.7°C | 19.7°C | 169 | 16.6 | 11.812 h |
| November | 26.9°C18.7°C | 18.7°C | 78 | 6.7 | 11.511 h |
| December | 25.9°C17.4°C | 17.4°C | 27 | 3.3 | 11.311 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
- Pleiku in MayVietnam · 41 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 21.3°C · 243 mm rain
- An Khê in MayVietnam · 83 kmHigh 31.3°C · Low 23.2°C · 151 mm rain
- Đức Phổ in MayVietnam · 114 kmHigh 32.3°C · Low 25.9°C · 113 mm rain
- Quảng Ngãi in MayVietnam · 120 kmHigh 33.5°C · Low 25.7°C · 142 mm rain
- An Nhơn in MayVietnam · 130 kmHigh 33.2°C · Low 25.5°C · 122 mm rain
- Tam Kỳ in MayVietnam · 145 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 25.7°C · 114 mm rain
- Qui Nhon in MayVietnam · 146 kmHigh 32.0°C · Low 25.8°C · 151 mm rain
- Buôn Hồ in MayVietnam · 159 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 21.8°C · 241 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 Kon Tum) is explained once on the Kon Tum year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.