Blangpidie weather in May

In May, Blangpidie sees average daytime highs of 30°C and overnight lows near 25°C, with 243 mm of rain across 17.3 wet days and about 12.2 hours of daylight. It is the 2nd-warmest and 6th-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 3% of the time in May, and the air most often feels miserable.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 06 min at the start of May to 12 h 12 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Blangpidie's 7th-clearest and 4th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Blangpidie's year-round climate.

Daytime high
30°
2nd warmest
Overnight low
25°
12th coldest
Rainfall
243 mm
17.3 wet days
Daylight
12 h 12 min
6:24 AM – 6:34 PM
Cloud cover
89%
7th clearest
Wind
4 km/h
4th windiest
Solar energy
4.95 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.8
out of 10

Blangpidie is district in Southwest Aceh Regency, Aceh Province, 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 Blangpidie reaches about 30°C in the afternoon and slips back to 25°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 Blangpidie

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.

Blangpidie weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 2nd-warmest and 6th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan29° / 24°23422.411.83.8
Feb29° / 24°22619.311.93.8
Mar29° / 24°26724.2123.4
Apr29° / 24°31224.212.13.2
May30° / 25°24317.312.23.8
Jun30° / 25°11511.312.24.4
Jul30° / 24°12612.512.24.5
Aug29° / 24°16115.912.14.2
Sep29° / 24°20117.5124.1
Oct29° / 24°40422.211.93.8
Nov28° / 24°48325.811.83.4
Dec28° / 24°40524.411.83.6

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 3% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 4% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 93%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
1496
2496
3496
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6595
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Blangpidie gets around 243 mm of rain over 17.3 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 56% and peaks near 75% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
175
274
373
472
571
669
768
867
965
1063
1162
1260
1358
1456
1554
1653
1751
1850
1949
2048
2147
2247
2346
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2646
2747
2847
2947
3047
3147

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 50% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

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Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
103862
203961
304060
404159
504159
604258
704357
804555
904654
1004753
1104852
1204951
1305050
1405149
1505248
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3015643
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Wind in May

Winds average 4 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 4 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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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
14calm
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Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 06 min at the start of May to 12 h 12 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 6 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 6:26 AM to 6:24 AM, and sunset from 6:34 PM to 6:36 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.16:266:34
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312.16:266:34
412.16:256:34
512.16:256:34
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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 4.95 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.87 kWh/m² to a high of 5.25 kWh/m² in February across the year — May's 4.95 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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294.9Bright
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Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Blangpidie

In seasonPeak

In May, Blangpidie sits inside its cyclone season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

Blangpidie sits in the North Indian Ocean cyclone zone; the season peaks May and October–November.

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

Is May a good time to visit Blangpidie?

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

3.8
Sightseeing
5th-best month of the year
5.3
Beach & pool
5th-best month of the year

May is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Blangpidie.

What to pack for Blangpidie in May

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

In May, Blangpidie sees daytime highs around 30°C and nights near 25°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 17 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

Sea temperature near Blangpidie 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 13 km away) is warmest in May at about 30°C and coldest in November 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
Feb30Tropical
Mar30Tropical
Apr30Tropical
May30Tropical
Jun30Tropical
Jul30Tropical
Aug30Tropical
Sep29Tropical
Oct29Tropical
Nov29Tropical
Dec29Tropical

UV index in Blangpidie 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 Blangpidie peaks around February 22 at about 14 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near July 10 at about 11 (extreme).

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

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UV index (midday)Level
Jan12Extreme
Feb14Extreme
Mar14Extreme
Apr14Extreme
May12Extreme
Jun11Extreme
Jul11Extreme
Aug12Extreme
Sep14Extreme
Oct13Extreme
Nov11Extreme
Dec12Extreme
Location & terrain

Where is Blangpidie?

Blangpidie sits at 3.7°N, 96.8°E, 17 m above sea level, in Indonesia. The nearest listed city is Meulaboh, 91 km away.

Topography around Blangpidie

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Blangpidie has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 204 m around an average of 26 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,284 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 3,431 m.

The land around Blangpidie is covered by trees (47%) and cropland (39%) within 3 km, trees (60%) and water (32%) within 16 km, and trees (68%) and water (29%) within 80 km.

3 km
204 m
16 km
1,284 m
80 km
3,431 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
May weather nearby: Meulaboh 91 km · Langsa 149 km · Pangkalan Brandan 163 km · Bireun 163 km · Lhokseumawe 164 km · Subulussalam 167 km · Tanjungtiram 174 km · Reuleuet 175 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 Blangpidie (3.7396°, 96.8361°, elevation 17 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. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).