Climate averages 1991–2020
Jambi City weather
in May.
A hot, very wet month: the joint 4th 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 Jambi City: daytime highs average 30.1°C and nights cool to about 24.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 197 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 03 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Palembang (193 km away). In May its highs average 30.3°C, about as warm as Jambi City, with 183 mm of rain.
Among the 200 cities listed in Indonesia, Jambi City ranks joint 41st of 200 for the warmest May highs and joint 136th of 200 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 200 cities is 29.2°C; Jambi City is 0.9°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs stay level at 30.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 197 mm to 121 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
Jambi City climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.0°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 239 | 26.1 | 12.212 h |
| February | 29.7°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 199 | 22.9 | 12.212 h |
| March | 30.1°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 272 | 28.3 | 12.112 h |
| April | 30.1°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 276 | 28.6 | 12.112 h |
| May, selected | 30.1°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 197 | 25.4 | 12.012 h |
| June | 30.1°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 121 | 19.1 | 12.012 h |
| July | 30.0°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 120 | 18.3 | 12.012 h |
| August | 30.9°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 115 | 17.4 | 12.112 h |
| September | 31.1°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 136 | 17.2 | 12.112 h |
| October | 30.7°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 234 | 24.7 | 12.112 h |
| November | 29.6°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 296 | 28.4 | 12.212 h |
| December | 29.0°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 289 | 28.3 | 12.212 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
- Palembang in MayIndonesia · 193 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 24.0°C · 183 mm rain
- Lubuklinggau in MayIndonesia · 206 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 22.3°C · 189 mm rain
- Prabumulih in MayIndonesia · 215 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 23.6°C · 171 mm rain
- Sungai Penuh in MayIndonesia · 252 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 20.5°C · 239 mm rain
- Pagar Alam in MayIndonesia · 273 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 20.7°C · 238 mm rain
- Sungailiat in MayIndonesia · 280 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 25.2°C · 226 mm rain
- Pangkalpinang in MayIndonesia · 284 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 24.8°C · 234 mm rain
- Bengkulu in MayIndonesia · 287 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 23.8°C · 209 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 Jambi City) is explained once on the Jambi City year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.