Climate averages 1991–2020
Merauke weather
in May.
A hot, wet month: the 9th warmest and the joint 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a hot month in Merauke: daytime highs average 28.8°C and nights cool to about 24.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 106 mm of rain on roughly 18 days, which makes May a wet month (the joint 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 Jayapura (664 km away). In May its highs average 29.6°C, 0.8°C warmer than Merauke, with 215 mm of rain.
Among the 200 cities listed in Indonesia, Merauke ranks joint 141st of 200 for the warmest May highs and 49th of 200 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 200 cities is 29.2°C; Merauke is 0.4°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 0.7°C to 28.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 106 mm to 49 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
Merauke climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.5°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 276 | 27.8 | 12.613 h |
| February | 29.2°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 261 | 26.0 | 12.412 h |
| March | 29.1°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 297 | 27.3 | 12.212 h |
| April | 29.2°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 206 | 22.4 | 11.912 h |
| May, selected | 28.8°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 106 | 18.1 | 11.712 h |
| June | 28.1°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 49 | 12.3 | 11.612 h |
| July | 27.7°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 27 | 8.4 | 11.712 h |
| August | 28.1°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 27 | 7.6 | 11.812 h |
| September | 29.3°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 33 | 7.9 | 12.112 h |
| October | 30.3°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 70 | 11.6 | 12.312 h |
| November | 30.8°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 106 | 16.2 | 12.512 h |
| December | 30.2°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 208 | 25.4 | 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
- Jayapura in MayIndonesia · 664 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 24.6°C · 215 mm rain
- Port Moresby in MayPapua New Guinea · 749 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 23.3°C · 81 mm rain
- Nabire in MayIndonesia · 788 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 22.2°C · 254 mm rain
- Tual in MayIndonesia · 903 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 25.7°C · 208 mm rain
- Manokwari in MayIndonesia · 1102 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 23.5°C · 220 mm rain
- Sorong in MayIndonesia · 1320 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 24.4°C · 314 mm rain
- Ambon in MayIndonesia · 1453 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 25.7°C · 230 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 Merauke) is explained once on the Merauke year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.