Climate averages 1991–2020
Bima weather
in May.
A hot, moderately wet month: the joint 5th 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 Bima: daytime highs average 30.2°C and nights cool to about 24.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 58 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 44 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Labuan Bajo (128 km away). In May its highs average 28.5°C, 1.6°C cooler than Bima, with 96 mm of rain.
Among the 200 cities listed in Indonesia, Bima ranks joint 28th of 200 for the warmest May highs and 12th of 200 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 200 cities is 29.2°C; Bima is 1.0°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 0.3°C to 29.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 58 mm to 29 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
Bima climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.6°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 399 | 28.7 | 12.613 h |
| February | 29.5°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 361 | 26.4 | 12.412 h |
| March | 29.8°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 314 | 26.0 | 12.212 h |
| April | 30.1°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 174 | 19.0 | 11.912 h |
| May, selected | 30.2°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 58 | 8.5 | 11.712 h |
| June | 29.9°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 29 | 5.7 | 11.612 h |
| July | 29.9°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 19 | 3.0 | 11.712 h |
| August | 30.8°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 4.0 | 1.3 | 11.812 h |
| September | 32.3°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 12 | 1.8 | 12.112 h |
| October | 33.2°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 39 | 6.3 | 12.312 h |
| November | 32.5°C25.6°C | 25.6°C | 158 | 15.8 | 12.512 h |
| December | 30.2°C25.2°C | 25.2°C | 359 | 27.3 | 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
- Labuan Bajo in MayIndonesia · 128 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 24.8°C · 96 mm rain
- Selong in MayIndonesia · 242 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 22.8°C · 52 mm rain
- Mataram in MayIndonesia · 287 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 24.2°C · 48 mm rain
- Ende in MayIndonesia · 326 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 24.8°C · 83 mm rain
- Galesong in MayIndonesia · 357 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 24.8°C · 52 mm rain
- Klungkung in MayIndonesia · 366 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 24.4°C · 83 mm rain
- Makassar in MayIndonesia · 376 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 24.6°C · 231 mm rain
- Ubud in MayIndonesia · 381 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 23.2°C · 103 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 Bima) is explained once on the Bima year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.