Climate averages 1991–2020
Lhokseumawe weather
in May.
A hot, wet month: the 2nd warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a hot month in Lhokseumawe: daytime highs average 29.8°C and nights cool to about 25.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 95 mm of rain on roughly 16 days, which makes May a wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 21 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Langsa (120 km away). In May its highs average 30.2°C, about as warm as Lhokseumawe, with 148 mm of rain.
Among the 200 cities listed in Indonesia, Lhokseumawe ranks joint 73rd of 200 for the warmest May highs and 35th of 200 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 200 cities is 29.2°C; Lhokseumawe is 0.6°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 0.1°C to 29.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 95 mm to 61 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
Lhokseumawe climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.0°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 113 | 17.6 | 11.912 h |
| February | 28.6°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 60 | 11.3 | 12.012 h |
| March | 29.2°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 66 | 13.0 | 12.112 h |
| April | 29.5°C25.1°C | 25.1°C | 86 | 17.2 | 12.212 h |
| May, selected | 29.8°C25.4°C | 25.4°C | 95 | 16.4 | 12.412 h |
| June | 29.9°C25.4°C | 25.4°C | 61 | 12.4 | 12.412 h |
| July | 29.5°C25.1°C | 25.1°C | 66 | 13.1 | 12.412 h |
| August | 29.4°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 79 | 15.2 | 12.312 h |
| September | 29.1°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 92 | 18.0 | 12.112 h |
| October | 28.5°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 158 | 24.1 | 12.012 h |
| November | 28.0°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 248 | 26.0 | 11.912 h |
| December | 27.7°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 258 | 24.1 | 11.812 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
- Langsa in MayIndonesia · 120 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 24.6°C · 148 mm rain
- Banda Aceh in MayIndonesia · 205 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 25.2°C · 219 mm rain
- Binjai in MayIndonesia · 230 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 22.5°C · 266 mm rain
- Belawan in MayIndonesia · 231 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 23.9°C · 250 mm rain
- Sunggal in MayIndonesia · 241 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 22.8°C · 266 mm rain
- Medan in MayIndonesia · 244 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 23.2°C · 279 mm rain
- Percut in MayIndonesia · 257 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 24.0°C · 250 mm rain
- Perbaungan in MayIndonesia · 269 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 24.6°C · 182 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 Lhokseumawe) is explained once on the Lhokseumawe year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.