Climate averages 1991–2020
Payakumbuh weather
in May.
A hot, very wet month: one of the warmest and the joint 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a hot month in Payakumbuh: daytime highs average 28.4°C and nights cool to about 21.0°C. By daytime temperature it is one of the warmest months of the year.
Expect about 199 mm of rain on roughly 26 days, which makes May a very wet month (the joint 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 06 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Bukittinggi (31 km away). In May its highs average 26.5°C, 1.9°C cooler than Payakumbuh, with 315 mm of rain.
Among the 200 cities listed in Indonesia, Payakumbuh ranks joint 154th of 200 for the warmest May highs and 141st of 200 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 200 cities is 29.2°C; Payakumbuh is 0.8°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs stay level at 28.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 199 mm to 135 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
Payakumbuh climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 26.7°C20.3°C | 20.3°C | 250 | 27.1 | 12.112 h |
| February | 27.3°C20.4°C | 20.4°C | 199 | 24.0 | 12.112 h |
| March | 27.8°C20.6°C | 20.6°C | 248 | 27.6 | 12.112 h |
| April | 28.0°C20.8°C | 20.8°C | 268 | 28.0 | 12.112 h |
| May, selected | 28.4°C21.0°C | 21.0°C | 199 | 25.8 | 12.112 h |
| June | 28.4°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 135 | 21.4 | 12.112 h |
| July | 28.1°C20.2°C | 20.2°C | 145 | 21.6 | 12.112 h |
| August | 28.0°C20.3°C | 20.3°C | 178 | 23.3 | 12.112 h |
| September | 27.9°C20.4°C | 20.4°C | 213 | 25.1 | 12.112 h |
| October | 27.7°C20.4°C | 20.4°C | 252 | 27.6 | 12.112 h |
| November | 27.1°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 326 | 27.8 | 12.112 h |
| December | 26.7°C20.4°C | 20.4°C | 292 | 27.6 | 12.112 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
- Bukittinggi in MayIndonesia · 31 kmHigh 26.5°C · Low 19.3°C · 315 mm rain
- Solok in MayIndonesia · 65 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 21.6°C · 153 mm rain
- Pariaman in MayIndonesia · 73 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 23.6°C · 337 mm rain
- Padang in MayIndonesia · 87 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 24.0°C · 291 mm rain
- Pekanbaru in MayIndonesia · 121 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 23.9°C · 191 mm rain
- Sungai Penuh in MayIndonesia · 221 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 20.5°C · 239 mm rain
- Dumai in MayIndonesia · 228 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 24.3°C · 224 mm rain
- Padangsidempuan in MayIndonesia · 233 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 22.0°C · 198 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 Payakumbuh) is explained once on the Payakumbuh year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.