Besuki weather in May

In May, Besuki sees average daytime highs of 30°C and overnight lows near 23°C, with 87 mm of rain across 16 wet days and about 11.7 hours of daylight. It is the 5th-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 27% of the time in May, and the air most often feels oppressive.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 42 min at the start of May to 11 h 36 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Besuki's 6th-clearest and 7th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Besuki's year-round climate.

Daytime high
30°
5th warmest
Overnight low
23°
5th coldest
Rainfall
87 mm
16 wet days
Daylight
11 h 36 min
5:32 AM – 5:11 PM
Cloud cover
59%
6th clearest
Wind
5 km/h
7th windiest
Solar energy
5.06 kWh/m²
Travel score
4.5
out of 10

Besuki is village in Situbondo Regency, East Java, 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 30°C through the month.

A typical May day in Besuki reaches about 30°C in the afternoon and slips back to 23°C overnight — a 6°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 Besuki

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.

Besuki weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 5th-warmest and 7th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan29° / 24°41830.112.42.9
Feb29° / 24°39027.412.32.8
Mar29° / 24°34128.912.13.0
Apr29° / 24°24425.611.83.3
May30° / 23°871611.74.5
Jun30° / 23°459.611.65.3
Jul30° / 22°255.111.65.9
Aug30° / 22°82.511.76.0
Sep31° / 23°223.2125.4
Oct31° / 24°8011.212.24.4
Nov30° / 24°21622.812.43.4
Dec29° / 24°39529.212.42.9

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 27% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 27% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 47%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
14456
24456
34555
44654
54654
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Besuki gets around 87 mm of rain over 16 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 52% and peaks near 65% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
165
264
363
462
562
661
760
859
958
1057
1156
1255
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1551
1650
1749
1848
1947
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2245
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3141

Humidity in May

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, May lands in the oppressive band about 79% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

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Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
138413
238512
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448412
558312
658411
768311
868311
978310
1078310
1188210
129829
1310819
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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 5 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 42 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 6 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 5:30 AM to 5:35 AM, and sunset from 5:14 PM to 5:10 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.75:305:14
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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 5.06 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.78 kWh/m² to a high of 6.4 kWh/m² in October across the year — May's 5.06 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Besuki

In seasonPeak

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

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

Besuki'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 Besuki?

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

4.5
Sightseeing
5th-best month of the year
6.0
Beach & pool
6th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Besuki for sightseeing. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Besuki in May

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

In May, Besuki sees daytime highs around 30°C and nights near 23°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 16 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

Sea temperature near Besuki 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 15 km away) is warmest in November 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
Jul28Tropical
Aug28Tropical
Sep28Tropical
Oct29Tropical
Nov30Tropical
Dec30Tropical

UV index in Besuki in May

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in May peaks around 11 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Besuki peaks around March 17 at about 14 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 17 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 highExtremeMar 17UV 14Jun 17UV 8
UV index (midday)Level
Jan11Extreme
Feb13Extreme
Mar14Extreme
Apr13Extreme
May11Extreme
Jun8Very high
Jul10Very high
Aug12Extreme
Sep13Extreme
Oct13Extreme
Nov12Extreme
Dec12Extreme

Air quality in Besuki 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 Besuki is worst in January — around 33 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), and holds fairly steady the rest of the year.

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

010203040JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateJan 1633 µg/m³May 2022 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan33Moderate
Feb30Moderate
Mar31Moderate
Apr25Moderate
May22Moderate
Jun23Moderate
Jul27Moderate
Aug23Moderate
Sep23Moderate
Oct31Moderate
Nov28Moderate
Dec30Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Besuki?

Besuki sits at 7.7°S, 113.7°E, 6 m above sea level, in Indonesia. The nearest listed city is Balung, 24 km away.

Topography around Besuki

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Besuki has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 42 m around an average of 8 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,738 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 3,219 m.

The land around Besuki is covered by cropland (41%) and water (24%) within 3 km, trees (46%) and water (44%) within 16 km, and water (44%) and trees (41%) within 80 km.

3 km
42 m
16 km
1,738 m
80 km
3,219 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswatermangroves
May weather nearby: Balung 24 km · Bondowoso 24 km · Panarukan 25 km · Kraksaan 33 km · Situbondo 35 km · Panji 44 km · Jember 49 km · Probolinggo 53 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 Besuki (-7.7338°, 113.6979°, 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).