Climate averages 1991–2020
Solok weather
in May.
A hot, wet month: one of the 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 Solok: daytime highs average 28.4°C and nights cool to about 21.6°C. By daytime temperature it is one of the warmest months of the year.
Expect about 153 mm of rain on roughly 23 days, which makes May a wet month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 05 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Padang (38 km away). In May its highs average 29.2°C, 0.8°C warmer than Solok, with 291 mm of rain.
Among the 200 cities listed in Indonesia, Solok ranks joint 154th of 200 for the warmest May highs and joint 97th of 200 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 200 cities is 29.2°C; Solok is 0.8°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs stay level at 28.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 153 mm to 97 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
Solok climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 26.9°C20.7°C | 20.7°C | 194 | 24.7 | 12.212 h |
| February | 27.5°C20.8°C | 20.8°C | 151 | 20.9 | 12.112 h |
| March | 27.9°C21.2°C | 21.2°C | 180 | 24.7 | 12.112 h |
| April | 27.9°C21.5°C | 21.5°C | 209 | 25.6 | 12.112 h |
| May, selected | 28.4°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 153 | 22.5 | 12.112 h |
| June | 28.4°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 97 | 18.1 | 12.112 h |
| July | 28.2°C21.0°C | 21.0°C | 107 | 19.1 | 12.112 h |
| August | 28.2°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 137 | 21.2 | 12.112 h |
| September | 28.1°C21.2°C | 21.2°C | 157 | 23.5 | 12.112 h |
| October | 27.7°C21.2°C | 21.2°C | 181 | 25.2 | 12.112 h |
| November | 27.0°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 255 | 26.1 | 12.212 h |
| December | 26.8°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 228 | 25.4 | 12.212 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
- Padang in MayIndonesia · 38 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 24.0°C · 291 mm rain
- Pariaman in MayIndonesia · 63 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 23.6°C · 337 mm rain
- Bukittinggi in MayIndonesia · 63 kmHigh 26.5°C · Low 19.3°C · 315 mm rain
- Payakumbuh in MayIndonesia · 65 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 21.0°C · 199 mm rain
- Sungai Penuh in MayIndonesia · 162 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 20.5°C · 239 mm rain
- Pekanbaru in MayIndonesia · 170 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 23.9°C · 191 mm rain
- Padangsidempuan in MayIndonesia · 287 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 22.0°C · 198 mm rain
- Dumai in MayIndonesia · 288 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 24.3°C · 224 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 Solok) is explained once on the Solok year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.