Climate averages 1991–2020
Singkawang weather
in May.
A hot, very wet month: one of the warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a hot month in Singkawang: daytime highs average 29.6°C and nights cool to about 24.8°C. By daytime temperature it is one of the warmest months of the year.
Expect about 221 mm of rain on roughly 25 days, which makes May a very wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 10 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Pontianak (111 km away). In May its highs average 30.1°C, 0.5°C warmer than Singkawang, with 225 mm of rain.
Among the 200 cities listed in Indonesia, Singkawang ranks joint 92nd of 200 for the warmest May highs and 161st of 200 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 200 cities is 29.2°C; Singkawang is 0.5°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 0.1°C to 29.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 221 mm to 193 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
Singkawang climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.3°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 283 | 25.5 | 12.112 h |
| February | 28.6°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 178 | 19.8 | 12.112 h |
| March | 29.2°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 187 | 22.1 | 12.112 h |
| April | 29.4°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 212 | 25.0 | 12.112 h |
| May, selected | 29.6°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 221 | 24.7 | 12.212 h |
| June | 29.5°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 193 | 20.6 | 12.212 h |
| July | 29.4°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 178 | 19.1 | 12.212 h |
| August | 29.6°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 163 | 19.1 | 12.112 h |
| September | 29.3°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 203 | 21.8 | 12.112 h |
| October | 28.8°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 303 | 27.0 | 12.112 h |
| November | 28.3°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 395 | 28.9 | 12.112 h |
| December | 28.2°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 399 | 28.2 | 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
- Pontianak in MayIndonesia · 111 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 24.2°C · 225 mm rain
- Kuching in MayMalaysia · 166 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 24.5°C · 245 mm rain
- Sintang in MayIndonesia · 295 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 23.9°C · 243 mm rain
- Sibu in MayMalaysia · 351 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 23.9°C · 218 mm rain
- Tanjung Pandan in MayIndonesia · 432 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 25.1°C · 236 mm rain
- Sungailiat in MayIndonesia · 442 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 25.2°C · 226 mm rain
- Pangkalpinang in MayIndonesia · 465 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 24.8°C · 234 mm rain
- Pangkalanbuun in MayIndonesia · 496 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 24.1°C · 210 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 Singkawang) is explained once on the Singkawang year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.