Climate averages 1991–2020
Sungai Penuh weather
in May.
A warm, very wet month: the warmest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a warm month in Sungai Penuh: daytime highs average 27.5°C and nights cool to about 20.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 239 mm of rain on roughly 26 days, which makes May a very wet month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 01 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Solok (162 km away). In May its highs average 28.4°C, 1.0°C warmer than Sungai Penuh, with 153 mm of rain.
Among the 200 cities listed in Indonesia, Sungai Penuh ranks joint 181st of 200 for the warmest May highs and 174th of 200 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 200 cities is 29.2°C; Sungai Penuh is 1.7°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 0.2°C to 27.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 239 mm to 177 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
Sungai Penuh climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 26.6°C20.1°C | 20.1°C | 340 | 27.9 | 12.212 h |
| February | 27.1°C20.1°C | 20.1°C | 300 | 24.5 | 12.212 h |
| March | 27.1°C20.2°C | 20.2°C | 325 | 27.0 | 12.112 h |
| April | 27.2°C20.4°C | 20.4°C | 329 | 27.9 | 12.112 h |
| May, selected | 27.5°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 239 | 25.8 | 12.012 h |
| June | 27.2°C20.1°C | 20.1°C | 177 | 22.1 | 12.012 h |
| July | 26.7°C19.7°C | 19.7°C | 192 | 22.5 | 12.012 h |
| August | 26.8°C19.7°C | 19.7°C | 218 | 24.2 | 12.012 h |
| September | 26.9°C19.8°C | 19.8°C | 257 | 24.8 | 12.112 h |
| October | 26.7°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 313 | 26.7 | 12.212 h |
| November | 26.4°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 379 | 27.8 | 12.212 h |
| December | 26.3°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 372 | 28.0 | 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
- Solok in MayIndonesia · 162 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 21.6°C · 153 mm rain
- Padang in MayIndonesia · 169 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 24.0°C · 291 mm rain
- Pariaman in MayIndonesia · 213 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 23.6°C · 337 mm rain
- Lubuklinggau in MayIndonesia · 214 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 22.3°C · 189 mm rain
- Bengkulu in MayIndonesia · 217 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 23.8°C · 209 mm rain
- Payakumbuh in MayIndonesia · 221 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 21.0°C · 199 mm rain
- Bukittinggi in MayIndonesia · 225 kmHigh 26.5°C · Low 19.3°C · 315 mm rain
- Jambi City in MayIndonesia · 252 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 24.0°C · 197 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 Sungai Penuh) is explained once on the Sungai Penuh year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.