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Wangdue Phodrang in May

Mild and wet, as the days lengthen.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

May in Wangdue Phodrang is mild: highs near 62°F, lows near 42°F. Rain falls on almost every day, and the days lengthen by 31 minutes from the first week to the last.May in Wangdue Phodrang is mild: highs near 17°C, lows near 6°C. Rain falls on almost every day, and the days lengthen by 31 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
62°F17°Caverage
Low
42°F6°Caverage
Wet days
7a week · 99% of days
Daylight
13h 30mon average

Is May a good time to visit Wangdue Phodrang?

A good month, just outside Wangdue Phodrang's best months, which run from June to August.

How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 70°F to 80°F, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 21°C to 27°C, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.

How May sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 62°F in May, against 44°F to 67°F through the year.Highs near 17°C in May, against 7°C to 19°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

99% of days in May, against 59% to 100% through the year.

Cloud cover

54% cover in May, against 22% to 83% through the year.

Daylight

13h 30m in May, against 10h 26m to 13h 51m through the year.

Week by week, lightly smoothed, with May shaded. The olive line marks the best months. Hover or tap a week for its figures.

Either side

  1. April57°14°low 36°low 2°7 wet days a weekRain on almost every day.
  2. May62°17°low 42°low 6°7 wet days a weekRain on almost every day.
  3. June66°19°low 49°low 9°7 wet days a weekRain on almost every day.

Where Wangdue Phodrang sits, in May

Asia/Thimphu
this place
typical high in May 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-May
5:11 AMsets 6:40 PM
Above the sea
3,000 mhigh country
Latitude
27.5°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Punakha32 km west

The land around Wangdue Phodrang, shaded by its typical high in May, the planning map's own layer. Hover the map for the figure at that spot; tap it on a phone. Clock times are local, for the 15th.

Elsewhere in Bhutan in May

high · low · wet days
See May on the planning mapThe whole year in Wangdue Phodrang

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Wangdue Phodrang. Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 3.1°F cold in the source data and are raised to match, and both highs and lows are adjusted for the town's height (3,000 m) against the climate model's (3,405 m).Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 1.7°C cold in the source data and are raised to match, and both highs and lows are adjusted for the town's height (3,000 m) against the climate model's (3,405 m). Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not. Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.

Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not.

Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.