Climate averages 1991–2020
Sorong weather
in May.
A hot, very wet month: the joint 2nd warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a hot month in Sorong: daytime highs average 29.5°C and nights cool to about 24.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 314 mm of rain on roughly 28 days, which makes May a very wet month (the 9th 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 Manokwari (312 km away). In May its highs average 27.6°C, 1.9°C cooler than Sorong, with 220 mm of rain.
Among the 200 cities listed in Indonesia, Sorong ranks joint 100th of 200 for the warmest May highs and 196th of 200 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 200 cities is 29.2°C; Sorong is 0.4°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 0.5°C to 29.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 314 mm to 302 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
Sorong climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.9°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 305 | 27.7 | 12.212 h |
| February | 28.9°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 265 | 24.7 | 12.112 h |
| March | 29.0°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 342 | 28.5 | 12.112 h |
| April | 29.3°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 374 | 29.0 | 12.112 h |
| May, selected | 29.5°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 314 | 28.2 | 12.112 h |
| June | 29.0°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 302 | 25.7 | 12.112 h |
| July | 28.7°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 260 | 23.7 | 12.112 h |
| August | 28.9°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 226 | 20.4 | 12.112 h |
| September | 29.4°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 249 | 23.0 | 12.112 h |
| October | 29.7°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 272 | 24.6 | 12.112 h |
| November | 29.5°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 299 | 27.5 | 12.212 h |
| December | 29.2°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 344 | 29.7 | 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
- Manokwari in MayIndonesia · 312 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 23.5°C · 220 mm rain
- Ambon in MayIndonesia · 464 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 25.7°C · 230 mm rain
- Ternate in MayIndonesia · 469 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 25.6°C · 301 mm rain
- Nabire in MayIndonesia · 546 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 22.2°C · 254 mm rain
- Tual in MayIndonesia · 553 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 25.7°C · 208 mm rain
- Bitung in MayIndonesia · 729 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 25.4°C · 222 mm rain
- Manado in MayIndonesia · 760 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 25.2°C · 265 mm rain
- Kotamobagu in MayIndonesia · 793 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 23.2°C · 345 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 Sorong) is explained once on the Sorong year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.