Cilacap weather in May

In May, Cilacap sees average daytime highs of 28°C and overnight lows near 26°C, with 162 mm of rain across 25 wet days and about 11.7 hours of daylight. It is the 2nd-warmest and 8th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 28°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 29% 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 Cilacap's 5th-clearest and 6th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Cilacap's year-round climate.

Daytime high
28°
2nd warmest
Overnight low
26°
9th coldest
Rainfall
162 mm
25 wet days
Daylight
11 h 36 min
5:51 AM – 5:30 PM
Cloud cover
61%
5th clearest
Wind
12 km/h
6th windiest
Solar energy
4.85 kWh/m²
Travel score
4.0
out of 10

Cilacap is capital of Cilacap Regency.

Founded
1982

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 28°C through the month.

A typical May day in Cilacap reaches about 28°C in the afternoon and slips back to 26°C overnight — a 2°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 27°C and 29°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 Cilacap

Once humidity and wind are folded in, May averages 24 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
24
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.

Cilacap weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 2nd-warmest and 8th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan28° / 26°31628.212.43.6
Feb28° / 26°2402512.33.6
Mar28° / 26°25927.912.13.4
Apr28° / 26°2062711.83.4
May28° / 26°1622511.74.0
Jun28° / 25°12721.411.64.8
Jul27° / 25°10117.711.65.5
Aug26° / 24°7215.311.76.0
Sep26° / 24°11017.9125.4
Oct27° / 25°22123.412.24.6
Nov27° / 25°36527.512.43.6
Dec28° / 26°39428.112.43.5

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 18% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 53%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
13763
23763
33862
43961
53961
63961
74060
84060
94159
104159
114258
124357
134555
144456
154654
164753
174951
185050
195248
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215347
225446
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315248

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Cilacap gets around 162 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 86% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
186
286
386
486
586
686
786
885
985
1084
1184
1283
1382
1481
1580
1679
1778
1877
1977
2076
2176
2276
2376
2476
2576
2676
2776
2876
2976
3076
3176

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 53% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

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Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
104753
204753
304753
404753
504753
604753
714851
814851
914851
1014950
1114950
1215049
1315148
1415148
1515247
1615346
1715346
1815445
1915544
2015544
2115643
2215643
2315742
2415742
2515841
2615841
2715940
2815940
2915940
3015940
3116039

Wind in May

Winds average 12 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 10 km/h on the calmest days to 13 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
110calm
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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 5:49 AM to 5:54 AM, and sunset from 5:33 PM to 5:29 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.75:495:33
211.75:495:33
311.75:495:33
411.75:495:32
511.75:495:32
611.75:505:32
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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 4.85 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.58 kWh/m² to a high of 5.61 kWh/m² in September across the year — May's 4.85 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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

Hazard calendar for Cilacap

In seasonPeak

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

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

Cilacap's rainy season runs October–April, when most of the year's rain falls.

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

Is May a good time to visit Cilacap?

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

4.0
Sightseeing
6th-best month of the year
4.6
Beach & pool
5th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Cilacap for sightseeing.

What to pack for Cilacap in May

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

In May, Cilacap sees daytime highs around 28°C and nights near 26°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 25 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

Sea temperature near Cilacap in May

The nearest coast averages about 29°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 21 km away) is warmest in April at about 29°C and coldest in August near 26°C.

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

24°26°28°30°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecwarmtropicalcomfortable to swim
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan29Tropical
Feb29Tropical
Mar29Tropical
Apr29Tropical
May29Tropical
Jun28Warm
Jul27Warm
Aug26Warm
Sep26Warm
Oct27Warm
Nov28Warm
Dec29Tropical

UV index in Cilacap in May

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in May peaks around 9 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Cilacap peaks around March 12 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 14 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 highExtremeExtremeMar 12UV 15Jun 14UV 7
UV index (midday)Level
Jan14Extreme
Feb14Extreme
Mar15Extreme
Apr12Extreme
May9Very high
Jun7High
Jul10Very high
Aug11Extreme
Sep12Extreme
Oct13Extreme
Nov9Very high
Dec12Extreme

Air quality in Cilacap 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 Cilacap is worst in May — around 46 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), and holds fairly steady the rest of the year.

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

0204060JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecPoorModerateMay 1545 µg/m³Sep 1630 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan39Poor
Feb39Poor
Mar41Poor
Apr44Poor
May46Poor
Jun43Poor
Jul37Poor
Aug31Moderate
Sep30Moderate
Oct31Moderate
Nov32Moderate
Dec33Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Cilacap?

Cilacap sits at 7.7°S, 109.0°E, 10 m above sea level, in Indonesia. The nearest listed city is Wangon, 24 km away.

Topography around Cilacap

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Cilacap has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 123 m around an average of 6 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 209 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 3,396 m.

The land around Cilacap is covered by artificial surfaces (42%) and water (36%) within 3 km, water (51%) and trees (24%) within 16 km, and trees (49%) and water (35%) within 80 km.

3 km
123 m
16 km
209 m
80 km
3,396 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswatermangroves
May weather nearby: Wangon 24 km · Kroya 28 km · Sidareja 36 km · Banyumas 39 km · Purwokerto 42 km · Sokaraja 43 km · Baturaden 53 km · Purbalingga 54 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 Cilacap (-7.7264°, 109.0094°, 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. 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).