Climate averages 1991–2020
Mataram weather
in May.
A hot, moderately wet month: the 5th 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 Mataram: daytime highs average 29.9°C and nights cool to about 24.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 48 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 44 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Selong (46 km away). In May its highs average 29.0°C, 0.9°C cooler than Mataram, with 52 mm of rain.
Among the 200 cities listed in Indonesia, Mataram ranks joint 63rd of 200 for the warmest May highs and joint 5th of 200 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 200 cities is 29.2°C; Mataram is 0.8°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 0.2°C to 29.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 48 mm to 29 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
Mataram climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.3°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 248 | 27.6 | 12.613 h |
| February | 28.4°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 215 | 25.4 | 12.412 h |
| March | 28.9°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 218 | 25.5 | 12.212 h |
| April | 29.5°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 159 | 18.8 | 11.912 h |
| May, selected | 29.9°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 48 | 7.9 | 11.712 h |
| June | 29.8°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 29 | 4.6 | 11.612 h |
| July | 29.6°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 17 | 2.8 | 11.712 h |
| August | 30.2°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 5.0 | 1.2 | 11.812 h |
| September | 30.9°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 15 | 2.1 | 12.012 h |
| October | 31.0°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 47 | 7.3 | 12.312 h |
| November | 30.0°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 157 | 19.3 | 12.512 h |
| December | 28.6°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 266 | 26.9 | 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
- Selong in MayIndonesia · 46 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 22.8°C · 52 mm rain
- Klungkung in MayIndonesia · 79 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 24.4°C · 83 mm rain
- Ubud in MayIndonesia · 94 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 23.2°C · 103 mm rain
- Denpasar in MayIndonesia · 99 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 24.7°C · 61 mm rain
- Sukawati in MayIndonesia · 118 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 24.2°C · 83 mm rain
- Singaraja in MayIndonesia · 125 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 24.5°C · 75 mm rain
- Banjar, Indonesia in MayIndonesia · 134 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 25.0°C · 139 mm rain
- Negara in MayIndonesia · 167 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 24.8°C · 53 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 Mataram) is explained once on the Mataram year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.