Climate averages 1991–2020
Ambon weather
in May.
A warm, very wet month: the 8th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a warm month in Ambon: daytime highs average 27.6°C and nights cool to about 25.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 230 mm of rain on roughly 25 days, which makes May a very wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 57 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Sorong (464 km away). In May its highs average 29.5°C, 1.9°C warmer than Ambon, with 314 mm of rain.
Among the 200 cities listed in Indonesia, Ambon ranks joint 178th of 200 for the warmest May highs and 166th of 200 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 200 cities is 29.2°C; Ambon is 1.5°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 0.9°C to 26.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 230 mm to 241 mm.
The annual picture
May in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Ambon climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.3°C26.3°C | 26.3°C | 160 | 23.7 | 12.312 h |
| February | 28.4°C26.4°C | 26.4°C | 122 | 20.0 | 12.212 h |
| March | 28.4°C26.1°C | 26.1°C | 158 | 22.8 | 12.112 h |
| April | 28.1°C25.8°C | 25.8°C | 203 | 24.9 | 12.012 h |
| May, selected | 27.6°C25.7°C | 25.7°C | 230 | 24.6 | 12.012 h |
| June | 26.7°C25.1°C | 25.1°C | 241 | 23.9 | 11.912 h |
| July | 26.1°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 175 | 21.9 | 11.912 h |
| August | 26.1°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 100 | 16.7 | 12.012 h |
| September | 26.8°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 71 | 14.3 | 12.112 h |
| October | 27.7°C25.4°C | 25.4°C | 70 | 14.9 | 12.212 h |
| November | 28.5°C25.9°C | 25.9°C | 79 | 16.6 | 12.312 h |
| December | 28.5°C26.3°C | 26.3°C | 157 | 23.8 | 12.312 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
May in nearby cities
- Sorong in MayIndonesia · 464 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 24.4°C · 314 mm rain
- Ternate in MayIndonesia · 507 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 25.6°C · 301 mm rain
- Tual in MayIndonesia · 550 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 25.7°C · 208 mm rain
- Dili in MayTimor Leste · 613 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 23.5°C · 74 mm rain
- Kendari in MayIndonesia · 630 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 24.3°C · 315 mm rain
- Baubau in MayIndonesia · 649 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 25.0°C · 143 mm rain
- Kotamobagu in MayIndonesia · 655 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 23.2°C · 345 mm rain
- Bitung in MayIndonesia · 664 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 25.4°C · 222 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Ambon) is explained once on the Ambon year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.