Climate averages 1991–2020

Pangkalpinang weather
in May.

A hot, very wet month: the joint 4th warmest and the 6th driest of the year.

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

Average high 29.5°C Daytime mean, May

Average low 24.8°C Night-time mean, May

Rainfall 234 mm 27 days with ≥1 mm

Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

May is a hot month in Pangkalpinang: daytime highs average 29.5°C and nights cool to about 24.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 4th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 234 mm of rain on roughly 27 days, which makes May a very wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 01 min on an average May day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Sungailiat (31 km away). In May its highs average 29.4°C, about as warm as Pangkalpinang, with 226 mm of rain.

Among the 200 cities listed in Indonesia, Pangkalpinang ranks joint 100th of 200 for the warmest May highs and joint 169th of 200 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 200 cities is 29.2°C; Pangkalpinang is 0.3°C warmer than that mean.

From May to June, average highs fall by 0.2°C to 29.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 234 mm to 170 mm.

The annual picture

May in context

30-year average

Average highAverage low°C

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm

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

Every month, side by side

Pangkalpinang climate table

1991–2020

Monthly climate averages for Pangkalpinang, 1991–2020
Month	Average highHigh / low	Average low	Rainfall mm/month	Rain days ≥1 mm/day	Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day
January	28.4°C24.2°C	24.2°C	289	27.9	12.212 h
February	28.8°C24.3°C	24.3°C	243	24.2	12.212 h
March	29.3°C24.4°C	24.4°C	328	28.6	12.112 h
April	29.5°C24.5°C	24.5°C	335	29.1	12.112 h
May, selected	29.5°C24.8°C	24.8°C	234	27.2	12.012 h
June	29.2°C24.7°C	24.7°C	170	22.9	12.012 h
July	28.9°C24.5°C	24.5°C	145	19.4	12.012 h
August	29.6°C24.6°C	24.6°C	106	14.4	12.012 h
September	30.0°C24.5°C	24.5°C	120	13.9	12.112 h
October	29.8°C24.3°C	24.3°C	227	20.9	12.212 h
November	29.0°C24.2°C	24.2°C	327	27.9	12.212 h
December	28.4°C24.1°C	24.1°C	360	30.1	12.212 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 Pangkalpinang

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 Pangkalpinang) is explained once on the Pangkalpinang year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.