Bandar Lampung weather in May

In May, Bandar Lampung sees average daytime highs of 30°C and overnight lows near 24°C, with 202 mm of rain across 26.3 wet days and about 11.8 hours of daylight. It is the 1st-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 7% 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 42 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Bandar Lampung's 5th-clearest and 11th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Bandar Lampung's year-round climate.

Daytime high
30°
1st warmest
Overnight low
24°
12th coldest
Rainfall
202 mm
26.3 wet days
Daylight
11 h 48 min
6:03 AM – 5:48 PM
Cloud cover
77%
5th clearest
Wind
5 km/h
11th windiest
Solar energy
4.76 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.2
out of 10

Bandar Lampung is city in Lampung Province, Indonesia.

Density
6,891/km²
people per km²
Founded
1682

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 30°C through the month.

A typical May day in Bandar Lampung reaches about 30°C in the afternoon and slips back to 24°C overnight — a 6°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 28°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 Bandar Lampung

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.

Bandar Lampung weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 1st-warmest and 7th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan29° / 23°33028.912.33.0
Feb29° / 23°31226.112.22.9
Mar30° / 24°31828.9122.8
Apr30° / 24°25327.211.92.9
May30° / 24°20226.311.83.2
Jun29° / 24°14923.711.73.6
Jul29° / 23°1252211.74.1
Aug29° / 23°10320.311.84.3
Sep29° / 23°11719.2124.2
Oct29° / 23°18622.712.13.7
Nov29° / 24°27926.712.23.1
Dec29° / 24°32828.412.33.0

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 7% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 17% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 76%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Bandar Lampung gets around 202 mm of rain over 26.3 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 85% and peaks near 88% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

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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 60% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

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Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
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Wind in May

Winds average 5 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 5 km/h on the calmest days to 6 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Sunrise & sunset in May

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Daylight runs from about 11 h 48 min at the start of May to 11 h 42 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 6 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 6:02 AM to 6:05 AM, and sunset from 5:51 PM to 5:48 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
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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 4.76 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.51 kWh/m² to a high of 5.8 kWh/m² in September across the year — May's 4.76 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Bandar Lampung

In seasonPeak

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

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

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

Is May a good time to visit Bandar Lampung?

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

3.2
Sightseeing
6th-best month of the year
4.3
Beach & pool
6th-best month of the year

May is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Bandar Lampung.

What to pack for Bandar Lampung in May

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

In May, Bandar Lampung sees daytime highs around 30°C and nights near 24°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 26 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

Sea temperature near Bandar Lampung 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 25 km away) is warmest in May at about 30°C and coldest in August near 29°C.

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

28°30°32°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecwarmtropicalcomfortable to swim
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan29Tropical
Feb29Tropical
Mar29Tropical
Apr29Tropical
May30Tropical
Jun29Tropical
Jul29Tropical
Aug29Tropical
Sep29Tropical
Oct29Tropical
Nov29Tropical
Dec29Tropical

UV index in Bandar Lampung in May

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in May peaks around 10 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Bandar Lampung peaks around March 13 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near November 16 at about 8 (very high).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highExtremeVery highExtremeMar 13UV 15Nov 16UV 8
UV index (midday)Level
Jan14Extreme
Feb14Extreme
Mar15Extreme
Apr13Extreme
May10Very high
Jun10Very high
Jul8Very high
Aug10Very high
Sep10Very high
Oct13Extreme
Nov7Very high
Dec13Extreme

Air quality in Bandar Lampung 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 Bandar Lampung is worst in August — around 43 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), and holds fairly steady the rest of the year.

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

0204060JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModeratePoorModerateAug 1643 µg/m³Dec 2030 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan32Moderate
Feb33Moderate
Mar35Poor
Apr38Poor
May42Poor
Jun43Poor
Jul42Poor
Aug43Poor
Sep42Poor
Oct41Poor
Nov33Moderate
Dec30Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Bandar Lampung?

Bandar Lampung sits at 5.4°S, 105.3°E, 95 m above sea level, in Indonesia. The nearest listed city is Metro, 36 km away.

Topography around Bandar Lampung

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Bandar Lampung has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 269 m around an average of 76 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,272 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,051 m.

The land around Bandar Lampung is covered by artificial surfaces (67%) and trees (28%) within 3 km, trees (61%) within 16 km, and trees (50%) and water (33%) within 80 km.

3 km
269 m
16 km
1,272 m
80 km
2,051 m
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May weather nearby: Metro 36 km · Terbanggi Besar 61 km · Kotabumi 79 km · Cilegon 109 km · Labuan 123 km · Serang 125 km · Pandeglang 135 km · Kresek 146 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 Bandar Lampung (-5.4292°, 105.2611°, elevation 95 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).