Climate averages 1991–2020

Wonosobo weather
in May.

A warm, very wet month: the joint 3rd warmest and the 5th driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 26.1°C Daytime mean, May
Average low 19.6°C Night-time mean, May
Rainfall 191 mm 22 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
Every month in Wonosobo · average highYear overview

May is a warm month in Wonosobo: daytime highs average 26.1°C and nights cool to about 19.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 3rd warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 191 mm of rain on roughly 22 days, which makes May a very wet month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 47 min on an average May day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Magelang (37 km away). In May its highs average 27.8°C, 1.7°C warmer than Wonosobo, with 165 mm of rain.

Among the 200 cities listed in Indonesia, Wonosobo ranks joint 194th of 200 for the warmest May highs and joint 132nd of 200 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 200 cities is 29.2°C; Wonosobo is 3.1°C cooler than that mean.

From May to June, average highs fall by 0.4°C to 25.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 191 mm to 117 mm.

The annual picture

May in context

30-year average
Average highAverage low°C
Average daily high and low temperatures by month The same values are available in the monthly table below. Lines show mean daily maxima and minima, not a forecast interval. 15202530 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm
Average monthly rainfall totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 6000

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Wonosobo climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Wonosobo, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 25.6°C20.0°C20.0°C56030.212.512 h
February 25.9°C20.0°C20.0°C55128.112.312 h
March 26.0°C20.0°C20.0°C52430.112.112 h
April 26.1°C20.0°C20.0°C37927.711.912 h
May, selected 26.1°C19.6°C19.6°C19122.111.812 h
June 25.7°C19.0°C19.0°C11715.711.712 h
July 25.2°C18.4°C18.4°C7512.211.712 h
August 25.6°C18.2°C18.2°C569.511.912 h
September 26.2°C18.9°C18.9°C8912.712.112 h
October 26.3°C19.7°C19.7°C23920.712.312 h
November 25.7°C20.1°C20.1°C43727.612.412 h
December 25.4°C20.1°C20.1°C54729.112.513 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

Distance from Wonosobo

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 limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Wonosobo) is explained once on the Wonosobo year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.