Climate averages 1991–2020
Dili weather
in May.
A hot, moderately wet month: the 6th warmest and the joint 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a hot month in Dili: daytime highs average 30.0°C and nights cool to about 23.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 74 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the joint 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 44 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Atambua (96 km away). In May its highs average 28.7°C, 1.3°C cooler than Dili, with 48 mm of rain.
From May to June, average highs fall by 0.1°C to 29.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 74 mm to 25 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
Dili climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.3°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 215 | 25.4 | 12.613 h |
| February | 29.1°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 211 | 25.0 | 12.412 h |
| March | 29.5°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 227 | 26.2 | 12.212 h |
| April | 29.9°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 204 | 22.4 | 11.912 h |
| May, selected | 30.0°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 74 | 12.2 | 11.712 h |
| June | 29.9°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 25 | 4.3 | 11.612 h |
| July | 30.1°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 13 | 2.6 | 11.712 h |
| August | 30.8°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 6.7 | 1.5 | 11.812 h |
| September | 32.0°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 20 | 4.9 | 12.012 h |
| October | 32.1°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 74 | 14.6 | 12.312 h |
| November | 31.2°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 178 | 24.9 | 12.512 h |
| December | 29.8°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 235 | 27.8 | 12.613 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
- Atambua in MayIndonesia · 96 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 21.7°C · 48 mm rain
- Kupang in MayIndonesia · 281 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 24.3°C · 23 mm rain
- Maumere in MayIndonesia · 370 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 25.5°C · 46 mm rain
- Ende in MayIndonesia · 431 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 24.8°C · 83 mm rain
- Baubau in MayIndonesia · 475 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 25.0°C · 143 mm rain
- Kendari in MayIndonesia · 611 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 24.3°C · 315 mm rain
- Ambon in MayIndonesia · 613 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 25.7°C · 230 mm rain
- Labuan Bajo in MayIndonesia · 625 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 24.8°C · 96 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 Dili) is explained once on the Dili year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.