Skardu weather in May

In May, Skardu sees average daytime highs of 3°C and overnight lows near -6°C, with 90 mm of precipitation across 13.8 wet days and about 13.8 hours of daylight. It is the 5th-warmest and 7th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 1°C in the first days to 5°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 24 min at the start of May to 14 h 12 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Skardu's 7th-clearest and 8th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Skardu's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 3°; 5th warmest
Overnight low: -6°; 8th coldest
Precipitation: 90 mm; 13.8 wet days
Daylight: 13 h 54 min; 4:58 AM – 6:49 PM
Cloud cover: 53%; 7th clearest
Wind: 2 km/h; 8th windiest
Solar energy: 8.11 kWh/m²
Travel score: 0.0; out of 10

Skardu is city in Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan.

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

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Temperature in May

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs climb over the month, from about 1°C in the first days to 5°C by the end.

A typical May day in Skardu reaches about 3°C in the afternoon and slips back to -6°C overnight — a 9°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 0°C and 6°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 4°C warmer than April and about 6°C cooler than June.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Avg high (°C)	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	6
Avg low (°C)	-8	-8	-8	-8	-8	-7	-7	-7	-7	-7	-7	-7	-7	-6	-6	-6	-6	-6	-6	-6	-5	-5	-5	-5	-5	-5	-5	-5	-4	-4	-4

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	1	-8
2	1	-8
3	1	-8
4	1	-8
5	2	-8
6	2	-7
7	2	-7
8	2	-7
9	2	-7
10	2	-7
11	2	-7
12	3	-7
13	3	-7
14	3	-6
15	3	-6
16	3	-6
17	3	-6
18	3	-6
19	4	-6
20	4	-6
21	4	-5
22	4	-5
23	4	-5
24	4	-5
25	4	-5
26	5	-5
27	5	-5
28	5	-5
29	5	-4
30	5	-4
31	6	-4

How May really feels in Skardu

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

Days feeling ≥ 32°C

heat index over the day's high

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

wind chill below the day's low

The story in May is cold — wind chill drags the overnight "feels like" below the raw low.

Skardu weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 5th-warmest and 7th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Snow days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	-12° / -19°	72	13.6	15.7	9.9	0.0
Feb	-9° / -16°	95	14.6	16.4	10.7	0.0
Mar	-5° / -13°	111	16.1	17.1	11.7	0.0
Apr	-1° / -10°	108	14.4	15.1	12.9	0.0
May	3° / -6°	90	13.8	12.9	13.8	0.0
Jun	9° / -2°	87	11.1	4.5	14.3	1.9
Jul	17° / 6°	148	17.9	0.3	14.1	4.5
Aug	17° / 6°	136	19.3	0.2	13.3	4.5
Sep	12° / 1°	111	17.5	4.9	12.2	2.7
Oct	2° / -11°	59	11.4	10.3	11.1	0.2
Nov	-7° / -17°	53	9.2	10	10.1	0.0
Dec	-11° / -19°	60	11.8	12.8	9.7	0.0

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 18% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 44%.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Clearer (%)	53	52	51	51	51	52	52	52	52	53	54	55	55	56	57	56	57	57	58	58	58	58	59	59	59	59	59	59	60	61	62
Cloudier (%)	47	48	49	49	49	48	48	48	48	47	46	45	45	44	43	44	43	43	42	42	42	42	41	41	41	41	41	41	40	39	38

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	53	47
2	52	48
3	51	49
4	51	49
5	51	49
6	52	48
7	52	48
8	52	48
9	52	48
10	53	47
11	54	46
12	55	45
13	55	45
14	56	44
15	57	43
16	56	44
17	57	43
18	57	43
19	58	42
20	58	42
21	58	42
22	58	42
23	59	41
24	59	41
25	59	41
26	59	41
27	59	41
28	59	41
29	60	40
30	61	39
31	62	38

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitationSnow

Skardu gets around 90 mm of rain and snow over 13.8 wet days in May. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable precipitation averages around 43% and peaks near 45% on the wettest days, and about 13 days bring snow.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Rain chance (%)	44	44	45	45	45	45	45	44	44	44	44	43	43	43	43	43	43	43	43	43	43	43	43	43	43	42	41	40	39	38	38
Snow chance (%)	45	45	45	45	45	45	45	44	44	43	42	42	41	41	41	40	40	40	40	39	39	39	39	38	37	36	35	34	33	32	31

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	44	45
2	44	45
3	45	45
4	45	45
5	45	45
6	45	45
7	45	45
8	44	44
9	44	44
10	44	43
11	44	42
12	43	42
13	43	41
14	43	41
15	43	41
16	43	40
17	43	40
18	43	40
19	43	40
20	43	39
21	43	39
22	43	39
23	43	39
24	43	38
25	43	37
26	42	36
27	41	35
28	40	34
29	39	33
30	38	32
31	38	31

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 100% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Dry (%)	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

Wind in May

Winds average 2 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 2 km/h on the calmest days to 2 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Wind speed (km/h)	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Feels	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	2	calm
2	2	calm
3	2	calm
4	2	calm
5	2	calm
6	2	calm
7	2	calm
8	2	calm
9	2	calm
10	2	calm
11	2	calm
12	2	calm
13	2	calm
14	2	calm
15	2	calm
16	2	calm
17	2	calm
18	2	calm
19	2	calm
20	2	calm
21	2	calm
22	2	calm
23	2	calm
24	2	calm
25	2	calm
26	2	calm
27	2	calm
28	2	calm
29	2	calm
30	2	calm
31	2	calm

Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 13 h 24 min at the start of May to 14 h 12 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 5:12 AM to 4:49 AM, and sunset from 6:37 PM to 7:00 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Daylight (h)	13.4	13.4	13.5	13.5	13.5	13.6	13.6	13.6	13.7	13.7	13.7	13.7	13.8	13.8	13.8	13.9	13.9	13.9	13.9	14.0	14.0	14.0	14.0	14.0	14.1	14.1	14.1	14.1	14.1	14.2	14.2
Sunrise (AM)	5:12	5:11	5:10	5:09	5:08	5:07	5:06	5:05	5:04	5:03	5:02	5:01	5:01	5:00	4:59	4:58	4:57	4:57	4:56	4:55	4:55	4:54	4:53	4:53	4:52	4:52	4:51	4:51	4:50	4:50	4:49
Sunset (PM)	6:37	6:38	6:39	6:39	6:40	6:41	6:42	6:43	6:44	6:44	6:45	6:46	6:47	6:48	6:48	6:49	6:50	6:51	6:52	6:52	6:53	6:54	6:55	6:55	6:56	6:57	6:58	6:58	6:59	7:00	7:00

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	13.4	5:12	6:37
2	13.4	5:11	6:38
3	13.5	5:10	6:39
4	13.5	5:09	6:39
5	13.5	5:08	6:40
6	13.6	5:07	6:41
7	13.6	5:06	6:42
8	13.6	5:05	6:43
9	13.7	5:04	6:44
10	13.7	5:03	6:44
11	13.7	5:02	6:45
12	13.7	5:01	6:46
13	13.8	5:01	6:47
14	13.8	5:00	6:48
15	13.8	4:59	6:48
16	13.9	4:58	6:49
17	13.9	4:57	6:50
18	13.9	4:57	6:51
19	13.9	4:56	6:52
20	14.0	4:55	6:52
21	14.0	4:55	6:53
22	14.0	4:54	6:54
23	14.0	4:53	6:55
24	14.0	4:53	6:55
25	14.1	4:52	6:56
26	14.1	4:52	6:57
27	14.1	4:51	6:58
28	14.1	4:51	6:58
29	14.1	4:50	6:59
30	14.2	4:50	7:00
31	14.2	4:49	7:00

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 8.11 kWh/m² — the sunniest month for solar.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.11 kWh/m² to a high of 8.11 kWh/m² in May across the year — May's 8.11 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	7.9	7.9	7.9	8.0	8.0	8.0	8.0	8.0	8.1	8.1	8.1	8.1	8.1	8.1	8.1	8.2	8.2	8.2	8.2	8.2	8.2	8.2	8.2	8.2	8.2	8.2	8.2	8.2	8.2	8.2	8.2
Level	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	7.9	Intense
2	7.9	Intense
3	7.9	Intense
4	8.0	Intense
5	8.0	Intense
6	8.0	Intense
7	8.0	Intense
8	8.0	Intense
9	8.1	Intense
10	8.1	Intense
11	8.1	Intense
12	8.1	Intense
13	8.1	Intense
14	8.1	Intense
15	8.1	Intense
16	8.2	Intense
17	8.2	Intense
18	8.2	Intense
19	8.2	Intense
20	8.2	Intense
21	8.2	Intense
22	8.2	Intense
23	8.2	Intense
24	8.2	Intense
25	8.2	Intense
26	8.2	Intense
27	8.2	Intense
28	8.2	Intense
29	8.2	Intense
30	8.2	Intense
31	8.2	Intense

Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit Skardu?

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

0.0

Sightseeing

6th-best month of the year

0.0

Beach & pool

5th-best month of the year

May is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Skardu.

What to pack for Skardu in May

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

In May, Skardu sees daytime highs around 3°C and nights near -6°C. Pack a warm layer, a heavy coat and sun protection. Worth having: rain gear. About 14 days see rain.

a warm layera heavy coatsun protectionrain gear

UV index in Skardu in May

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in May peaks around 15 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Skardu peaks around May 20 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near January 12 at about 4 (moderate).

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	4	6	10	12	15	14	14	12	10	7	4	4
Level	Moderate	High	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Moderate	Moderate

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	4	Moderate
Feb	6	High
Mar	10	Very high
Apr	12	Extreme
May	15	Extreme
Jun	14	Extreme
Jul	14	Extreme
Aug	12	Extreme
Sep	10	Extreme
Oct	7	Very high
Nov	4	Moderate
Dec	4	Moderate

Air quality in Skardu 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 Skardu is worst in January — around 23 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.4× the cleanest month (September, 10 µg/m³).

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	23	21	17	14	12	12	11	11	10	12	17	21
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Good	Moderate	Good	Good	Good	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	23	Moderate
Feb	21	Moderate
Mar	17	Moderate
Apr	14	Moderate
May	12	Good
Jun	12	Moderate
Jul	11	Good
Aug	11	Good
Sep	10	Good
Oct	12	Moderate
Nov	17	Moderate
Dec	21	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Skardu?

Skardu sits at 35.3°N, 75.6°E, 2,241 m above sea level, in Pakistan. The nearest listed city is Gilgit, 138 km away.

Topography around Skardu

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Skardu has large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 649 m around an average of 2,263 m above sea level; within 16 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 3,143 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 6,010 m.

The land around Skardu is covered by bare terrain (51%) within 3 km, bare terrain (65%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (44%) and grassland (25%) within 80 km.

3 km

649 m

bare terrain 51%

16 km

3,143 m

bare terrain 65%

80 km

6,010 m

bare terrain 44%

treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainsnow and icewatermoss and lichen

← April Skardu year-round climate June →Best places to visit in May

May weather nearby: Gilgit 138 km · Hunza 144 km · Leh 218 km · Muzaffarabad 223 km · Murree 257 km · Islamabad 295 km · Sialkot 328 km · Āsmār 390 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

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 Skardu (35.2979°, 75.6337°, elevation 2,241 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).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	1	-8
2	1	-8
3	1	-8
4	1	-8
5	2	-8
6	2	-7
7	2	-7
8	2	-7
9	2	-7
10	2	-7
11	2	-7
12	3	-7
13	3	-7
14	3	-6
15	3	-6
16	3	-6
17	3	-6
18	3	-6
19	4	-6
20	4	-6
21	4	-5
22	4	-5
23	4	-5
24	4	-5
25	4	-5
26	5	-5
27	5	-5
28	5	-5
29	5	-4
30	5	-4
31	6	-4

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	53	47
2	52	48
3	51	49
4	51	49
5	51	49
6	52	48
7	52	48
8	52	48
9	52	48
10	53	47
11	54	46
12	55	45
13	55	45
14	56	44
15	57	43
16	56	44
17	57	43
18	57	43
19	58	42
20	58	42
21	58	42
22	58	42
23	59	41
24	59	41
25	59	41
26	59	41
27	59	41
28	59	41
29	60	40
30	61	39
31	62	38

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	44	45
2	44	45
3	45	45
4	45	45
5	45	45
6	45	45
7	45	45
8	44	44
9	44	44
10	44	43
11	44	42
12	43	42
13	43	41
14	43	41
15	43	41
16	43	40
17	43	40
18	43	40
19	43	40
20	43	39
21	43	39
22	43	39
23	43	39
24	43	38
25	43	37
26	42	36
27	41	35
28	40	34
29	39	33
30	38	32
31	38	31

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	1	-8
2	1	-8
3	1	-8
4	1	-8
5	2	-8
6	2	-7
7	2	-7
8	2	-7
9	2	-7
10	2	-7
11	2	-7
12	3	-7
13	3	-7
14	3	-6
15	3	-6
16	3	-6
17	3	-6
18	3	-6
19	4	-6
20	4	-6
21	4	-5
22	4	-5
23	4	-5
24	4	-5
25	4	-5
26	5	-5
27	5	-5
28	5	-5
29	5	-4
30	5	-4
31	6	-4

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	53	47
2	52	48
3	51	49
4	51	49
5	51	49
6	52	48
7	52	48
8	52	48
9	52	48
10	53	47
11	54	46
12	55	45
13	55	45
14	56	44
15	57	43
16	56	44
17	57	43
18	57	43
19	58	42
20	58	42
21	58	42
22	58	42
23	59	41
24	59	41
25	59	41
26	59	41
27	59	41
28	59	41
29	60	40
30	61	39
31	62	38

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	44	45
2	44	45
3	45	45
4	45	45
5	45	45
6	45	45
7	45	45
8	44	44
9	44	44
10	44	43
11	44	42
12	43	42
13	43	41
14	43	41
15	43	41
16	43	40
17	43	40
18	43	40
19	43	40
20	43	39
21	43	39
22	43	39
23	43	39
24	43	38
25	43	37
26	42	36
27	41	35
28	40	34
29	39	33
30	38	32
31	38	31

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	1	-8
2	1	-8
3	1	-8
4	1	-8
5	2	-8
6	2	-7
7	2	-7
8	2	-7
9	2	-7
10	2	-7
11	2	-7
12	3	-7
13	3	-7
14	3	-6
15	3	-6
16	3	-6
17	3	-6
18	3	-6
19	4	-6
20	4	-6
21	4	-5
22	4	-5
23	4	-5
24	4	-5
25	4	-5
26	5	-5
27	5	-5
28	5	-5
29	5	-4
30	5	-4
31	6	-4

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	53	47
2	52	48
3	51	49
4	51	49
5	51	49
6	52	48
7	52	48
8	52	48
9	52	48
10	53	47
11	54	46
12	55	45
13	55	45
14	56	44
15	57	43
16	56	44
17	57	43
18	57	43
19	58	42
20	58	42
21	58	42
22	58	42
23	59	41
24	59	41
25	59	41
26	59	41
27	59	41
28	59	41
29	60	40
30	61	39
31	62	38

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	44	45
2	44	45
3	45	45
4	45	45
5	45	45
6	45	45
7	45	45
8	44	44
9	44	44
10	44	43
11	44	42
12	43	42
13	43	41
14	43	41
15	43	41
16	43	40
17	43	40
18	43	40
19	43	40
20	43	39
21	43	39
22	43	39
23	43	39
24	43	38
25	43	37
26	42	36
27	41	35
28	40	34
29	39	33
30	38	32
31	38	31

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100