Climate averages 1991–2020
Kupang weather
in May.
A hot, fairly dry month: the 7th warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a hot month in Kupang: daytime highs average 30.1°C and nights cool to about 24.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 23 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes May a fairly dry month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 39 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Atambua (184 km away). In May its highs average 28.7°C, 1.5°C cooler than Kupang, with 48 mm of rain.
Among the 200 cities listed in Indonesia, Kupang ranks joint 41st of 200 for the warmest May highs and 1st of 200 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 200 cities is 29.2°C; Kupang is 1.0°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 0.6°C to 29.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 23 mm to 15 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
Kupang climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.3°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 273 | 26.8 | 12.613 h |
| February | 29.0°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 244 | 25.4 | 12.412 h |
| March | 29.6°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 199 | 22.6 | 12.212 h |
| April | 30.2°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 78 | 11.0 | 11.912 h |
| May, selected | 30.1°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 23 | 3.7 | 11.712 h |
| June | 29.6°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 15 | 1.9 | 11.512 h |
| July | 29.5°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 4.2 | 1.0 | 11.612 h |
| August | 30.3°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 1.7 | 0.5 | 11.812 h |
| September | 31.9°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 4.2 | 0.8 | 12.012 h |
| October | 33.0°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 18 | 3.5 | 12.312 h |
| November | 33.0°C25.4°C | 25.4°C | 73 | 10.5 | 12.613 h |
| December | 30.4°C25.1°C | 25.1°C | 236 | 24.4 | 12.713 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
- Atambua in MayIndonesia · 184 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 21.7°C · 48 mm rain
- Maumere in MayIndonesia · 231 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 25.5°C · 46 mm rain
- Ende in MayIndonesia · 259 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 24.8°C · 83 mm rain
- Dili in MayTimor Leste · 281 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 23.5°C · 74 mm rain
- Labuan Bajo in MayIndonesia · 449 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 24.8°C · 96 mm rain
- Baubau in MayIndonesia · 535 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 25.0°C · 143 mm rain
- Bima in MayIndonesia · 568 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 24.5°C · 58 mm rain
- Kendari in MayIndonesia · 699 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 24.3°C · 315 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 Kupang) is explained once on the Kupang year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.