Climate averages 1991–2020
Sintang weather
in May.
A hot, very wet month: the joint 3rd warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a hot month in Sintang: daytime highs average 30.2°C and nights cool to about 23.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 243 mm of rain on roughly 25 days, which makes May a very wet month (the 6th 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 Kuching (210 km away). In May its highs average 30.3°C, about as warm as Sintang, with 245 mm of rain.
Among the 200 cities listed in Indonesia, Sintang ranks joint 28th of 200 for the warmest May highs and 175th of 200 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 200 cities is 29.2°C; Sintang is 1.0°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 0.2°C to 30.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 243 mm to 186 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
Sintang climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.6°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 277 | 26.7 | 12.112 h |
| February | 29.8°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 231 | 23.2 | 12.112 h |
| March | 30.2°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 266 | 26.9 | 12.112 h |
| April | 30.2°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 266 | 27.5 | 12.112 h |
| May, selected | 30.2°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 243 | 24.9 | 12.112 h |
| June | 30.0°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 186 | 20.0 | 12.112 h |
| July | 30.0°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 160 | 17.5 | 12.112 h |
| August | 30.6°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 165 | 17.5 | 12.112 h |
| September | 30.5°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 237 | 21.7 | 12.112 h |
| October | 30.2°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 313 | 27.8 | 12.112 h |
| November | 29.9°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 318 | 28.6 | 12.112 h |
| December | 29.7°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 267 | 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
- Kuching in MayMalaysia · 210 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 24.5°C · 245 mm rain
- Pontianak in MayIndonesia · 242 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 24.2°C · 225 mm rain
- Sibu in MayMalaysia · 251 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 23.9°C · 218 mm rain
- Singkawang in MayIndonesia · 295 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 24.8°C · 221 mm rain
- Pangkalanbuun in MayIndonesia · 306 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 24.1°C · 210 mm rain
- Sampit in MayIndonesia · 331 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 24.0°C · 213 mm rain
- Palangkaraya in MayIndonesia · 369 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 23.7°C · 189 mm rain
- Bintulu in MayMalaysia · 385 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 24.2°C · 183 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 Sintang) is explained once on the Sintang year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.