Wāliṅ weather in May

In May, Wāliṅ sees average daytime highs of 28°C and overnight lows near 17°C, with 148 mm of rain across 19.1 wet days and about 13.4 hours of daylight. It is the 1st-warmest and 5th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 28°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 41% of the time in May, and the air most often feels humid.

Daylight stretches from about 13 h 06 min at the start of May to 13 h 36 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Wāliṅ's 8th-clearest and 3rd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Wāliṅ's year-round climate.

Daytime high
28°
1st warmest
Overnight low
17°
8th coldest
Rainfall
148 mm
19.1 wet days
Daylight
13 h 24 min
5:25 AM – 6:48 PM
Cloud cover
49%
8th clearest
Wind
4 km/h
3rd windiest
Solar energy
5.89 kWh/m²
Travel score
5.3
out of 10

Wāliṅ is human settlement in Nepal.

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 28°C through the month.

A typical May day in Wāliṅ reaches about 28°C in the afternoon and slips back to 17°C overnight — a 11°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 25°C and 31°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs on par with April and on par with June.

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Wāliṅ 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
Jan17° / 516.210.46.2
Feb20° / 557.7116.7
Mar24° / 10°447.611.87.5
Apr27° / 14°6510.912.66.5
May28° / 17°14819.113.45.3
Jun28° / 20°42425.513.74.0
Jul27° / 22°71430.113.63.3
Aug27° / 22°64528.7133.5
Sep27° / 20°35825.412.24.2
Oct25° / 16°7211.211.37.1
Nov22° / 12°203.710.68.0
Dec18° / 243.510.37.2

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 26% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 33%. Skies tend to cloud over as the month goes on.

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

Any precipitation

Wāliṅ gets around 148 mm of rain over 19.1 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 60% and peaks near 69% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
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Humidity in May

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, May lands in the humid band about 41% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 38% of them.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
117324480
215314590
3133047100
4122948110
5112848130
6102748140
792648160
882648181
972448201
1072347221
1172246241
1262146262
1361945282
1451844302
1551743323
1641642343
1741441364
1831341384
1931240405
2031039425
212939446
222838466
232737486
241637506
251536526
261534537
271433557
280431578
290430588
300428599
3104266010

Wind in May

Winds average 4 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 4 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 h 06 min 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 30 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 5:36 AM to 5:19 AM, and sunset from 6:39 PM to 6:56 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
113.15:366:39
213.15:356:39
313.15:346:40
413.15:336:41
513.15:326:41
613.25:316:42
713.25:316:42
813.25:306:43
913.25:296:44
1013.35:296:44
1113.35:286:45
1213.35:276:45
1313.35:276:46
1413.35:266:47
1513.45:256:47
1613.45:256:48
1713.45:246:48
1813.45:246:49
1913.45:236:49
2013.55:236:50
2113.55:226:51
2213.55:226:51
2313.55:216:52
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2513.55:206:53
2613.65:206:53
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2813.65:196:55
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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 5.89 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.51 kWh/m² to a high of 6.26 kWh/m² in April across the year — May's 5.89 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
16.2Intense
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96.1Intense
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126.0Intense
136.0Bright
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Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Wāliṅ

In seasonPeak

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

Wāliṅ'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 Wāliṅ?

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

5.3
Sightseeing
8th-best month of the year
5.6
Beach & pool
4th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Wāliṅ for sightseeing.

What to pack for Wāliṅ in May

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

In May, Wāliṅ sees daytime highs around 28°C and nights near 17°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 19 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Wāliṅ 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 Wāliṅ peaks around August 14 at about 11 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 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 highHighModerateAug 14UV 11Dec 22UV 4
UV index (midday)Level
Jan4Moderate
Feb5Moderate
Mar9Very high
Apr8Very high
May9Very high
Jun9Very high
Jul11Extreme
Aug11Extreme
Sep10Very high
Oct7Very high
Nov5Moderate
Dec4Moderate

Air quality in Wāliṅ 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 Wāliṅ is worst in January — around 149 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 4.5× the cleanest month (July, 33 µg/m³).

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

0306090120150JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecUnhealthyPoorPoorUnhealthyJan 14148 µg/m³Jul 2134 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan149Unhealthy
Feb128Unhealthy
Mar106Unhealthy
Apr89Unhealthy
May63Unhealthy
Jun58Unhealthy
Jul33Moderate
Aug39Poor
Sep46Poor
Oct79Unhealthy
Nov119Unhealthy
Dec139Unhealthy
Location & terrain

Where is Wāliṅ?

Wāliṅ sits at 28.0°N, 83.8°E, 722 m above sea level, in Nepal. The nearest listed city is Tānsen, 25 km away.

SiddharthanagarChitwanLumbiniHetauda

Topography around Wāliṅ

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Wāliṅ has large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 898 m around an average of 889 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,736 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 7,765 m.

The land around Wāliṅ is covered by trees (68%) within 3 km, trees (82%) within 16 km, and trees (71%) within 80 km.

3 km
898 m
16 km
1,736 m
80 km
7,765 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainsnow and icewatermoss and lichen
May weather nearby: Tānsen 25 km · Bāgluṅ 35 km · Pokhara 38 km · Butwāl 44 km · Siddharthanagar 62 km · Chitwan 75 km · Lumbini 77 km · Hetauda 140 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 Wāliṅ (27.9837°, 83.7592°, elevation 722 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).