Siddharthanagar weather in May

In May, Siddharthanagar sees average daytime highs of 36°C and overnight lows near 24°C, with 49 mm of rain across 9.4 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 36°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 69% 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 Siddharthanagar's 7th-clearest and 2nd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Siddharthanagar's year-round climate.

Daytime high
36°
1st warmest
Overnight low
24°
8th coldest
Rainfall
49 mm
9.4 wet days
Daylight
13 h 24 min
5:27 AM – 6:48 PM
Cloud cover
32%
7th clearest
Wind
8 km/h
2nd windiest
Solar energy
6.46 kWh/m²
Travel score
2.3
out of 10

Siddharthanagar is city in western Nepal.

Density
1,759/km²
people per km²
Founded
1967

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 36°C through the month.

A typical May day in Siddharthanagar reaches about 36°C in the afternoon and slips back to 24°C overnight — a 11°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 32°C and 40°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs on par with 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 Siddharthanagar

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
9 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.

Siddharthanagar 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
Jan21° / 192.410.58.1
Feb25° / 12°192.5118.5
Mar31° / 16°122.211.86.1
Apr35° / 21°153.612.62.9
May36° / 24°499.413.32.3
Jun34° / 26°25019.613.72.3
Jul32° / 26°3952813.62.3
Aug32° / 26°34627.3132.4
Sep31° / 25°18822.112.23.2
Oct30° / 21°375.411.35.8
Nov27° / 15°40.610.68.4
Dec23° / 11°90.910.38.9

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 69% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 18% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 14%.

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

Any precipitation

Siddharthanagar gets around 49 mm of rain over 9.4 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 30% and peaks near 43% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
120
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623
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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 36% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 74% of them.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
11511234290
213112244100
312112245110
411102146120
510102046130
610102046140
79101946150
88101846171
98101746191
107101645211
117101544231
127101443251
136101342271
14691341292
15591240322
16591138343
17491037373
1848936394
1938934414
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2137732465
2237730486
2326629516
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2526527528
2625526548
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Wind in May

Winds average 8 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 8 km/h on the calmest days to 8 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
18calm
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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 5:37 AM to 5:21 AM, and sunset from 6:39 PM to 6:56 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
113.05:376:39
213.15:376:40
313.15:366:41
413.15:356:41
513.15:346:42
613.15:336:42
713.25:336:43
813.25:326:43
913.25:316:44
1013.25:316:45
1113.35:306:45
1213.35:296:46
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1413.35:286:47
1513.35:276:48
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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 6.46 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.66 kWh/m² to a high of 6.65 kWh/m² in April across the year — May's 6.46 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
16.7Intense
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246.3Intense
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276.2Intense
286.2Intense
296.2Intense
306.2Intense
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Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Siddharthanagar

In seasonPeak

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

Siddharthanagar's monsoon runs June–September, 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 Siddharthanagar?

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

2.3
Sightseeing
10th-best month of the year
5.4
Beach & pool
7th-best month of the year

May is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Siddharthanagar.

What to pack for Siddharthanagar in May

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

In May, Siddharthanagar sees daytime highs around 36°C and nights near 24°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection. Worth having: rain gear. About 9 days see rain.

light clothessun protectionrain gear

UV index in Siddharthanagar 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 Siddharthanagar peaks around July 22 at about 10 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near November 22 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 22UV 10Nov 22UV 4
UV index (midday)Level
Jan4Moderate
Feb4Moderate
Mar8Very high
Apr8Very high
May9Very high
Jun8Very high
Jul11Extreme
Aug10Extreme
Sep9Very high
Oct6High
Nov4Moderate
Dec4Moderate

Air quality in Siddharthanagar 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 Siddharthanagar is worst in January — around 166 µg/m³ PM2.5 (very unhealthy), about 4.5× the cleanest month (July, 37 µg/m³).

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

0306090120150180JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecVery unhealthyUnhealthyPoorUnhealthyVery unhealthyJan 12164 µg/m³Jul 2139 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan166Very unhealthy
Feb138Unhealthy
Mar104Unhealthy
Apr90Unhealthy
May69Unhealthy
Jun63Unhealthy
Jul37Poor
Aug44Poor
Sep54Poor
Oct95Unhealthy
Nov140Unhealthy
Dec158Very unhealthy
Location & terrain

Where is Siddharthanagar?

Siddharthanagar sits at 27.5°N, 83.5°E, 107 m above sea level, in Nepal. The nearest listed city is Lumbini, 20 km away.

WāliṅBāgluṅChitwanPokharaTulsi̇̄pur

Topography around Siddharthanagar

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Siddharthanagar has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 20 m around an average of 105 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 62 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,677 m.

The land around Siddharthanagar is covered by cropland (58%) and artificial surfaces (25%) within 3 km, cropland (80%) within 16 km, and cropland (49%) and trees (46%) within 80 km.

3 km
20 m
16 km
62 m
80 km
2,677 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
May weather nearby: Lumbini 20 km · Butwāl 21 km · Tānsen 42 km · Wāliṅ 62 km · Bāgluṅ 87 km · Chitwan 99 km · Pokhara 99 km · Tulsi̇̄pur 133 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 Siddharthanagar (27.5°, 83.45°, elevation 107 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).