Climate averages 1991–2020
Bukittinggi weather
in May.
A warm, very wet month: the warmest and the joint 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a warm month in Bukittinggi: daytime highs average 26.5°C and nights cool to about 19.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 315 mm of rain on roughly 24 days, which makes May a very wet month (the joint 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 06 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Payakumbuh (31 km away). In May its highs average 28.4°C, 1.9°C warmer than Bukittinggi, with 199 mm of rain.
Among the 200 cities listed in Indonesia, Bukittinggi ranks joint 192nd of 200 for the warmest May highs and joint 197th of 200 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 200 cities is 29.2°C; Bukittinggi is 2.7°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 0.2°C to 26.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 315 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
Bukittinggi climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 25.3°C18.7°C | 18.7°C | 315 | 25.5 | 12.112 h |
| February | 25.8°C18.7°C | 18.7°C | 281 | 23.4 | 12.112 h |
| March | 26.0°C18.9°C | 18.9°C | 335 | 27.8 | 12.112 h |
| April | 26.2°C19.2°C | 19.2°C | 385 | 27.4 | 12.112 h |
| May, selected | 26.5°C19.3°C | 19.3°C | 315 | 24.2 | 12.112 h |
| June | 26.3°C18.9°C | 18.9°C | 220 | 20.6 | 12.112 h |
| July | 25.9°C18.4°C | 18.4°C | 260 | 22.9 | 12.112 h |
| August | 25.8°C18.5°C | 18.5°C | 363 | 25.7 | 12.112 h |
| September | 25.9°C18.6°C | 18.6°C | 396 | 26.6 | 12.112 h |
| October | 25.6°C18.7°C | 18.7°C | 461 | 28.0 | 12.112 h |
| November | 25.1°C18.9°C | 18.9°C | 525 | 28.2 | 12.112 h |
| December | 24.9°C18.8°C | 18.8°C | 391 | 27.8 | 12.112 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
- Payakumbuh in MayIndonesia · 31 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 21.0°C · 199 mm rain
- Pariaman in MayIndonesia · 44 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 23.6°C · 337 mm rain
- Solok in MayIndonesia · 63 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 21.6°C · 153 mm rain
- Padang in MayIndonesia · 71 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 24.0°C · 291 mm rain
- Pekanbaru in MayIndonesia · 150 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 23.9°C · 191 mm rain
- Padangsidempuan in MayIndonesia · 224 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 22.0°C · 198 mm rain
- Sungai Penuh in MayIndonesia · 225 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 20.5°C · 239 mm rain
- Dumai in MayIndonesia · 250 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 24.3°C · 224 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 Bukittinggi) is explained once on the Bukittinggi year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.