Climate averages 1991–2020
Pagar Alam weather
in May.
A warm, 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 warm month in Pagar Alam: daytime highs average 27.1°C and nights cool to about 20.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 238 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 56 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Lubuklinggau (92 km away). In May its highs average 29.3°C, 2.2°C warmer than Pagar Alam, with 189 mm of rain.
Among the 200 cities listed in Indonesia, Pagar Alam ranks 187th of 200 for the warmest May highs and 173rd of 200 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 200 cities is 29.2°C; Pagar Alam is 2.1°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 0.2°C to 26.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 238 mm to 154 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
Pagar Alam climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 25.9°C20.4°C | 20.4°C | 291 | 29.1 | 12.312 h |
| February | 26.3°C20.4°C | 20.4°C | 272 | 25.6 | 12.212 h |
| March | 26.8°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 281 | 27.7 | 12.112 h |
| April | 26.9°C20.7°C | 20.7°C | 308 | 27.9 | 12.012 h |
| May, selected | 27.1°C20.7°C | 20.7°C | 238 | 26.2 | 11.912 h |
| June | 26.9°C20.3°C | 20.3°C | 154 | 20.9 | 11.912 h |
| July | 26.7°C19.9°C | 19.9°C | 173 | 20.6 | 11.912 h |
| August | 27.1°C19.9°C | 19.9°C | 159 | 19.3 | 12.012 h |
| September | 27.4°C20.1°C | 20.1°C | 195 | 18.8 | 12.112 h |
| October | 27.3°C20.3°C | 20.3°C | 301 | 23.4 | 12.212 h |
| November | 26.5°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 376 | 27.4 | 12.312 h |
| December | 26.0°C20.4°C | 20.4°C | 331 | 29.3 | 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
- Lubuklinggau in MayIndonesia · 92 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 22.3°C · 189 mm rain
- Baturaja in MayIndonesia · 103 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 23.1°C · 173 mm rain
- Bengkulu in MayIndonesia · 112 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 23.8°C · 209 mm rain
- Prabumulih in MayIndonesia · 127 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 23.6°C · 171 mm rain
- Palembang in MayIndonesia · 207 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 24.0°C · 183 mm rain
- Metro in MayIndonesia · 258 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 23.3°C · 158 mm rain
- Bandar Lampung in MayIndonesia · 272 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 23.7°C · 202 mm rain
- Jambi City in MayIndonesia · 273 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 24.0°C · 197 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 Pagar Alam) is explained once on the Pagar Alam year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.