Astanajapura weather in May

In May, Astanajapura sees average daytime highs of 30°C and overnight lows near 26°C, with 89 mm of rain across 16.3 wet days and about 11.7 hours of daylight. It is the 4th-warmest and 7th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 30°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 29% of the time in May, and the air most often feels miserable.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 48 min at the start of May to 11 h 36 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Astanajapura's 5th-clearest and 8th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Astanajapura's year-round climate.

Daytime high
30°
4th warmest
Overnight low
26°
12th coldest
Rainfall
89 mm
16.3 wet days
Daylight
11 h 42 min
5:51 AM – 5:32 PM
Cloud cover
60%
5th clearest
Wind
7 km/h
8th windiest
Solar energy
5.16 kWh/m²
Travel score
4.3
out of 10

Temperature in May

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 30°C through the month.

A typical May day in Astanajapura reaches about 30°C in the afternoon and slips back to 26°C overnight — a 4°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 29°C and 31°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 Astanajapura

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
heat index over the day's high
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.

Astanajapura 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
Jan29° / 26°26828.712.43.0
Feb29° / 26°23926.712.22.9
Mar29° / 26°23228.5122.9
Apr30° / 26°17424.911.93.2
May30° / 26°8916.311.74.3
Jun30° / 26°5610.411.65.1
Jul30° / 25°336.211.65.7
Aug30° / 25°143.611.85.9
Sep31° / 25°214.1125.4
Oct31° / 26°7511.212.24.5
Nov30° / 26°19521.612.33.4
Dec30° / 26°2662812.42.9

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 29% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 21% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 51%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
13763
23763
33961
43961
53961
64060
74159
84159
94258
104258
114456
124555
134654
144852
155050
165149
175347
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225842
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275842
285743
295644
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315545

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Astanajapura gets around 89 mm of rain over 16.3 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 53% and peaks near 71% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
171
269
368
467
566
664
763
862
960
1059
1157
1256
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1750
1849
1948
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2146
2245
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2643
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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 70% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

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Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
101684
201684
301783
401882
501981
611980
712079
812178
912277
1012376
1112475
1212574
1312673
1412772
1522870
1622969
1723068
1823167
1923266
2023365
2123464
2223563
2323662
2423761
2523860
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2824058
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3024058
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Wind in May

Winds average 7 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 7 km/h on the calmest days to 8 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
17calm
27calm
37calm
47calm
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107calm
117calm
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318calm

Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 48 min at the start of May to 11 h 36 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 12 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 5:50 AM to 5:54 AM, and sunset from 5:36 PM to 5:32 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.85:505:36
211.85:505:35
311.85:505:35
411.75:505:35
511.75:505:35
611.75:505:34
711.75:505:34
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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 5.16 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.81 kWh/m² to a high of 6.3 kWh/m² in September across the year — May's 5.16 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Astanajapura

In seasonPeak

None of Astanajapura's seasonal hazards are active in May. The full-year calendar below shows when the rainy season, cyclone risk and dust haze do peak.

Astanajapura sits in the South Indian Ocean cyclone belt; the season peaks January–March.

Astanajapura's monsoon runs November–April, when most of the year's rain falls.

Cyclone
Monsoon
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Is May a good time to visit Astanajapura?

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

4.3
Sightseeing
6th-best month of the year
5.8
Beach & pool
6th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Astanajapura for sightseeing.

What to pack for Astanajapura in May

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

In May, Astanajapura sees daytime highs around 30°C and nights near 26°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 16 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

Sea temperature near Astanajapura in May

The nearest coast averages about 30°C in May — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea at the nearest coast (about 20 km away) is warmest in May at about 30°C and coldest in August near 28°C.

The water stays above 20°C all year — warm enough for a swim any month.

26°28°30°32°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecwarmtropicalcomfortable to swim
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan29Tropical
Feb29Tropical
Mar29Tropical
Apr30Tropical
May30Tropical
Jun29Tropical
Jul29Tropical
Aug28Tropical
Sep29Tropical
Oct29Tropical
Nov30Tropical
Dec29Tropical

UV index in Astanajapura in May

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in May peaks around 8 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Astanajapura peaks around March 14 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near November 16 at about 7 (very high).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highExtremeVery highExtremeMar 14UV 13Nov 16UV 7
UV index (midday)Level
Jan12Extreme
Feb12Extreme
Mar14Extreme
Apr11Extreme
May8Very high
Jun7Very high
Jul9Very high
Aug11Extreme
Sep12Extreme
Oct12Extreme
Nov7High
Dec12Extreme

Air quality in Astanajapura 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 Astanajapura is worst in May — around 54 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), and holds fairly steady the rest of the year.

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

0204060JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecPoorMay 1654 µg/m³Aug 2244 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan47Poor
Feb46Poor
Mar52Poor
Apr51Poor
May54Poor
Jun51Poor
Jul46Poor
Aug44Poor
Sep44Poor
Oct45Poor
Nov44Poor
Dec46Poor
Location & terrain

Where is Astanajapura?

Astanajapura sits at 6.8°S, 108.6°E, 6 m above sea level, in Indonesia. The nearest listed city is Karangsembung, 5.0 km away.

Topography around Astanajapura

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Astanajapura has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 27 m around an average of 6 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 459 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 3,174 m.

The land around Astanajapura is covered by cropland (47%) and artificial surfaces (21%) within 3 km, water (34%), cropland (25%) and trees (24%) within 16 km, and trees (41%), water (29%) and cropland (23%) within 80 km.

3 km
27 m
16 km
459 m
80 km
3,174 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwaterwetland
May weather nearby: Karangsembung 5.0 km · Cirebon 13 km · Sumber 17 km · Weru 17 km · Plumbon 21 km · Klangenan 23 km · Palimanan 25 km · Kuningan 25 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 Astanajapura (-6.8017°, 108.6311°, elevation 6 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. Tropical-cyclone seasons are the published climatological basin seasons (NOAA National Hurricane Center / regional warning centres). Sea temperatures are the NOAA OISST v2.1 1991–2020 monthly climatology (public domain), sampled at the nearest ocean point. 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).