Thimphu Weather in May
Average highs run from 14°C on May 1 to 16°C on May 31, and lows from 2°C to 6°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 87 mm over about 16 wet days.
May day by day
The normal high and low for each date, in °C.
- Normal low
- Normal high
- Reanalysis extreme high
- Reanalysis extreme low
May at a glance
- Average high
- 15°C
- Average low
- 4°C
- Precipitation
- 87 mm
- Reanalysis high
- 22°CMay 25, 2013
- Reanalysis low
- -2°CMay 11, 2005
- Daylight
- 13 h 12 min to 13 h 45 min
- Cloud cover
- 78%
- Humidity
- 77%
- Dew point
- 4°C
- Wind
- 9.7 km/h
Every day of the month
A wet day has at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis.
| Date | Normal high | Normal low | Reanalysis high | Reanalysis low | Chance wet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 1 | 14°C | 2°C | 17°C 2013 | -2°C 2012 | 50% |
| May 2 | 14°C | 2°C | 18°C 1994 | -2°C 2005 | 50% |
| May 3 | 14°C | 2°C | 18°C 1994 | -2°C 2004 | 51% |
| May 4 | 14°C | 2°C | 18°C 1994 | -2°C 2013 | 52% |
| May 5 | 14°C | 2°C | 19°C 1993 | -1°C 2003 | 53% |
| May 6 | 14°C | 2°C | 17°C 2007 | -2°C 2003 | 53% |
| May 7 | 15°C | 2°C | 20°C 1999 | -1°C 2003 | 52% |
| May 8 | 15°C | 2°C | 18°C 1991 | -1°C 2003 | 51% |
| May 9 | 15°C | 3°C | 17°C 1998 | -2°C 2009 | 50% |
| May 10 | 15°C | 3°C | 18°C 2004 | -2°C 1992 | 50% |
| May 11 | 15°C | 3°C | 19°C 2000 | -2°C 2005 | 51% |
| May 12 | 15°C | 3°C | 20°C 2002 | -2°C 2005 | 52% |
| May 13 | 15°C | 3°C | 20°C 2002 | -2°C 2005 | 53% |
| May 14 | 15°C | 3°C | 18°C 2002 | 0°C 1993 | 54% |
| May 15 | 15°C | 4°C | 19°C 1995 | 0°C 2005 | 54% |
| May 16 | 15°C | 4°C | 18°C 1995 | 0°C 2005 | 54% |
| May 17 | 15°C | 4°C | 19°C 1995 | 0°C 2005 | 55% |
| May 18 | 16°C | 4°C | 18°C 2009 | -1°C 1997 | 55% |
| May 19 | 16°C | 4°C | 20°C 2009 | 0°C 1997 | 56% |
| May 20 | 16°C | 4°C | 20°C 1998 | 1°C 1992 | 56% |
| May 21 | 16°C | 5°C | 19°C 1998 | 1°C 1993 | 56% |
| May 22 | 16°C | 5°C | 20°C 1998 | 1°C 2002 | 58% |
| May 23 | 16°C | 5°C | 18°C 1998 | 1°C 1995 | 59% |
| May 24 | 16°C | 5°C | 21°C 2013 | 0°C 1991 | 59% |
| May 25 | 16°C | 5°C | 22°C 2013 | 2°C 1992 | 60% |
| May 26 | 16°C | 5°C | 20°C 2013 | 2°C 2019 | 59% |
| May 27 | 16°C | 5°C | 20°C 1995 | 2°C 2002 | 59% |
| May 28 | 16°C | 6°C | 19°C 1995 | 2°C 2002 | 59% |
| May 29 | 16°C | 6°C | 18°C 1994 | 3°C 2003 | 59% |
| May 30 | 16°C | 6°C | 18°C 1998 | 1°C 2020 | 60% |
| May 31 | 16°C | 6°C | 19°C 1998 | 2°C 2007 | 61% |
Chance of rain
- Chance of a wet day
Sunrise and sunset
Times for 2026, local time (GMT+6).
- May 1
- sunrise 5:23 AM, sunset 6:35 PM
- May 31
- sunrise 5:07 AM, sunset 6:52 PM
Other months
Sources
Cloud, humidity, wind and sunshine, and temperature and precipitation: NASA POWER (MERRA-2, CERES and GEWEX SRB), 1991-2020. The data was obtained from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Langley Research Center's Prediction Of Worldwide Energy Resources (POWER) project funded through the NASA Earth Science Division: POWER Daily API v2, accessed 2026-09-24. Sun and moon: computed with the NOAA solar equations and Meeus.