Climate averages 1991–2020
Sukabumi weather
in May.
A warm, very wet month: the joint 5th warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a warm month in Sukabumi: daytime highs average 27.5°C and nights cool to about 20.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 187 mm of rain on roughly 24 days, which makes May a very wet month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 48 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Cicurug (22 km away). In May its highs average 28.4°C, 0.9°C warmer than Sukabumi, with 201 mm of rain.
Among the 200 cities listed in Indonesia, Sukabumi ranks joint 181st of 200 for the warmest May highs and 128th of 200 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 200 cities is 29.2°C; Sukabumi is 1.7°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs stay level at 27.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 187 mm to 111 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
Sukabumi climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 26.3°C20.2°C | 20.2°C | 362 | 29.4 | 12.512 h |
| February | 26.5°C20.2°C | 20.2°C | 329 | 26.6 | 12.312 h |
| March | 27.0°C20.3°C | 20.3°C | 364 | 29.6 | 12.112 h |
| April | 27.3°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 302 | 27.8 | 12.012 h |
| May, selected | 27.5°C20.4°C | 20.4°C | 187 | 24.4 | 11.812 h |
| June | 27.5°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 111 | 18.8 | 11.712 h |
| July | 27.8°C19.7°C | 19.7°C | 93 | 15.4 | 11.812 h |
| August | 28.4°C19.7°C | 19.7°C | 76 | 11.6 | 11.912 h |
| September | 28.8°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 113 | 15.4 | 12.112 h |
| October | 28.2°C20.4°C | 20.4°C | 264 | 23.3 | 12.312 h |
| November | 27.2°C20.6°C | 20.6°C | 394 | 27.8 | 12.412 h |
| December | 26.4°C20.4°C | 20.4°C | 406 | 29.1 | 12.513 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
- Cicurug in MayIndonesia · 22 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 21.4°C · 201 mm rain
- Cianjur in MayIndonesia · 26 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 21.1°C · 140 mm rain
- Caringin in MayIndonesia · 26 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 21.5°C · 201 mm rain
- Ciranjang-hilir in MayIndonesia · 38 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 21.1°C · 140 mm rain
- Bogor in MayIndonesia · 39 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 21.7°C · 164 mm rain
- Pelabuhanratu in MayIndonesia · 42 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 23.9°C · 197 mm rain
- Ciampea in MayIndonesia · 47 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 22.6°C · 164 mm rain
- Cibinong in MayIndonesia · 49 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 22.0°C · 164 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 Sukabumi) is explained once on the Sukabumi year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.