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Luang Prabang in May

Hot and wet, as the days lengthen.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

May in Luang Prabang is hot: highs near 93°F, lows near 74°F. Rain falls on about five days a week, more often as the month goes on, and the days lengthen by 21 minutes from the first week to the last.May in Luang Prabang is hot: highs near 34°C, lows near 23°C. Rain falls on about five days a week, more often as the month goes on, and the days lengthen by 21 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
93°F34°Caverage
Low
74°F23°Caverage
Wet days
5a week · 66% of days
Daylight
13h 04mon average

Is May a good time to visit Luang Prabang?

May sits outside Luang Prabang's best months, which run from December to January. Expect hot days and rain on about five days a week.

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 93°F in May, against 82°F to 96°F through the year.Highs near 34°C in May, against 28°C to 36°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

66% of days in May, against 9% to 91% through the year.

Cloud cover

72% cover in May, against 36% to 86% through the year.

Daylight

13h 04m in May, against 10h 57m to 13h 19m 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. April96°36°low 72°low 22°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.
  2. May93°34°low 74°low 23°5 wet days a weekRain on about five days a week.
  3. June92°33°low 74°low 23°6 wet days a weekRain on about six days a week.

Where Luang Prabang sits, in May

Asia/Vientiane
this place
typical high in May 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-May
5:36 AMsets 6:39 PM
Above the sea
300 mlow-lying
Latitude
19.9°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Vientiane220 km south

The land around Luang Prabang, 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 Laos in May

high · low · wet days
See May on the planning mapThe whole year in Luang Prabang

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Luang Prabang. 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 (300 m) against the climate model's (467 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 (300 m) against the climate model's (467 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.