Pithorāgarh Weather in May

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

Average highs run from 31°C on May 1 to 33°C on May 31, and lows from 16°C to 19°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 50 mm over about 6 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: 32°C
Average low: 18°C
Precipitation: 50 mm
Reanalysis high: 38°CMay 30, 1994
Reanalysis low: 9°CMay 2, 2004
Daylight: 13 h 19 min to 13 h 54 min
Cloud cover: 56%
Humidity: 34%
Dew point: 5°C
Wind: 10.8 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	31°C	16°C	36°C 2009	12°C 2004	20%
May 2	31°C	16°C	36°C 2016	9°C 2004	21%
May 3	31°C	16°C	36°C 1993	12°C 2004	22%
May 4	31°C	17°C	36°C 1993	12°C 2020	23%
May 5	31°C	17°C	36°C 1999	12°C 2003	22%
May 6	31°C	17°C	36°C 1993	13°C 2020	22%
May 7	31°C	17°C	35°C 1999	12°C 2020	21%
May 8	31°C	17°C	35°C 1999	13°C 2020	21%
May 9	31°C	17°C	36°C 2002	13°C 1998	20%
May 10	31°C	17°C	36°C 2001	12°C 1997	20%
May 11	32°C	17°C	36°C 2001	12°C 1997	19%
May 12	32°C	17°C	36°C 2002	12°C 1997	19%
May 13	32°C	18°C	36°C 2002	15°C 2005	19%
May 14	32°C	18°C	36°C 2002	15°C 1999	19%
May 15	32°C	18°C	36°C 2017	13°C 1999	19%
May 16	32°C	18°C	36°C 2017	13°C 1997	19%
May 17	32°C	18°C	37°C 2010	14°C 1997	19%
May 18	32°C	18°C	36°C 2002	15°C 2019	20%
May 19	32°C	18°C	37°C 2002	15°C 1993	20%
May 20	33°C	18°C	35°C 2004	14°C 1993	22%
May 21	33°C	18°C	36°C 2018	15°C 1997	23%
May 22	33°C	18°C	37°C 2018	15°C 1997	24%
May 23	33°C	19°C	37°C 2002	15°C 1997	26%
May 24	33°C	19°C	38°C 2013	15°C 2004	28%
May 25	33°C	19°C	37°C 1996	16°C 2004	29%
May 26	33°C	19°C	38°C 2010	16°C 2008	30%
May 27	33°C	19°C	37°C 2010	15°C 1992	29%
May 28	33°C	19°C	37°C 1995	15°C 2007	29%
May 29	33°C	19°C	38°C 1994	15°C 2020	30%
May 30	33°C	19°C	38°C 1994	15°C 2020	32%
May 31	33°C	19°C	38°C 1994	15°C 2020	34%

Chance of rain

Chance of a wet day

Sunrise and sunset

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

May 1: sunrise 5:27 AM, sunset 6:46 PM
May 31: sunrise 5:10 AM, sunset 7:04 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.