Climate averages 1991–2020
Atambua weather
in May.
A hot, moderately wet month: the 5th warmest and the 6th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a hot month in Atambua: daytime highs average 28.7°C and nights cool to about 21.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 48 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 42 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Dili (96 km away). In May its highs average 30.0°C, 1.3°C warmer than Atambua, with 74 mm of rain.
Among the 200 cities listed in Indonesia, Atambua ranks joint 146th of 200 for the warmest May highs and joint 5th of 200 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 200 cities is 29.2°C; Atambua is 0.5°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 0.2°C to 28.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 48 mm to 27 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
Atambua climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 27.1°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 295 | 28.1 | 12.613 h |
| February | 26.9°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 262 | 25.7 | 12.412 h |
| March | 27.6°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 208 | 23.0 | 12.212 h |
| April | 28.4°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 102 | 14.2 | 11.912 h |
| May, selected | 28.7°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 48 | 7.2 | 11.712 h |
| June | 28.5°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 27 | 3.9 | 11.612 h |
| July | 28.6°C20.1°C | 20.1°C | 13 | 2.7 | 11.612 h |
| August | 29.6°C19.9°C | 19.9°C | 6.6 | 1.2 | 11.812 h |
| September | 31.0°C20.7°C | 20.7°C | 9.1 | 1.7 | 12.012 h |
| October | 31.6°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 18 | 3.9 | 12.312 h |
| November | 30.7°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 70 | 10.4 | 12.513 h |
| December | 28.1°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 226 | 24.6 | 12.613 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
- Dili in MayTimor Leste · 96 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 23.5°C · 74 mm rain
- Kupang in MayIndonesia · 184 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 24.3°C · 23 mm rain
- Maumere in MayIndonesia · 300 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 25.5°C · 46 mm rain
- Ende in MayIndonesia · 356 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 24.8°C · 83 mm rain
- Baubau in MayIndonesia · 477 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 25.0°C · 143 mm rain
- Labuan Bajo in MayIndonesia · 554 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 24.8°C · 96 mm rain
- Kendari in MayIndonesia · 628 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 24.3°C · 315 mm rain
- Bima in MayIndonesia · 681 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 24.5°C · 58 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 Atambua) is explained once on the Atambua year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.