Shangri-La climate

Shangri-La Weather in May

NASA POWER reanalysis for the half-degree grid cell around Shangri-La, 1991-2020; a grid cell is an area average and can differ from a thermometer in town by several degrees

Average highs run from 16°C on May 1 to 19°C on May 31, and lows from 2°C to 6°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 53 mm over about 9 wet days.

May day by day

The normal high and low for each date, in °C.

Normal daily high and low temperature at Shangri-La, in °C, with the record for each date.-100102030151015202530
  • Normal low
  • Normal high
  • Reanalysis extreme high
  • Reanalysis extreme low

May at a glance

Average high
17°C
Average low
4°C
Precipitation
53 mm
Reanalysis high
24°CMay 30, 2005
Reanalysis low
-2°CMay 2, 2012
Daylight
13 h 13 min to 13 h 46 min
Cloud cover
68%
Humidity
69%
Dew point
3°C
Wind
10.8 km/h

Every day of the month

A wet day has at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis.

DateNormal highNormal lowReanalysis highReanalysis lowChance wet
May 116°C2°C21°C 2006-2°C 200231%
May 216°C3°C22°C 1994-2°C 201230%
May 316°C3°C21°C 19980°C 201231%
May 416°C3°C21°C 1998-1°C 201232%
May 516°C3°C22°C 20070°C 200232%
May 616°C3°C20°C 19930°C 199232%
May 716°C3°C20°C 20120°C 200331%
May 816°C3°C23°C 19930°C 199231%
May 916°C3°C22°C 20120°C 199132%
May 1016°C3°C21°C 20120°C 200334%
May 1117°C3°C21°C 19950°C 199735%
May 1217°C4°C24°C 1995-1°C 199735%
May 1317°C4°C24°C 1994-1°C 200535%
May 1417°C4°C23°C 19980°C 200535%
May 1517°C4°C20°C 19970°C 200635%
May 1617°C4°C21°C 1998-2°C 200636%
May 1717°C4°C22°C 19982°C 200736%
May 1817°C4°C23°C 20122°C 201635%
May 1918°C4°C23°C 19981°C 199234%
May 2018°C5°C22°C 20091°C 200034%
May 2118°C5°C24°C 20122°C 199234%
May 2218°C5°C22°C 20122°C 200635%
May 2318°C5°C22°C 19932°C 201636%
May 2418°C5°C22°C 19963°C 199135%
May 2518°C5°C23°C 19983°C 199835%
May 2618°C6°C24°C 20133°C 202035%
May 2719°C6°C23°C 20121°C 202035%
May 2819°C6°C23°C 19950°C 202036%
May 2919°C6°C24°C 20050°C 202037%
May 3019°C6°C24°C 20053°C 202038%
May 3119°C6°C24°C 20052°C 199738%

Chance of rain

The chance of at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis on each date at Shangri-La, in percent.0102030401102030
  • Chance of a wet day

Sunrise and sunset

Times for 2026, local time (GMT+8).

May 1
sunrise 6:42 AM, sunset 7:55 PM
May 31
sunrise 6:26 AM, sunset 8:12 PM

Every day of May: sun and moon

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 2026-09-25. Sun and moon: computed with the NOAA solar equations and Meeus.