Hetauda weather in May

In May, Hetauda sees average daytime highs of 30°C and overnight lows near 20°C, with 154 mm of rain across 19.7 wet days and about 13.3 hours of daylight. It is the 1st-warmest and 5th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 30°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 41% of the time in May, and the air most often feels muggy.

Daylight stretches from about 13 hours at the start of May to 13 h 36 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Hetauda's 8th-clearest and 3rd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Hetauda's year-round climate.

Daytime high
30°
1st warmest
Overnight low
20°
8th coldest
Rainfall
154 mm
19.7 wet days
Daylight
13 h 24 min
5:21 AM – 6:42 PM
Cloud cover
46%
8th clearest
Wind
5 km/h
3rd windiest
Solar energy
6.09 kWh/m²
Travel score
4.3
out of 10

Hetauda is city in Makwanpur District, Nepal.

Density
749/km²
people per km²

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

Temperature in May

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 30°C through the month.

A typical May day in Hetauda reaches about 30°C in the afternoon and slips back to 20°C overnight — a 10°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 26°C and 34°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs on par with April and on par with June.

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

Once humidity and wind are folded in, May averages 0 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
0
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
wind chill below the day's low

May sits comfortably in between — no days that feel dangerously hot or drop to a hard freeze once humidity and wind are folded in.

Hetauda weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 1st-warmest and 5th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan18° / 243.910.57.3
Feb21° / 10°285.3117.6
Mar26° / 13°29611.87.7
Apr30° / 17°5510.512.65.4
May30° / 20°15419.713.34.3
Jun29° / 22°3392613.73.4
Jul28° / 23°61630.813.63.2
Aug28° / 22°48630.8133.2
Sep28° / 21°25226.712.23.9
Oct26° / 18°5610.911.36.9
Nov23° / 13°10210.68.7
Dec20° / 101.510.38.0

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 41% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 30% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 28%. Skies tend to cloud over as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
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27327
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57426
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Hetauda gets around 154 mm of rain over 19.7 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 62% and peaks near 72% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
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254
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Humidity in May

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, May lands in the muggy band about 44% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 56% of them.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
1181943190
2161944210
3151844230
4131844241
5121744261
6121743281
7111641302
8101640322
9101538343
1091537364
1191435384
1281433405
1371331426
1471329447
1561228468
16511264710
17511244911
18410235013
1949215214
2038205415
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2326165719
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2516145722
2615135823
2715135625
2815125527
2914115628
3004105630
310495433

Wind in May

Winds average 5 km/h in May.

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

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

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 13 hours at the start of May to 13 h 36 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 36 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 5:31 AM to 5:15 AM, and sunset from 6:33 PM to 6:50 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
113.05:316:33
213.15:306:34
313.15:306:34
413.15:296:35
513.15:286:35
613.15:276:36
713.25:266:36
813.25:266:37
913.25:256:38
1013.25:246:38
1113.35:246:39
1213.35:236:39
1313.35:226:40
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1513.35:216:41
1613.45:216:42
1713.45:206:42
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1913.45:196:43
2013.45:196:44
2113.45:186:45
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2313.55:176:46
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2813.55:156:48
2913.65:156:49
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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 6.09 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.57 kWh/m² to a high of 6.36 kWh/m² in April across the year — May's 6.09 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
16.3Intense
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166.1Intense
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186.0Intense
196.0Intense
206.0Bright
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225.9Bright
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275.8Bright
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315.7Bright
Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Hetauda

In seasonPeak

None of Hetauda's seasonal hazards are active in May. The full-year calendar below shows when the rainy season, cyclone risk and dust haze do peak.

Hetauda's monsoon runs June–August, 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 Hetauda?

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

4.3
Sightseeing
8th-best month of the year
5.7
Beach & pool
5th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Hetauda for sightseeing.

What to pack for Hetauda in May

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

In May, Hetauda sees daytime highs around 30°C and nights near 20°C. Pack light clothes, rain gear and sun protection. About 20 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Hetauda in May

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in May peaks around 9 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Hetauda peaks around July 20 at about 12 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 19 at about 4 (moderate).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateVery highExtremeVery highModerateJul 20UV 12Dec 19UV 4
UV index (midday)Level
Jan4Moderate
Feb5Moderate
Mar9Very high
Apr9Very high
May9Very high
Jun9Very high
Jul12Extreme
Aug11Extreme
Sep10Very high
Oct8Very high
Nov5Moderate
Dec4Moderate

Air quality in Hetauda 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 Hetauda is worst in January — around 141 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 4.8× the cleanest month (July, 30 µg/m³).

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

0306090120150JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecUnhealthyPoorModeratePoorUnhealthyJan 14139 µg/m³Jul 2131 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan141Unhealthy
Feb123Unhealthy
Mar106Unhealthy
Apr88Unhealthy
May61Unhealthy
Jun53Poor
Jul30Moderate
Aug36Poor
Sep44Poor
Oct73Unhealthy
Nov104Unhealthy
Dec132Unhealthy
Location & terrain

Where is Hetauda?

Hetauda sits at 27.4°N, 85.0°E, 467 m above sea level, in Nepal. The nearest listed city is Ki̇̄rtipur, 37 km away.

Madhyapur ThimiBhaktapurBirgañjPanautiBanepā

Topography around Hetauda

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Hetauda has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 557 m around an average of 528 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,219 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 4,773 m.

The land around Hetauda is covered by trees (54%) and artificial surfaces (22%) within 3 km, trees (80%) within 16 km, and trees (62%) and cropland (31%) within 80 km.

3 km
557 m
16 km
2,219 m
80 km
4,773 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
May weather nearby: Ki̇̄rtipur 37 km · Patan 39 km · Kathmandu 42 km · Madhyapur Thimi 45 km · Bhaktapur 48 km · Birgañj 48 km · Panauti 51 km · Banepā 53 km

Nepal travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 2
Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs
Type C / D / M
230 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 24% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$1,536
2025
Happiness
5.1 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
16%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
2.1
per 100k, 2020
Road deaths
16.3
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
Lower middle
World Bank
English
Moderate
EF EPI 514
Religion
Hindu 81%Buddhist 8%Muslim 5%Kirat 3%

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 Hetauda (27.4284°, 85.0322°, elevation 467 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).