Climate averages 1991–2020
Baubau weather
in May.
A hot, wet month: the joint 9th warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a hot month in Baubau: daytime highs average 28.8°C and nights cool to about 25.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 143 mm of rain on roughly 19 days, which makes May a wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 52 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kendari (165 km away). In May its highs average 29.0°C, about as warm as Baubau, with 315 mm of rain.
Among the 200 cities listed in Indonesia, Baubau ranks joint 141st of 200 for the warmest May highs and 90th of 200 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 200 cities is 29.2°C; Baubau is 0.3°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 0.6°C to 28.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 143 mm to 107 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
Baubau climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.9°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 277 | 28.3 | 12.412 h |
| February | 29.1°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 265 | 26.6 | 12.312 h |
| March | 29.2°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 257 | 27.3 | 12.112 h |
| April | 29.1°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 227 | 25.0 | 12.012 h |
| May, selected | 28.8°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 143 | 19.3 | 11.912 h |
| June | 28.2°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 107 | 15.3 | 11.812 h |
| July | 28.0°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 58 | 9.9 | 11.812 h |
| August | 28.8°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 18 | 4.2 | 11.912 h |
| September | 30.2°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 24 | 4.1 | 12.112 h |
| October | 30.9°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 66 | 9.8 | 12.212 h |
| November | 30.5°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 151 | 19.9 | 12.412 h |
| December | 29.1°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 287 | 28.6 | 12.412 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
- Kendari in MayIndonesia · 165 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 24.3°C · 315 mm rain
- Watampone in MayIndonesia · 272 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 24.5°C · 283 mm rain
- Makassar in MayIndonesia · 353 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 24.6°C · 231 mm rain
- Maumere in MayIndonesia · 354 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 25.5°C · 46 mm rain
- Galesong in MayIndonesia · 359 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 24.8°C · 52 mm rain
- Parepare in MayIndonesia · 367 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 25.0°C · 157 mm rain
- Palopo in MayIndonesia · 383 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 22.7°C · 288 mm rain
- Ende in MayIndonesia · 390 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 24.8°C · 83 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 Baubau) is explained once on the Baubau year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.