Climate averages 1991–2020
Sungailiat 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 Sungailiat: daytime highs average 29.4°C and nights cool to about 25.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 226 mm of rain on roughly 27 days, which makes May a very wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 02 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Pangkalpinang (31 km away). In May its highs average 29.5°C, about as warm as Sungailiat, with 234 mm of rain.
Among the 200 cities listed in Indonesia, Sungailiat ranks joint 108th of 200 for the warmest May highs and 165th of 200 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 200 cities is 29.2°C; Sungailiat is 0.2°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 0.2°C to 29.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 226 mm to 168 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
Sungailiat climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.1°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 264 | 26.6 | 12.212 h |
| February | 28.5°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 194 | 21.6 | 12.212 h |
| March | 29.1°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 251 | 26.0 | 12.112 h |
| April | 29.4°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 301 | 28.6 | 12.112 h |
| May, selected | 29.4°C25.2°C | 25.2°C | 226 | 26.5 | 12.012 h |
| June | 29.2°C25.1°C | 25.1°C | 168 | 21.3 | 12.012 h |
| July | 28.8°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 139 | 18.1 | 12.012 h |
| August | 29.4°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 105 | 13.4 | 12.112 h |
| September | 29.8°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 119 | 14.0 | 12.112 h |
| October | 29.7°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 239 | 21.1 | 12.112 h |
| November | 28.9°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 347 | 28.4 | 12.212 h |
| December | 28.2°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 378 | 30.1 | 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
- Pangkalpinang in MayIndonesia · 31 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 24.8°C · 234 mm rain
- Palembang in MayIndonesia · 193 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 24.0°C · 183 mm rain
- Tanjung Pandan in MayIndonesia · 194 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 25.1°C · 236 mm rain
- Prabumulih in MayIndonesia · 274 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 23.6°C · 171 mm rain
- Jambi City in MayIndonesia · 280 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 24.0°C · 197 mm rain
- Baturaja in MayIndonesia · 333 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 23.1°C · 173 mm rain
- Tanjung Pinang in MayIndonesia · 359 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 26.2°C · 201 mm rain
- Metro in MayIndonesia · 373 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 23.3°C · 158 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 Sungailiat) is explained once on the Sungailiat year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.