Climate averages 1991–2020
Klaten weather
in May.
A hot, wet month: the 6th 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 Klaten: daytime highs average 29.5°C and nights cool to about 21.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 122 mm of rain on roughly 17 days, which makes May a wet month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 46 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kartasura (22 km away). In May its highs average 29.7°C, about as warm as Klaten, with 107 mm of rain.
Among the 200 cities listed in Indonesia, Klaten ranks joint 100th of 200 for the warmest May highs and 62nd of 200 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 200 cities is 29.2°C; Klaten is 0.3°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 0.1°C to 29.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 122 mm to 70 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
Klaten climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.4°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 428 | 29.3 | 12.513 h |
| February | 28.7°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 428 | 27.7 | 12.412 h |
| March | 28.9°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 372 | 29.0 | 12.112 h |
| April | 29.2°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 260 | 25.5 | 11.912 h |
| May, selected | 29.5°C21.5°C | 21.5°C | 122 | 16.8 | 11.812 h |
| June | 29.6°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 70 | 10.7 | 11.712 h |
| July | 29.7°C20.2°C | 20.2°C | 36 | 6.1 | 11.712 h |
| August | 30.2°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 21 | 3.9 | 11.912 h |
| September | 31.0°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 41 | 6.4 | 12.112 h |
| October | 30.8°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 135 | 16.0 | 12.312 h |
| November | 29.3°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 297 | 25.8 | 12.512 h |
| December | 28.3°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 391 | 28.5 | 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
- Kartasura in MayIndonesia · 22 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 22.2°C · 107 mm rain
- Yogyakarta in MayIndonesia · 29 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 22.1°C · 150 mm rain
- Wonosari in MayIndonesia · 29 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 22.8°C · 83 mm rain
- Surakarta in MayIndonesia · 30 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 22.5°C · 107 mm rain
- Sewon in MayIndonesia · 33 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 23.4°C · 82 mm rain
- Kasihan in MayIndonesia · 33 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 22.4°C · 150 mm rain
- Muntilan in MayIndonesia · 37 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 20.8°C · 165 mm rain
- Salatiga in MayIndonesia · 43 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 20.7°C · 126 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 Klaten) is explained once on the Klaten year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.