Gangtok climate

Gangtok Weather in May

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

Average highs run from 15°C on May 1 to 17°C on May 31, and lows from 4°C to 7°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 daily high and low temperature at Gangtok, in °C, with the record for each date.-50510152025151015202530
  • Normal low
  • Normal high
  • Reanalysis extreme high
  • Reanalysis extreme low

May at a glance

Average high
16°C
Average low
5°C
Precipitation
87 mm
Reanalysis high
22°CMay 25, 2013
Reanalysis low
0°CMay 11, 2005
Daylight
13 h 12 min to 13 h 45 min
Cloud cover
81%
Humidity
74%
Dew point
5°C
Wind
10.4 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 115°C4°C18°C 20061°C 200248%
May 215°C4°C19°C 19940°C 201749%
May 315°C4°C19°C 19941°C 201350%
May 415°C4°C19°C 19941°C 199250%
May 515°C4°C20°C 19931°C 199751%
May 615°C4°C18°C 20071°C 199551%
May 716°C4°C21°C 19991°C 199249%
May 816°C4°C19°C 19911°C 200349%
May 916°C4°C18°C 19911°C 200949%
May 1016°C5°C19°C 19910°C 199248%
May 1116°C5°C20°C 20000°C 200549%
May 1216°C5°C20°C 20021°C 199350%
May 1316°C5°C20°C 20021°C 200550%
May 1416°C5°C19°C 20042°C 199451%
May 1516°C5°C20°C 20042°C 200552%
May 1616°C5°C20°C 20043°C 200552%
May 1716°C6°C19°C 19952°C 200552%
May 1817°C6°C19°C 20002°C 199752%
May 1917°C6°C21°C 20092°C 199253%
May 2017°C6°C20°C 19983°C 199653%
May 2117°C6°C20°C 19983°C 199354%
May 2217°C6°C21°C 19983°C 200256%
May 2317°C6°C19°C 19983°C 199258%
May 2417°C6°C21°C 20133°C 199158%
May 2517°C7°C22°C 20134°C 199258%
May 2617°C7°C20°C 20134°C 201958%
May 2717°C7°C21°C 19954°C 199257%
May 2817°C7°C20°C 19954°C 200958%
May 2917°C7°C19°C 19944°C 200358%
May 3017°C7°C19°C 20124°C 202059%
May 3117°C7°C20°C 19983°C 199260%

Chance of rain

The chance of at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis on each date at Gangtok, in percent.02040601102030
  • Chance of a wet day

Sunrise and sunset

Times for 2026, local time (GMT+5:30).

May 1
sunrise 4:57 AM, sunset 6:09 PM
May 31
sunrise 4:41 AM, sunset 6:26 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 2026-09-24. Sun and moon: computed with the NOAA solar equations and Meeus.