Amuntai weather in May

In May, Amuntai sees average daytime highs of 32°C and overnight lows near 24°C, with 199 mm of rain across 25 wet days and about 11.9 hours of daylight. It is the 4th-warmest and 7th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 32°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 9% of the time in May, and the air most often feels miserable.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 54 min at the start of May to 11 h 54 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Amuntai's 5th-clearest and 11th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Amuntai's year-round climate.

Daytime high
32°
4th warmest
Overnight low
24°
12th coldest
Rainfall
199 mm
25 wet days
Daylight
11 h 54 min
6:19 AM – 6:12 PM
Cloud cover
77%
5th clearest
Wind
3 km/h
11th windiest
Solar energy
4.73 kWh/m²
Travel score
2.7
out of 10

Amuntai is city in Indonesia.

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

Temperature in May

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 32°C through the month.

A typical May day in Amuntai reaches about 32°C in the afternoon and slips back to 24°C overnight — a 8°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 29°C and 33°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs on par with April and on par with June.

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How May really feels in Amuntai

Once humidity and wind are folded in, May averages 31 days that feel above 32°C and 0 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C
31
29 feel dangerously hot (≥ 39°C)
Days feeling ≤ C
0
wind chill below the day's low

The story in May is heat — humidity pushes the afternoon "feels like" well above the raw temperature.

Amuntai weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 4th-warmest and 7th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan31° / 24°23728.512.12.5
Feb31° / 24°20724.612.12.5
Mar31° / 24°26128.2122.4
Apr31° / 24°2532811.92.4
May32° / 24°1992511.92.7
Jun31° / 24°15719.911.93.2
Jul31° / 23°12717.411.93.5
Aug32° / 23°8613.611.93.4
Sep33° / 23°9914.2123.0
Oct33° / 24°16720.212.12.7
Nov32° / 24°27128.112.12.3
Dec31° / 24°27729.412.12.3

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 9% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 13% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 78%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
11387
21387
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71684
81783
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Amuntai gets around 199 mm of rain over 25 wet days in May. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 80% and peaks near 88% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
188
287
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785
884
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1977
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2176
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3177

Humidity in May

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of May feels miserable — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, May lands in the miserable band about 89% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

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Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
1595
2595
3595
4694
5694
6694
7793
8793
9892
10892
11991
121090
131090
141189
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191387
201387
211387
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251585
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301684
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Wind in May

Winds average 3 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 3 km/h on the calmest days to 3 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
13calm
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Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 54 min at the start of May to 11 h 54 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 0 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 6:19 AM to 6:20 AM, and sunset from 6:14 PM to 6:13 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.96:196:14
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Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 4.73 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.28 kWh/m² to a high of 5.53 kWh/m² in September across the year — May's 4.73 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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304.6Bright
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Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit Amuntai?

Our two travel scores rate May for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

2.7
Sightseeing
5th-best month of the year
4.2
Beach & pool
6th-best month of the year

May is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Amuntai.

What to pack for Amuntai in May

From May's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In May, Amuntai sees daytime highs around 32°C and nights near 24°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 25 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Amuntai in May

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in May peaks around 12 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Amuntai peaks around February 19 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near July 12 at about 10 (extreme).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — every month of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeFeb 19UV 15Jul 12UV 10
UV index (midday)Level
Jan14Extreme
Feb15Extreme
Mar15Extreme
Apr13Extreme
May12Extreme
Jun11Extreme
Jul10Extreme
Aug12Extreme
Sep13Extreme
Oct13Extreme
Nov12Extreme
Dec12Extreme

Air quality in Amuntai in May

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where May falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Amuntai is worst in September — around 93 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 5.3× the cleanest month (January, 18 µg/m³).

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

0306090120JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModeratePoorUnhealthyModerateSep 2292 µg/m³Jan 1518 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan18Moderate
Feb18Moderate
Mar22Moderate
Apr21Moderate
May23Moderate
Jun23Moderate
Jul30Moderate
Aug49Poor
Sep93Unhealthy
Oct87Unhealthy
Nov28Moderate
Dec18Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Amuntai?

Amuntai sits at 2.4°S, 115.2°E, 10 m above sea level, in Indonesia. The nearest listed city is Barabai, 24 km away.

Topography around Amuntai

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Amuntai.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Amuntai has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 18 m around an average of 6 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 35 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,962 m.

The land around Amuntai is covered by trees (37%) within 3 km, trees (45%) and grassland (21%) within 16 km, and trees (78%) within 80 km.

3 km
18 m
16 km
35 m
80 km
1,962 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwaterwetland
May weather nearby: Barabai 24 km · Tanjung 33 km · Kualakapuas 116 km · Martapura 118 km · Banjarbaru 123 km · Banjarmasin 124 km · Palangkaraya 150 km · Muara Teweh 168 km

Indonesia travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 2
Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs
Type C / F
230 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 29% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$5,060
2025
Happiness
5.6 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
30%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
0.3
per 100k, 2022
Road deaths
11.3
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
Upper middle
World Bank
English
Low
EF EPI 471
Religion
Muslim 87%Protestant 8%Roman Catholic 3%Hindu 2%

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Amuntai (-2.4177°, 115.2494°, elevation 10 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).