Climate averages 1991–2020
Pleiku weather
in May.
A hot, very wet month: the 4th 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 Pleiku: daytime highs average 28.5°C and nights cool to about 21.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 243 mm of rain on roughly 26 days, which makes May a very wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 46 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kon Tum (41 km away). In May its highs average 29.9°C, 1.4°C warmer than Pleiku, with 172 mm of rain.
Among the 136 cities listed in Vietnam, Pleiku ranks 130th of 136 for the warmest May highs and 116th of 136 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 136 cities is 31.2°C; Pleiku is 2.7°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 1.8°C to 26.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 243 mm to 271 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
Pleiku climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 26.9°C16.8°C | 16.8°C | 7.7 | 1.1 | 11.411 h |
| February | 29.2°C17.6°C | 17.6°C | 7.4 | 1.5 | 11.712 h |
| March | 30.8°C19.4°C | 19.4°C | 45 | 6.6 | 12.012 h |
| April | 30.5°C20.8°C | 20.8°C | 118 | 14.0 | 12.412 h |
| May, selected | 28.5°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 243 | 26.2 | 12.813 h |
| June | 26.8°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 271 | 28.6 | 12.913 h |
| July | 25.9°C20.7°C | 20.7°C | 353 | 30.0 | 12.913 h |
| August | 25.8°C20.6°C | 20.6°C | 373 | 30.3 | 12.613 h |
| September | 25.9°C20.3°C | 20.3°C | 389 | 28.7 | 12.212 h |
| October | 26.3°C19.7°C | 19.7°C | 229 | 20.1 | 11.812 h |
| November | 26.2°C19.0°C | 19.0°C | 91 | 8.5 | 11.511 h |
| December | 25.6°C17.7°C | 17.7°C | 29 | 4.3 | 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
- Kon Tum in MayVietnam · 41 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 21.5°C · 172 mm rain
- An Khê in MayVietnam · 70 kmHigh 31.3°C · Low 23.2°C · 151 mm rain
- Buôn Hồ in MayVietnam · 119 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 21.8°C · 241 mm rain
- An Nhơn in MayVietnam · 120 kmHigh 33.2°C · Low 25.5°C · 122 mm rain
- Qui Nhon in MayVietnam · 134 kmHigh 32.0°C · Low 25.8°C · 151 mm rain
- Đức Phổ in MayVietnam · 139 kmHigh 32.3°C · Low 25.9°C · 113 mm rain
- Sông Cầu in MayVietnam · 145 kmHigh 32.2°C · Low 26.2°C · 147 mm rain
- Buôn Ma Thuột in MayVietnam · 146 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 Pleiku) is explained once on the Pleiku year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.