Climate averages 1991–2020
Manado weather
in May.
A hot, very wet month: the 4th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a hot month in Manado: daytime highs average 30.3°C and nights cool to about 25.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 265 mm of rain on roughly 27 days, which makes May a very wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 11 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Bitung (31 km away). In May its highs average 29.3°C, 0.9°C cooler than Manado, with 222 mm of rain.
Among the 200 cities listed in Indonesia, Manado ranks joint 14th of 200 for the warmest May highs and joint 185th of 200 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 200 cities is 29.2°C; Manado is 1.1°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 0.2°C to 30.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 265 mm to 283 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
Manado climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.7°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 268 | 28.2 | 12.012 h |
| February | 28.8°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 233 | 24.5 | 12.112 h |
| March | 29.2°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 214 | 25.8 | 12.112 h |
| April | 29.8°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 228 | 26.0 | 12.112 h |
| May, selected | 30.3°C25.2°C | 25.2°C | 265 | 27.1 | 12.212 h |
| June | 30.0°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 283 | 24.4 | 12.212 h |
| July | 29.9°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 211 | 20.2 | 12.212 h |
| August | 30.5°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 141 | 15.2 | 12.212 h |
| September | 31.0°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 155 | 18.0 | 12.112 h |
| October | 30.7°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 228 | 23.4 | 12.112 h |
| November | 29.8°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 250 | 28.3 | 12.112 h |
| December | 29.1°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 281 | 29.6 | 12.012 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
- Bitung in MayIndonesia · 31 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 25.4°C · 222 mm rain
- Kotamobagu in MayIndonesia · 102 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 23.2°C · 345 mm rain
- Gorontalo in MayIndonesia · 225 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 24.2°C · 234 mm rain
- Ternate in MayIndonesia · 292 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 25.6°C · 301 mm rain
- Toli-Toli in MayIndonesia · 451 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 21.4°C · 195 mm rain
- Tupi in MayPhilippines · 540 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 22.9°C · 240 mm rain
- Surallah in MayPhilippines · 544 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 23.4°C · 173 mm rain
- Banga in MayPhilippines · 550 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 23.1°C · 173 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 Manado) is explained once on the Manado year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.