Climate averages 1991–2020
Denpasar weather
in May.
A warm, moderately wet month: the joint 4th warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a warm month in Denpasar: daytime highs average 27.4°C and nights cool to about 24.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 61 mm of rain on roughly 14 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 43 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Ubud (16 km away). In May its highs average 28.0°C, 0.6°C warmer than Denpasar, with 103 mm of rain.
Among the 200 cities listed in Indonesia, Denpasar ranks 184th of 200 for the warmest May highs and 13th of 200 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 200 cities is 29.2°C; Denpasar is 1.8°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 0.7°C to 26.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 61 mm to 46 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
Denpasar climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 27.2°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 279 | 27.3 | 12.613 h |
| February | 27.4°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 237 | 24.6 | 12.412 h |
| March | 27.5°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 197 | 24.5 | 12.212 h |
| April | 27.6°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 121 | 19.0 | 11.912 h |
| May, selected | 27.4°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 61 | 14.2 | 11.712 h |
| June | 26.7°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 46 | 12.7 | 11.612 h |
| July | 26.0°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 39 | 12.3 | 11.712 h |
| August | 25.8°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 28 | 11.4 | 11.812 h |
| September | 26.4°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 39 | 11.4 | 12.012 h |
| October | 27.2°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 56 | 14.9 | 12.312 h |
| November | 27.5°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 144 | 20.5 | 12.513 h |
| December | 27.3°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 248 | 25.6 | 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
- Ubud in MayIndonesia · 16 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 23.2°C · 103 mm rain
- Klungkung in MayIndonesia · 24 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 24.4°C · 83 mm rain
- Sukawati in MayIndonesia · 26 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 24.2°C · 83 mm rain
- Banjar, Indonesia in MayIndonesia · 58 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 25.0°C · 139 mm rain
- Singaraja in MayIndonesia · 61 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 24.5°C · 75 mm rain
- Negara in MayIndonesia · 74 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 24.8°C · 53 mm rain
- Mataram in MayIndonesia · 99 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 24.2°C · 48 mm rain
- Banyuwangi in MayIndonesia · 105 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 24.0°C · 87 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 Denpasar) is explained once on the Denpasar year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.