Climate averages 1991–2020
Purwokerto weather
in May.
A hot, wet month: the joint 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 Purwokerto: daytime highs average 29.4°C and nights cool to about 23.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 148 mm of rain on roughly 20 days, which makes May a wet month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 47 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Cilacap (42 km away). In May its highs average 28.3°C, 1.1°C cooler than Purwokerto, with 162 mm of rain.
Among the 200 cities listed in Indonesia, Purwokerto ranks joint 108th of 200 for the warmest May highs and joint 91st of 200 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 200 cities is 29.2°C; Purwokerto is 0.2°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 0.5°C to 28.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 148 mm to 92 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
Purwokerto climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.2°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 426 | 29.4 | 12.512 h |
| February | 29.5°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 373 | 27.6 | 12.312 h |
| March | 29.5°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 336 | 29.1 | 12.112 h |
| April | 29.5°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 243 | 26.1 | 11.912 h |
| May, selected | 29.4°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 148 | 20.2 | 11.812 h |
| June | 28.9°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 92 | 14.6 | 11.712 h |
| July | 28.4°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 68 | 10.6 | 11.712 h |
| August | 28.7°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 54 | 8.3 | 11.912 h |
| September | 29.4°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 90 | 12.1 | 12.112 h |
| October | 29.6°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 204 | 20.6 | 12.312 h |
| November | 29.0°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 350 | 27.4 | 12.412 h |
| December | 28.8°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 390 | 29.0 | 12.513 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
- Cilacap in MayIndonesia · 42 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 24.7°C · 162 mm rain
- Tarub in MayIndonesia · 55 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 24.5°C · 166 mm rain
- Pemalang in MayIndonesia · 61 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 24.3°C · 181 mm rain
- Tegal in MayIndonesia · 62 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 24.6°C · 123 mm rain
- Kedungwuni in MayIndonesia · 68 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 23.6°C · 202 mm rain
- Wonosobo in MayIndonesia · 74 kmHigh 26.1°C · Low 19.6°C · 191 mm rain
- Pekalongan in MayIndonesia · 77 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 24.0°C · 202 mm rain
- Astanajapura in MayIndonesia · 96 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 24.7°C · 89 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 Purwokerto) is explained once on the Purwokerto year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.