Climate averages 1991–2020
Majene weather
in May.
A hot, wet month: the joint 4th 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 Majene: daytime highs average 28.3°C and nights cool to about 25.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 135 mm of rain on roughly 20 days, which makes May a wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 57 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Parepare (90 km away). In May its highs average 29.8°C, 1.5°C warmer than Majene, with 157 mm of rain.
Among the 200 cities listed in Indonesia, Majene ranks joint 158th of 200 for the warmest May highs and joint 80th of 200 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 200 cities is 29.2°C; Majene is 0.9°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 0.4°C to 27.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 135 mm to 102 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
Majene climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.1°C25.3°C | 25.3°C | 165 | 21.0 | 12.312 h |
| February | 28.3°C25.4°C | 25.4°C | 116 | 17.4 | 12.212 h |
| March | 28.4°C25.3°C | 25.3°C | 130 | 22.3 | 12.112 h |
| April | 28.3°C25.3°C | 25.3°C | 144 | 23.2 | 12.012 h |
| May, selected | 28.3°C25.5°C | 25.5°C | 135 | 20.0 | 12.012 h |
| June | 27.9°C25.2°C | 25.2°C | 102 | 15.5 | 11.912 h |
| July | 27.8°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 63 | 10.6 | 11.912 h |
| August | 28.3°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 27 | 6.6 | 12.012 h |
| September | 28.7°C25.1°C | 25.1°C | 41 | 8.6 | 12.112 h |
| October | 28.8°C25.2°C | 25.2°C | 82 | 15.0 | 12.212 h |
| November | 28.3°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 143 | 22.7 | 12.312 h |
| December | 28.1°C25.3°C | 25.3°C | 187 | 23.8 | 12.312 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
- Parepare in MayIndonesia · 90 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 25.0°C · 157 mm rain
- Palopo in MayIndonesia · 149 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 22.7°C · 288 mm rain
- Makassar in MayIndonesia · 186 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 24.6°C · 231 mm rain
- Watampone in MayIndonesia · 187 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 24.5°C · 283 mm rain
- Galesong in MayIndonesia · 202 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 24.8°C · 52 mm rain
- Balikpapan in MayIndonesia · 347 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 24.6°C · 198 mm rain
- Nusantara in MayIndonesia · 380 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 23.8°C · 270 mm rain
- Loa Janan in MayIndonesia · 389 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 23.9°C · 256 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 Majene) is explained once on the Majene year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.