Climate averages 1991–2020
Bengkulu weather
in May.
A hot, very wet month: the warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a hot month in Bengkulu: daytime highs average 29.0°C and nights cool to about 23.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 209 mm of rain on roughly 23 days, which makes May a very wet month (the 5th 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 Lubuklinggau (87 km away). In May its highs average 29.3°C, about as warm as Bengkulu, with 189 mm of rain.
Among the 200 cities listed in Indonesia, Bengkulu ranks joint 130th of 200 for the warmest May highs and 150th of 200 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 200 cities is 29.2°C; Bengkulu is 0.2°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 0.2°C to 28.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 209 mm to 160 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
Bengkulu climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.0°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 284 | 26.1 | 12.312 h |
| February | 28.4°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 250 | 22.1 | 12.212 h |
| March | 28.6°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 244 | 24.0 | 12.112 h |
| April | 28.6°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 235 | 24.8 | 12.012 h |
| May, selected | 29.0°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 209 | 23.0 | 11.912 h |
| June | 28.8°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 160 | 19.0 | 11.912 h |
| July | 28.3°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 159 | 19.2 | 11.912 h |
| August | 28.2°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 188 | 18.9 | 12.012 h |
| September | 28.1°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 197 | 20.5 | 12.112 h |
| October | 27.9°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 255 | 23.9 | 12.212 h |
| November | 27.7°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 348 | 27.2 | 12.312 h |
| December | 27.5°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 328 | 26.6 | 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
- Lubuklinggau in MayIndonesia · 87 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 22.3°C · 189 mm rain
- Pagar Alam in MayIndonesia · 112 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 20.7°C · 238 mm rain
- Baturaja in MayIndonesia · 214 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 23.1°C · 173 mm rain
- Sungai Penuh in MayIndonesia · 217 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 20.5°C · 239 mm rain
- Prabumulih in MayIndonesia · 222 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 23.6°C · 171 mm rain
- Jambi City in MayIndonesia · 287 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 24.0°C · 197 mm rain
- Palembang in MayIndonesia · 292 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 24.0°C · 183 mm rain
- Metro in MayIndonesia · 367 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 23.3°C · 158 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 Bengkulu) is explained once on the Bengkulu year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.