Gia Nghĩa weather in May

In May, Gia Nghĩa sees average daytime highs of 29°C and overnight lows near 21°C, with 177 mm of rain across 24.9 wet days and about 12.5 hours of daylight. It is the 4th-warmest and 6th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 29°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 5% of the time in May, and the air most often feels oppressive.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 24 min at the start of May to 12 h 36 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Gia Nghĩa's 8th-clearest and 11th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Gia Nghĩa's year-round climate.

Daytime high
29°
4th warmest
Overnight low
21°
12th coldest
Rainfall
177 mm
24.9 wet days
Daylight
12 h 36 min
5:29 AM – 6:02 PM
Cloud cover
83%
8th clearest
Wind
5 km/h
11th windiest
Solar energy
5.21 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.3
out of 10

Gia Nghĩa is capital city of Đắk Nông, Vietnam.

Density
297/km²
people per km²
Founded
2004

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 29°C through the month.

A typical May day in Gia Nghĩa reaches about 29°C in the afternoon and slips back to 21°C overnight — a 8°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 27°C and 32°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 1°C cooler than April and about 1°C warmer than June.

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

Once humidity and wind are folded in, May averages 18 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
18
heat index over the day's high
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.

Gia Nghĩa weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 4th-warmest and 6th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan28° / 17°172.611.47.1
Feb30° / 18°122.511.66.0
Mar31° / 19°48711.94.8
Apr31° / 21°11415.112.34.0
May29° / 21°17724.912.53.3
Jun28° / 21°21426.712.73.4
Jul27° / 21°25328.512.63.5
Aug27° / 21°26329.612.43.4
Sep27° / 20°27128.412.13.4
Oct28° / 20°21323.311.74.3
Nov27° / 19°9710.911.46.1
Dec27° / 18°436.411.36.9

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 5% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 9% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 86%. Skies tend to cloud over as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
13367
23169
32971
42773
52674
62476
72377
82179
92080
101882
111684
121585
131387
141387
151189
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171090
18991
19892
20892
21793
22793
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27694
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29694
30793
31793

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Gia Nghĩa gets around 177 mm of rain over 24.9 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 79% and peaks near 88% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
162
264
365
467
568
670
771
872
973
1074
1175
1276
1378
1479
1580
1681
1782
1883
1984
2085
2186
2287
2387
2487
2588
2688
2788
2888
2988
3087
3187

Humidity in May

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, May lands in the oppressive band about 66% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 99% of them.

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Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
134651
234453
334354
434156
524058
623959
723860
823761
913663
1013663
1113564
1213564
1313465
1413465
1503367
1603367
1703268
1803268
1903169
2003070
2102971
2202971
2302872
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2502773
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2702773
2802773
2902773
3002773
3102872

Wind in May

Winds average 5 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 4 km/h on the calmest days to 6 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
14calm
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Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 24 min at the start of May to 12 h 36 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 12 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 5:34 AM to 5:27 AM, and sunset from 5:59 PM to 6:06 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.45:345:59
212.45:335:59
312.45:335:59
412.45:336:00
512.55:326:00
612.55:326:00
712.55:326:00
812.55:316:00
912.55:316:00
1012.55:316:01
1112.55:306:01
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1312.55:306:01
1412.55:296:02
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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 5.21 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.21 kWh/m² to a high of 6 kWh/m² in March across the year — May's 5.21 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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55.5Bright
65.5Bright
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135.3Bright
145.3Bright
155.2Bright
165.2Bright
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225.0Bright
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255.0Bright
265.0Bright
275.0Bright
285.0Bright
295.0Bright
305.0Bright
314.9Bright
Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Gia Nghĩa

In seasonPeak

In May, Gia Nghĩa sits inside its rainy season season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

Gia Nghĩa's rainy season runs May–October, when most of the year's rain falls.

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

Is May a good time to visit Gia Nghĩa?

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

3.3
Sightseeing
12th-best month of the year
4.5
Beach & pool
8th-best month of the year

May is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Gia Nghĩa.

What to pack for Gia Nghĩa in May

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

In May, Gia Nghĩa sees daytime highs around 29°C and nights near 21°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 25 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Gia Nghĩa in May

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in May peaks around 12 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Gia Nghĩa peaks around August 18 at about 14 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 11 at about 10 (very high).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highAug 18UV 14Dec 11UV 10
UV index (midday)Level
Jan11Extreme
Feb12Extreme
Mar13Extreme
Apr13Extreme
May12Extreme
Jun12Extreme
Jul13Extreme
Aug14Extreme
Sep13Extreme
Oct12Extreme
Nov10Very high
Dec10Very high

Air quality in Gia Nghĩa 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 Gia Nghĩa is worst in March — around 35 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.4× the cleanest month (December, 14 µg/m³).

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

010203040JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateMar 2234 µg/m³Dec 1615 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan17Moderate
Feb23Moderate
Mar35Moderate
Apr33Moderate
May22Moderate
Jun18Moderate
Jul17Moderate
Aug16Moderate
Sep18Moderate
Oct20Moderate
Nov17Moderate
Dec14Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Gia Nghĩa?

Gia Nghĩa sits at 12.0°N, 107.7°E, 616 m above sea level, in Vietnam. The nearest listed city is Bảo Lộc, 52 km away.

Topography around Gia Nghĩa

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Gia Nghĩa has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 139 m around an average of 632 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 651 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,873 m.

The land around Gia Nghĩa is covered by trees (58%) and artificial surfaces (20%) within 3 km, trees (71%) and grassland (22%) within 16 km, and trees (82%) within 80 km.

3 km
139 m
16 km
651 m
80 km
1,873 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
May weather nearby: Bảo Lộc 52 km · Huyện Lâm Hà 61 km · Phước Hòa 63 km · Đinh Văn 65 km · Buôn Trấp 65 km · Ea T’ling 69 km · Đưc Trọng 80 km · Da Lat 82 km

Vietnam travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 1
Exercise Normal Precautions
Power plugs
Type A / B / C / F
220 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 29% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$5,066
2025
Happiness
6.4 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
59%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
1.5
per 100k, 2011
Road deaths
30.6
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
Upper middle
World Bank
English
Moderate
EF EPI 500
Religion
none 86%Catholic 6%Buddhist 6%Protestant 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 Gia Nghĩa (12.0042°, 107.6907°, elevation 616 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).