Climate averages 1991–2020
Nabire weather
in May.
A hot, very wet month: the joint 3rd warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a hot month in Nabire: daytime highs average 28.4°C and nights cool to about 22.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 254 mm of rain on roughly 26 days, which makes May a very wet month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 58 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Manokwari (320 km away). In May its highs average 27.6°C, 0.7°C cooler than Nabire, with 220 mm of rain.
Among the 200 cities listed in Indonesia, Nabire ranks joint 154th of 200 for the warmest May highs and 180th of 200 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 200 cities is 29.2°C; Nabire is 0.8°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 0.5°C to 27.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 254 mm to 231 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
Nabire climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.4°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 324 | 27.7 | 12.312 h |
| February | 28.3°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 306 | 25.0 | 12.212 h |
| March | 28.4°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 365 | 27.7 | 12.112 h |
| April | 28.4°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 373 | 26.7 | 12.012 h |
| May, selected | 28.4°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 254 | 25.6 | 12.012 h |
| June | 27.9°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 231 | 24.5 | 11.912 h |
| July | 27.6°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 185 | 23.1 | 11.912 h |
| August | 27.9°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 204 | 22.6 | 12.012 h |
| September | 28.2°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 255 | 24.7 | 12.112 h |
| October | 28.4°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 250 | 25.6 | 12.212 h |
| November | 28.5°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 280 | 25.2 | 12.312 h |
| December | 28.6°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 288 | 27.7 | 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
- Manokwari in MayIndonesia · 320 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 23.5°C · 220 mm rain
- Tual in MayIndonesia · 396 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 25.7°C · 208 mm rain
- Sorong in MayIndonesia · 546 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 24.4°C · 314 mm rain
- Jayapura in MayIndonesia · 587 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 24.6°C · 215 mm rain
- Merauke in MayIndonesia · 788 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 24.5°C · 106 mm rain
- Ambon in MayIndonesia · 813 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 25.7°C · 230 mm rain
- Manado in MayIndonesia · 1301 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 25.2°C · 265 mm rain
- Kendari in MayIndonesia · 1443 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 24.3°C · 315 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 Nabire) is explained once on the Nabire year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.