Climate averages 1991–2020
Gunungsitoli weather
in May.
A hot, very wet month: one of the warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a hot month in Gunungsitoli: daytime highs average 29.4°C and nights cool to about 24.9°C. By daytime temperature it is one of the warmest months of the year.
Expect about 285 mm of rain on roughly 25 days, which makes May a very wet month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 11 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Sibolga (139 km away). In May its highs average 29.7°C, about as warm as Gunungsitoli, with 260 mm of rain.
Among the 200 cities listed in Indonesia, Gunungsitoli ranks joint 108th of 200 for the warmest May highs and 192nd of 200 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 200 cities is 29.2°C; Gunungsitoli is 0.3°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 0.1°C to 29.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 285 mm to 233 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
Gunungsitoli climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.9°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 284 | 26.1 | 12.112 h |
| February | 29.3°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 237 | 23.2 | 12.112 h |
| March | 29.4°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 312 | 28.3 | 12.112 h |
| April | 29.2°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 360 | 28.2 | 12.112 h |
| May, selected | 29.4°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 285 | 25.3 | 12.212 h |
| June | 29.3°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 233 | 22.3 | 12.212 h |
| July | 28.9°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 268 | 24.4 | 12.212 h |
| August | 28.6°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 332 | 27.0 | 12.212 h |
| September | 28.7°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 352 | 27.3 | 12.112 h |
| October | 28.3°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 471 | 28.8 | 12.112 h |
| November | 28.0°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 511 | 28.6 | 12.112 h |
| December | 28.4°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 399 | 28.4 | 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
- Sibolga in MayIndonesia · 139 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 23.8°C · 260 mm rain
- Subulussalam in MayIndonesia · 156 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 22.1°C · 264 mm rain
- Padangsidempuan in MayIndonesia · 184 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 22.0°C · 198 mm rain
- Kabanjahe in MayIndonesia · 224 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 17.9°C · 196 mm rain
- Pematangsiantar in MayIndonesia · 246 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 21.3°C · 265 mm rain
- Rantauprapat in MayIndonesia · 263 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 23.4°C · 212 mm rain
- Binjai in MayIndonesia · 275 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 22.5°C · 266 mm rain
- Sunggal in MayIndonesia · 278 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 22.8°C · 266 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 Gunungsitoli) is explained once on the Gunungsitoli year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.