Murree weather in May

In May, Murree sees average daytime highs of 27°C and overnight lows near 15°C, with 92 mm of rain across 17 wet days and about 13.7 hours of daylight. It is the 4th-warmest and 9th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 26°C in the first days to 29°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 38% of the time in May, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 13 h 18 min at the start of May to 14 h 06 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Murree's 7th-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Murree's year-round climate.

Daytime high
27°
4th warmest
Overnight low
15°
8th coldest
Rainfall
92 mm
17 wet days
Daylight
13 h 48 min
5:10 AM – 6:55 PM
Cloud cover
48%
7th clearest
Wind
5 km/h
1st windiest
Solar energy
6.88 kWh/m²
Travel score
5.4
out of 10

Murree is resort town in Punjab, Pakistan.

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

Temperature in May

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs climb over the month, from about 26°C in the first days to 29°C by the end.

A typical May day in Murree reaches about 27°C in the afternoon and slips back to 15°C overnight — a 13°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 23°C and 32°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 5°C warmer than April and about 2°C cooler than June.

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

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.

Murree weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 4th-warmest and 9th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan11° / -1°1118.73.5103.0
Feb13° / 17812310.73.5
Mar18° / 20215.30.511.75.1
Apr23° / 11°15215.9012.85.9
May27° / 15°9217013.75.4
Jun30° / 18°11317.4014.24.5
Jul28° / 20°24125.60144.0
Aug28° / 20°21524.6013.34.5
Sep27° / 16°10616012.26.1
Oct23° / 11°457.3011.17.8
Nov19° / 464.90.110.27.2
Dec14° / 575.30.59.85.0

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 38% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 32% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 30%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
15941
26040
36040
46040
56040
66238
76238
86337
96436
106634
116733
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147030
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Murree gets around 92 mm of rain over 17 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 54% and peaks near 55% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
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Humidity in May

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, May lands in the dry band about 65% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
1851500
2831700
3811810
4792010
5782110
6762310
7752410
8722620
9712720
10702820
11682930
12673030
13663130
14653230
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26564040
27544150
28534250
29504361
30494361
31474471

Wind in May

Winds average 5 km/h in May, the windiest month of the year.

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 h 18 min at the start of May to 14 h 06 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 48 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 5:24 AM to 5:02 AM, and sunset from 6:44 PM to 7:06 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
113.35:246:44
213.45:236:44
313.45:226:45
413.45:206:46
513.55:206:47
613.55:196:48
713.55:186:48
813.55:176:49
913.65:166:50
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1113.65:146:52
1213.75:136:52
1313.75:126:53
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1513.75:116:55
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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 6.88 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.01 kWh/m² to a high of 6.89 kWh/m² in June across the year — May's 6.88 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
16.5Intense
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Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Murree

In seasonPeak

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

Murree sees seasonal dust haze (June), heaviest in June.

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

Is May a good time to visit Murree?

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

5.4
Sightseeing
5th-best month of the year
5.9
Beach & pool
4th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Murree for sightseeing.

What to pack for Murree in May

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

In May, Murree sees daytime highs around 27°C and nights near 15°C. Pack light clothes, rain gear and sun protection. About 17 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Murree in May

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in May peaks around 10 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Murree peaks around May 23 at about 10 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near January 11 at about 3 (moderate).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 9 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateHighVery highVery highHighModerateMay 23UV 10Jan 11UV 3
UV index (midday)Level
Jan3Moderate
Feb5Moderate
Mar7High
Apr6High
May10Extreme
Jun10Very high
Jul10Very high
Aug9Very high
Sep8Very high
Oct6High
Nov3Moderate
Dec3Moderate

Air quality in Murree 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 Murree is worst in January — around 109 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 2.1× the cleanest month (May, 53 µg/m³).

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

0306090120JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecUnhealthyUnhealthyJan 12108 µg/m³May 1654 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan109Unhealthy
Feb94Unhealthy
Mar77Unhealthy
Apr60Unhealthy
May53Poor
Jun61Unhealthy
Jul58Unhealthy
Aug59Unhealthy
Sep65Unhealthy
Oct78Unhealthy
Nov98Unhealthy
Dec104Unhealthy
Location & terrain

Where is Murree?

Murree sits at 33.9°N, 73.4°E, 2,098 m above sea level, in Pakistan. The nearest listed city is Islamabad, 38 km away.

PeshawarSialkotĀsmārAsadābādGilgitMarkaz-e Woluswalī-ye Āchīn

Topography around Murree

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Murree has large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 997 m around an average of 1,810 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,186 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 4,347 m.

The land around Murree is covered by trees (58%) and grassland (34%) within 3 km, trees (66%) and grassland (31%) within 16 km, and trees (50%) and grassland (22%) within 80 km.

3 km
997 m
16 km
2,186 m
80 km
4,347 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
May weather nearby: Islamabad 38 km · Muzaffarabad 52 km · Peshawar 167 km · Sialkot 190 km · Āsmār 224 km · Asadābād 232 km · Gilgit 239 km · Markaz-e Woluswalī-ye Āchīn 248 km

Pakistan travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 3
Reconsider Travel
Power plugs
Type C / D / G / M
230 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 24% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$1,596
2025
Happiness
4.9 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
45%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
4.3
per 100k, 2023
Road deaths
13
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
Lower middle
World Bank
English
Low
EF EPI 493
Religion
Muslim 96%Hindu 2%Christian 1%

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 Murree (33.9084°, 73.3903°, elevation 2,098 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).