Climate averages 1991–2020
Bitung weather
in May.
A hot, very wet month: the 5th warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a hot month in Bitung: daytime highs average 29.3°C and nights cool to about 25.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 222 mm of rain on roughly 25 days, which makes May a very wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 11 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Manado (31 km away). In May its highs average 30.3°C, 0.9°C warmer than Bitung, with 265 mm of rain.
Among the 200 cities listed in Indonesia, Bitung ranks joint 116th of 200 for the warmest May highs and 162nd of 200 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 200 cities is 29.2°C; Bitung is 0.2°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 0.6°C to 28.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 222 mm to 220 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
Bitung climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.7°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 178 | 24.9 | 12.012 h |
| February | 28.8°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 167 | 21.5 | 12.112 h |
| March | 29.1°C25.1°C | 25.1°C | 155 | 22.8 | 12.112 h |
| April | 29.4°C25.1°C | 25.1°C | 188 | 23.6 | 12.112 h |
| May, selected | 29.3°C25.4°C | 25.4°C | 222 | 25.4 | 12.212 h |
| June | 28.8°C25.2°C | 25.2°C | 220 | 22.7 | 12.212 h |
| July | 28.4°C25.1°C | 25.1°C | 146 | 18.0 | 12.212 h |
| August | 28.8°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 74 | 10.1 | 12.212 h |
| September | 29.4°C25.1°C | 25.1°C | 66 | 11.2 | 12.112 h |
| October | 29.8°C25.1°C | 25.1°C | 126 | 17.3 | 12.112 h |
| November | 29.5°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 164 | 24.7 | 12.112 h |
| December | 29.1°C25.1°C | 25.1°C | 172 | 25.8 | 12.012 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
- Manado in MayIndonesia · 31 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 25.2°C · 265 mm rain
- Kotamobagu in MayIndonesia · 119 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 23.2°C · 345 mm rain
- Gorontalo in MayIndonesia · 251 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 24.2°C · 234 mm rain
- Ternate in MayIndonesia · 261 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 25.6°C · 301 mm rain
- Toli-Toli in MayIndonesia · 481 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 21.4°C · 195 mm rain
- Tupi in MayPhilippines · 545 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 22.9°C · 240 mm rain
- Surallah in MayPhilippines · 550 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 23.4°C · 173 mm rain
- Banga in MayPhilippines · 555 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 23.1°C · 173 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 Bitung) is explained once on the Bitung year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.