Climate averages 1991–2020
Prabumulih weather
in May.
A hot, wet month: the 5th 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 Prabumulih: daytime highs average 30.2°C and nights cool to about 23.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 171 mm of rain on roughly 24 days, which makes May a 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 Baturaja (78 km away). In May its highs average 30.0°C, about as warm as Prabumulih, with 173 mm of rain.
Among the 200 cities listed in Indonesia, Prabumulih ranks joint 28th of 200 for the warmest May highs and 118th of 200 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 200 cities is 29.2°C; Prabumulih 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 171 mm to 101 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
Prabumulih climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.1°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 242 | 27.7 | 12.312 h |
| February | 29.6°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 246 | 25.3 | 12.212 h |
| March | 30.0°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 304 | 28.9 | 12.112 h |
| April | 30.1°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 281 | 28.1 | 12.012 h |
| May, selected | 30.2°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 171 | 24.0 | 12.012 h |
| June | 30.0°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 101 | 18.4 | 11.912 h |
| July | 30.3°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 95 | 16.2 | 11.912 h |
| August | 31.6°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 79 | 13.2 | 12.012 h |
| September | 32.3°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 97 | 13.2 | 12.112 h |
| October | 31.9°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 209 | 19.9 | 12.212 h |
| November | 30.1°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 297 | 26.8 | 12.312 h |
| December | 29.2°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 291 | 28.5 | 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
- Baturaja in MayIndonesia · 78 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 23.1°C · 173 mm rain
- Palembang in MayIndonesia · 81 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 24.0°C · 183 mm rain
- Pagar Alam in MayIndonesia · 127 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 20.7°C · 238 mm rain
- Lubuklinggau in MayIndonesia · 153 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 22.3°C · 189 mm rain
- Jambi City in MayIndonesia · 215 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 24.0°C · 197 mm rain
- Metro in MayIndonesia · 222 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 23.3°C · 158 mm rain
- Bengkulu in MayIndonesia · 222 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 23.8°C · 209 mm rain
- Bandar Lampung in MayIndonesia · 249 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 23.7°C · 202 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 Prabumulih) is explained once on the Prabumulih year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.