Climate averages 1991–2020
Pontianak weather
in May.
A hot, very wet month: the joint 3rd warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a hot month in Pontianak: daytime highs average 30.1°C and nights cool to about 24.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 225 mm of rain on roughly 25 days, which makes May a very wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 07 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Singkawang (111 km away). In May its highs average 29.6°C, 0.5°C cooler than Pontianak, with 221 mm of rain.
Among the 200 cities listed in Indonesia, Pontianak ranks joint 41st of 200 for the warmest May highs and 164th of 200 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 200 cities is 29.2°C; Pontianak is 1.0°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 0.1°C to 30.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 225 mm to 170 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
Pontianak climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.0°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 259 | 24.8 | 12.112 h |
| February | 29.5°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 173 | 19.7 | 12.112 h |
| March | 29.9°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 199 | 23.0 | 12.112 h |
| April | 29.9°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 256 | 27.4 | 12.112 h |
| May, selected | 30.1°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 225 | 24.8 | 12.112 h |
| June | 30.0°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 170 | 19.8 | 12.112 h |
| July | 30.1°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 149 | 17.9 | 12.112 h |
| August | 30.5°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 141 | 17.1 | 12.112 h |
| September | 30.3°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 191 | 20.7 | 12.112 h |
| October | 29.6°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 309 | 27.6 | 12.112 h |
| November | 28.9°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 386 | 29.0 | 12.112 h |
| December | 28.7°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 364 | 28.1 | 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
- Singkawang in MayIndonesia · 111 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 24.8°C · 221 mm rain
- Kuching in MayMalaysia · 209 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 24.5°C · 245 mm rain
- Sintang in MayIndonesia · 242 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 23.9°C · 243 mm rain
- Tanjung Pandan in MayIndonesia · 354 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 25.1°C · 236 mm rain
- Sibu in MayMalaysia · 379 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 23.9°C · 218 mm rain
- Pangkalanbuun in MayIndonesia · 390 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 24.1°C · 210 mm rain
- Sungailiat in MayIndonesia · 410 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 25.2°C · 226 mm rain
- Pangkalpinang in MayIndonesia · 426 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 24.8°C · 234 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 Pontianak) is explained once on the Pontianak year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.