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Kathmandu in May

Warm and wet, as the days lengthen.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

May in Kathmandu is warm: highs near 81°F, lows near 60°F. Rain falls on about five days a week, more often as the month goes on, and the days lengthen by 31 minutes from the first week to the last.May in Kathmandu is warm: highs near 27°C, lows near 16°C. Rain falls on about five days a week, more often as the month goes on, and the days lengthen by 31 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
81°F27°Caverage
Low
60°F16°Caverage
Wet days
5a week · 73% of days
Daylight
13h 31mon average

Is May a good time to visit Kathmandu?

May sits outside Kathmandu's best months, which run from November. Expect warm 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 81°F in May, against 64°F to 82°F through the year.Highs near 27°C in May, against 18°C to 28°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

73% of days in May, against 9% to 100% through the year.

Cloud cover

30% cover in May, against 16% to 81% through the year.

Daylight

13h 31m in May, against 10h 25m to 13h 52m 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. April80°27°low 55°low 13°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.
  2. May81°27°low 60°low 16°5 wet days a weekRain on about five days a week.
  3. June82°28°low 65°low 18°6 wet days a weekRain on about six days a week.

Where Kathmandu sits, in May

Asia/Kathmandu
this place
typical high in May 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-May
5:15 AMsets 6:45 PM
Above the sea
1,300 mupland
Latitude
27.7°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Pumdibhumdi143 km north-west

The land around Kathmandu, 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 Nepal in May

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

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Kathmandu. 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 (1,300 m) against the climate model's (1,614 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 (1,300 m) against the climate model's (1,614 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.