Climate averages 1991–2020
Gorontalo weather
in May.
A hot, very wet month: the joint 7th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a hot month in Gorontalo: daytime highs average 29.7°C and nights cool to about 24.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 234 mm of rain on roughly 26 days, which makes May a very wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 08 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kotamobagu (141 km away). In May its highs average 28.8°C, 0.9°C cooler than Gorontalo, with 345 mm of rain.
Among the 200 cities listed in Indonesia, Gorontalo ranks joint 83rd of 200 for the warmest May highs and joint 169th of 200 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 200 cities is 29.2°C; Gorontalo is 0.5°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 0.7°C to 29.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 234 mm to 208 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
Gorontalo climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.5°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 164 | 23.4 | 12.112 h |
| February | 29.8°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 129 | 19.8 | 12.112 h |
| March | 30.0°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 182 | 24.1 | 12.112 h |
| April | 29.9°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 244 | 26.5 | 12.112 h |
| May, selected | 29.7°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 234 | 26.3 | 12.112 h |
| June | 29.0°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 208 | 22.9 | 12.212 h |
| July | 28.7°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 151 | 17.7 | 12.112 h |
| August | 29.4°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 89 | 12.3 | 12.112 h |
| September | 30.3°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 104 | 14.4 | 12.112 h |
| October | 30.7°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 167 | 20.6 | 12.112 h |
| November | 30.0°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 235 | 27.8 | 12.112 h |
| December | 29.7°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 204 | 28.2 | 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
- Kotamobagu in MayIndonesia · 141 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 23.2°C · 345 mm rain
- Manado in MayIndonesia · 225 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 25.2°C · 265 mm rain
- Bitung in MayIndonesia · 251 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 25.4°C · 222 mm rain
- Toli-Toli in MayIndonesia · 256 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 21.4°C · 195 mm rain
- Ternate in MayIndonesia · 481 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 25.6°C · 301 mm rain
- Palopo in MayIndonesia · 505 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 22.7°C · 288 mm rain
- Kendari in MayIndonesia · 506 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 24.3°C · 315 mm rain
- Bontang in MayIndonesia · 622 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 24.6°C · 197 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 Gorontalo) is explained once on the Gorontalo year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.