Daruba weather in May

In May, Daruba sees average daytime highs of 28°C and overnight lows near 27°C, with 157 mm of rain across 22 wet days and about 12.1 hours of daylight. It is the 1st-warmest and 4th-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 22% of the time in May, and the air most often feels oppressive.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 06 min at the start of May to 12 h 06 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Daruba's 4th-clearest and 11th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Daruba's year-round climate.

Daytime high
28°
1st warmest
Overnight low
27°
12th coldest
Rainfall
157 mm
22 wet days
Daylight
12 h 06 min
6:20 AM – 6:26 PM
Cloud cover
67%
4th clearest
Wind
10 km/h
11th windiest
Solar energy
5.45 kWh/m²
Travel score
4.5
out of 10

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 Daruba reaches about 28°C in the afternoon and slips back to 27°C overnight — a 1°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 Daruba

Once humidity and wind are folded in, May averages 16 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
16
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.

Daruba weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 1st-warmest and 4th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan27° / 26°16722.211.94.4
Feb27° / 26°13017.711.94.8
Mar28° / 26°14219.2125.0
Apr28° / 26°14920.6124.7
May28° / 27°1572212.14.5
Jun28° / 26°18521.912.14.5
Jul28° / 26°12617.912.15.2
Aug28° / 26°8612.612.15.9
Sep28° / 26°7512.5125.9
Oct28° / 26°9515.7125.4
Nov28° / 26°14523.111.94.3
Dec28° / 26°18625.111.94.1

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 22% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 16% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 62%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
13268
23268
33268
43169
53169
63169
73169
83268
93466
103466
113565
123664
133862
143862
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184357
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244357
254357
264258
274159
284060
293961
303961
313763

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Daruba gets around 157 mm of rain over 22 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 71% and peaks near 75% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
173
273
373
473
573
673
772
872
971
1071
1170
1270
1369
1469
1569
1669
1769
1869
1969
2069
2169
2269
2370
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2571
2672
2773
2874
2974
3075
3175

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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Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
14951
24852
34753
44753
54654
64654
74654
84753
94753
104852
114852
124951
135050
145149
155149
165248
175347
185446
195545
205545
215644
225743
235743
245842
255941
266040
276040
286139
296238
306238
316337

Wind in May

Winds average 10 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 9 km/h on the calmest days to 11 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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319calm

Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

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

Days grow by about 0 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 6:22 AM to 6:21 AM, and sunset from 6:26 PM to 6:27 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.16:226:26
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312.16:226:26
412.16:216:26
512.16:216:26
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712.16:216:26
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1212.16:206:26
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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 5.45 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.07 kWh/m² to a high of 6.13 kWh/m² in September across the year — May's 5.45 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 Daruba

In seasonPeak

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

Daruba sits in the Pacific typhoon belt; the season peaks July–October.

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

Is May a good time to visit Daruba?

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

4.5
Sightseeing
8th-best month of the year
4.9
Beach & pool
8th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Daruba for sightseeing.

What to pack for Daruba in May

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

In May, Daruba sees daytime highs around 28°C and nights near 27°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 22 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

Sea temperature near Daruba 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 21 km away) is warmest in May at about 30°C and coldest in January 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
Jan28Tropical
Feb28Tropical
Mar29Tropical
Apr29Tropical
May30Tropical
Jun29Tropical
Jul29Tropical
Aug29Tropical
Sep29Tropical
Oct29Tropical
Nov29Tropical
Dec29Tropical

UV index in Daruba in May

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in May peaks around 13 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Daruba peaks around March 17 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 21 at about 11 (extreme).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeMar 17UV 15Jun 21UV 11
UV index (midday)Level
Jan13Extreme
Feb14Extreme
Mar15Extreme
Apr14Extreme
May13Extreme
Jun11Extreme
Jul12Extreme
Aug13Extreme
Sep14Extreme
Oct15Extreme
Nov13Extreme
Dec12Extreme
Location & terrain

Where is Daruba?

Daruba sits at 2.1°N, 128.3°E, 8 m above sea level, in Indonesia. The nearest listed city is Tobelo, 48 km away.

WaisaiTahunaBitungTondanoManado

Topography around Daruba

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Daruba has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 31 m around an average of 7 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 478 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,238 m.

The land around Daruba is covered by water (44%) and trees (27%) within 3 km, water (65%) and trees (31%) within 16 km, and water (72%) and trees (28%) within 80 km.

3 km
31 m
16 km
478 m
80 km
1,238 m
treesgrasslandartificial surfaceswatermangroves
May weather nearby: Tobelo 48 km · Sofifi 167 km · Ternate 173 km · Waisai 354 km · Tahuna 357 km · Bitung 358 km · Tondano 385 km · Manado 388 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 Daruba (2.0505°, 128.294°, elevation 8 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).