Lumphat weather in May

In May, Lumphat sees average daytime highs of 33°C and overnight lows near 25°C, with 246 mm of rain across 25.3 wet days and about 12.6 hours of daylight. It is the 4th-warmest and 5th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 35°C in the first days to 32°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 8% of the time in May, and the air most often feels miserable.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 30 min at the start of May to 12 h 42 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Lumphat's 8th-clearest and 12th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Lumphat's year-round climate.

Daytime high
33°
4th warmest
Overnight low
25°
11th coldest
Rainfall
246 mm
25.3 wet days
Daylight
12 h 36 min
5:30 AM – 6:07 PM
Cloud cover
79%
8th clearest
Wind
5 km/h
12th windiest
Solar energy
5.34 kWh/m²
Travel score
2.1
out of 10

Temperature in May

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs ease over the month, from about 35°C in the first days to 32°C by the end.

A typical May day in Lumphat reaches about 33°C in the afternoon and slips back to 25°C overnight — a 8°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 31°C and 36°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 2°C cooler than April and about 2°C warmer than June.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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How May really feels in Lumphat

Once humidity and wind are folded in, May averages 31 days that feel above 32°C and 0 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C
31
31 feel dangerously hot (≥ 39°C)
Days feeling ≤ C
0
wind chill below the day's low

The story in May is heat — humidity pushes the afternoon "feels like" well above the raw temperature.

Lumphat weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 4th-warmest and 5th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan33° / 22°50.711.34.0
Feb35° / 23°40.911.63.1
Mar36° / 25°355.811.92.1
Apr36° / 26°9913.512.32.0
May33° / 25°24625.312.62.1
Jun32° / 25°28126.412.82.4
Jul31° / 24°35028.812.72.5
Aug31° / 24°36429.112.42.5
Sep31° / 24°36328.112.12.5
Oct31° / 24°20720.311.73.2
Nov32° / 23°717.811.44.0
Dec32° / 22°182.811.24.4

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 8% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 13% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 79%. Skies tend to cloud over as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
14159
23961
33862
43763
53565
63367
73268
83070
92971
102773
112575
122377
132377
142080
151882
161882
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181684
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211387
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Lumphat gets around 246 mm of rain over 25.3 wet days in May. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 81% and peaks near 89% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
162
263
365
467
569
671
772
874
975
1076
1178
1279
1380
1482
1583
1684
1785
1886
1987
2087
2188
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2489
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2689
2789
2889
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3088
3188

Humidity in May

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of May feels miserable — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, May lands in the miserable band about 80% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

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Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
11133056
21122958
31102861
4192862
5182764
6172666
7152569
8052471
9042373
10032275
11032176
12022177
13022078
14021979
15011881
16011782
17011683
18011584
19011485
20011386
21011287
22011188
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Wind in May

Winds average 5 km/h in May, the calmest month.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 5 km/h on the calmest days to 6 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
16calm
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Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 30 min at the start of May to 12 h 42 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 12 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 5:35 AM to 5:28 AM, and sunset from 6:04 PM to 6:11 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.55:356:04
212.55:356:04
312.55:346:04
412.55:346:04
512.55:336:04
612.55:336:05
712.55:336:05
812.55:326:05
912.65:326:05
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Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 5.34 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.26 kWh/m² to a high of 6.16 kWh/m² in March across the year — May's 5.34 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
15.9Bright
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105.5Bright
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215.1Bright
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245.1Bright
255.1Bright
265.0Bright
275.0Bright
285.0Bright
295.0Bright
305.0Bright
315.0Bright
Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Lumphat

In seasonPeak

In May, Lumphat sits inside its monsoon season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

Lumphat's monsoon runs May–October, when most of the year's rain falls.

Monsoon
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Is May a good time to visit Lumphat?

Our two travel scores rate May for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

2.1
Sightseeing
10th-best month of the year
3.9
Beach & pool
8th-best month of the year

May is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Lumphat.

What to pack for Lumphat in May

From May's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In May, Lumphat sees daytime highs around 33°C and nights near 25°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 25 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Lumphat in May

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in May peaks around 12 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Lumphat peaks around August 14 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 11 at about 9 (very high).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — every month of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highAug 14UV 13Dec 11UV 9
UV index (midday)Level
Jan10Very high
Feb11Extreme
Mar12Extreme
Apr12Extreme
May12Extreme
Jun12Extreme
Jul13Extreme
Aug14Extreme
Sep12Extreme
Oct11Extreme
Nov9Very high
Dec9Very high

Air quality in Lumphat in May

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where May falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Lumphat is worst in March — around 46 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 4.8× the cleanest month (November, 10 µg/m³).

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

0204060JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModeratePoorModerateGoodMar 1844 µg/m³Nov 2310 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan19Moderate
Feb27Moderate
Mar46Poor
Apr34Moderate
May17Moderate
Jun13Moderate
Jul14Moderate
Aug12Moderate
Sep12Moderate
Oct13Moderate
Nov10Good
Dec10Good
Location & terrain

Where is Lumphat?

Lumphat sits at 13.5°N, 107.0°E, 101 m above sea level, in Cambodia. The nearest listed city is Banlung, 28 km away.

Stung TrengEa T’ling

Topography around Lumphat

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Lumphat.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Lumphat has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 44 m around an average of 104 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 204 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 789 m.

The land around Lumphat is covered by trees (39%), grassland (29%) and cropland (24%) within 3 km, trees (50%) and grassland (33%) within 16 km, and trees (76%) within 80 km.

3 km
44 m
16 km
204 m
80 km
789 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
May weather nearby: Banlung 28 km · Stung Treng 109 km · Pleiku 123 km · Ea Drăng 137 km · Quảng Phú 140 km · Ea T’ling 141 km · Kon Tum 147 km · Buôn Ma Thuột 147 km

Cambodia travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 2
Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs
Type A / C / G
230 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 34% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$2,872
2025
Happiness
4.5 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
30%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
1.8
per 100k, 2011
Road deaths
19.6
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
Lower middle
World Bank
English
Very low
EF EPI 390
Religion
Buddhist 97%Muslim 2%other 1%Christian 0%

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Lumphat (13.4915°, 106.9802°, elevation 101 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).