Sikkim · India
Gangtok in May
In May, Gangtok averages a daytime high of 20 °C and a night-time low of 12 °C, with about 230 mm of rain over the month. Gangtok has no month that is both mild and dry by the measure used here.
- Average high
- 20 °C
- Average low
- 12 °C
- Rain in the month
- 230 mm
- Daylight on 15 May
- 13 h 30 min
- Comfortable month
- No
- Places to stay
- 95
When to go
How May compares with the rest of the year in Gangtok
May is tied for the 5th warmest month in Gangtok by average daytime high; across the year the highs run from 12 °C to 22 °C and the lows from 0 °C to 15 °C. By day, May is 2 °C warmer than April, and June is 1 °C warmer than May.
May brings 230 mm of rain, more than the monthly average of 204 mm (2449 mm a year); it is the 5th wettest month.
On 15 May the sun is up for about 13 h 30 min, against 10 h 30 min at the shortest and 13 h 50 min at the longest point of the year (calculated from the latitude, sunrise to sunset).
| Month | High | Low | Rain | Comfortable |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 12 °C | 0 °C | 16 mm | |
| February | 13 °C | 2 °C | 16 mm | |
| March | 17 °C | 6 °C | 37 mm | |
| April | 19 °C | 9 °C | 105 mm | |
| May | 20 °C | 12 °C | 230 mm | |
| June | 22 °C | 14 °C | 444 mm | |
| July | 21 °C | 15 °C | 646 mm | |
| August | 22 °C | 15 °C | 493 mm | |
| September | 21 °C | 13 °C | 365 mm | |
| October | 20 °C | 9 °C | 86 mm | |
| November | 17 °C | 5 °C | 8 mm | |
| December | 14 °C | 2 °C | 4 mm |
Comfortable means average daytime high between 18 °C and 29 °C and under 80 mm of rain in the month. Averages for 1991–2020 over the surrounding area, a grid square about 50 km across, so a coast or a nearby mountain can make the town itself warmer or cooler. Data: CRU TS v4.10, Climatic Research Unit, University of East Anglia (Open Database License).
When to go
Is May a good time to visit Gangtok?
Not by the measure used here: about 230 mm of rain is 80 mm or more. No month in Gangtok meets it.
The measure is about weather for a city stay only; it says nothing about events, school holidays or prices.
Public holidays in India in May
Nationwide public holidays; shops and offices may close on these dates.
Where to stay
Where to stay in Gangtok
This guide lists 95 places to stay in Gangtok, hotels recorded in Wikidata. By straight-line distance from the centre: under 1 km, 29; 1–3 km, 55; 3–10 km, 10; 10 km or more, 1.
Sources: climate from CRU TS v4.10 (Climatic Research Unit, University of East Anglia; Open Database License), 1991–2020 averages; day length calculated from the latitude; public holidays from python-holidays (MIT); places to stay from each operator's own public pages and Wikidata. How this guide is made.