Climate averages 1991–2020
Ternate weather
in May.
A hot, very wet month: the warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a hot month in Ternate: daytime highs average 28.2°C and nights cool to about 25.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 301 mm of rain on roughly 27 days, which makes May a very wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 09 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Bitung (261 km away). In May its highs average 29.3°C, 1.2°C warmer than Ternate, with 222 mm of rain.
Among the 200 cities listed in Indonesia, Ternate ranks joint 162nd of 200 for the warmest May highs and 195th of 200 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 200 cities is 29.2°C; Ternate is 1.0°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 0.4°C to 27.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 301 mm to 294 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
Ternate climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 27.7°C25.5°C | 25.5°C | 240 | 26.3 | 12.112 h |
| February | 27.8°C25.6°C | 25.6°C | 190 | 22.1 | 12.112 h |
| March | 28.0°C25.5°C | 25.5°C | 234 | 24.6 | 12.112 h |
| April | 28.1°C25.4°C | 25.4°C | 291 | 26.3 | 12.112 h |
| May, selected | 28.2°C25.6°C | 25.6°C | 301 | 27.2 | 12.212 h |
| June | 27.8°C25.3°C | 25.3°C | 294 | 24.6 | 12.212 h |
| July | 27.4°C25.3°C | 25.3°C | 219 | 22.2 | 12.212 h |
| August | 27.3°C25.4°C | 25.4°C | 151 | 17.9 | 12.112 h |
| September | 27.5°C25.4°C | 25.4°C | 180 | 19.7 | 12.112 h |
| October | 28.0°C25.5°C | 25.5°C | 187 | 21.3 | 12.112 h |
| November | 28.1°C25.5°C | 25.5°C | 228 | 26.7 | 12.112 h |
| December | 27.9°C25.6°C | 25.6°C | 265 | 27.8 | 12.112 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
- Bitung in MayIndonesia · 261 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 25.4°C · 222 mm rain
- Manado in MayIndonesia · 292 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 25.2°C · 265 mm rain
- Kotamobagu in MayIndonesia · 342 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 23.2°C · 345 mm rain
- Sorong in MayIndonesia · 469 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 24.4°C · 314 mm rain
- Gorontalo in MayIndonesia · 481 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 24.2°C · 234 mm rain
- Ambon in MayIndonesia · 507 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 25.7°C · 230 mm rain
- Malita in MayPhilippines · 656 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 24.4°C · 170 mm rain
- Tupi in MayPhilippines · 673 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 22.9°C · 240 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 Ternate) is explained once on the Ternate year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.