Climate averages 1991–2020

Metro weather
in May.

A hot, wet month: the joint 6th warmest and the 6th driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 29.8°C Daytime mean, May
Average low 23.3°C Night-time mean, May
Rainfall 158 mm 24 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
Every month in Metro · average highYear overview

May is a hot month in Metro: daytime highs average 29.8°C and nights cool to about 23.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 6th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 158 mm of rain on roughly 24 days, which makes May a wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 53 min on an average May day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Bandar Lampung (36 km away). In May its highs average 29.5°C, about as warm as Metro, with 202 mm of rain.

Among the 200 cities listed in Indonesia, Metro ranks joint 73rd of 200 for the warmest May highs and 103rd of 200 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 200 cities is 29.2°C; Metro is 0.7°C warmer than that mean.

From May to June, average highs fall by 0.3°C to 29.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 158 mm to 105 mm.

The annual picture

May in context

30-year average
Average highAverage low°C
Average daily high and low temperatures by month The same values are available in the monthly table below. Lines show mean daily maxima and minima, not a forecast interval. 20253035 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm
Average monthly rainfall totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 3000

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Metro climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Metro, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 29.2°C22.9°C22.9°C22827.912.412 h
February 29.4°C23.0°C23.0°C21125.212.312 h
March 29.8°C23.1°C23.1°C24628.312.112 h
April 29.9°C23.3°C23.3°C21526.812.012 h
May, selected 29.8°C23.3°C23.3°C15824.311.912 h
June 29.5°C22.8°C22.8°C10520.011.812 h
July 29.4°C22.2°C22.2°C9317.711.912 h
August 30.1°C22.3°C22.3°C6813.611.912 h
September 31.3°C22.7°C22.7°C6211.012.112 h
October 31.4°C23.3°C23.3°C11617.412.212 h
November 30.4°C23.4°C23.4°C19124.212.312 h
December 29.3°C23.0°C23.0°C26528.312.412 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

Distance from Metro

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 limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Metro) is explained once on the Metro year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.