Climate averages 1991–2020
Sampit weather
in May.
A hot, very wet month: the joint 4th 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 Sampit: daytime highs average 30.3°C and nights cool to about 24.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 213 mm of rain on roughly 25 days, which makes May a very wet month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 00 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Palangkaraya (113 km away). In May its highs average 30.2°C, about as warm as Sampit, with 189 mm of rain.
Among the 200 cities listed in Indonesia, Sampit ranks joint 14th of 200 for the warmest May highs and 154th of 200 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 200 cities is 29.2°C; Sampit is 1.2°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 0.3°C to 30.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 213 mm to 155 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
Sampit climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.9°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 262 | 27.7 | 12.212 h |
| February | 30.2°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 235 | 24.1 | 12.212 h |
| March | 30.3°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 291 | 28.0 | 12.112 h |
| April | 30.3°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 298 | 28.4 | 12.112 h |
| May, selected | 30.3°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 213 | 24.7 | 12.012 h |
| June | 30.0°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 155 | 19.3 | 12.012 h |
| July | 29.9°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 116 | 16.5 | 12.012 h |
| August | 30.6°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 94 | 12.8 | 12.012 h |
| September | 31.2°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 130 | 13.9 | 12.112 h |
| October | 31.0°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 254 | 21.6 | 12.212 h |
| November | 30.3°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 310 | 28.2 | 12.212 h |
| December | 29.8°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 286 | 28.9 | 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
- Palangkaraya in MayIndonesia · 113 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 23.7°C · 189 mm rain
- Pangkalanbuun in MayIndonesia · 148 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 24.1°C · 210 mm rain
- Banjarmasin in MayIndonesia · 202 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 24.2°C · 149 mm rain
- Banjarbaru in MayIndonesia · 233 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 23.6°C · 185 mm rain
- Martapura in MayIndonesia · 234 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 23.8°C · 185 mm rain
- Sintang in MayIndonesia · 331 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 23.9°C · 243 mm rain
- Nusantara in MayIndonesia · 452 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 23.8°C · 270 mm rain
- Balikpapan in MayIndonesia · 453 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 24.6°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 Sampit) is explained once on the Sampit year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.