Jepara weather in May

In May, Jepara sees average daytime highs of 30°C and overnight lows near 25°C, with 126 mm of rain across 19.1 wet days and about 11.7 hours of daylight. It is the 4th-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 25% 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 36 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Jepara's 5th-clearest and 8th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Jepara's year-round climate.

Daytime high
30°
4th warmest
Overnight low
25°
12th coldest
Rainfall
126 mm
19.1 wet days
Daylight
11 h 42 min
5:43 AM – 5:25 PM
Cloud cover
62%
5th clearest
Wind
9 km/h
8th windiest
Solar energy
5.43 kWh/m²
Travel score
4.1
out of 10

Jepara is district in Jepara Regency, Central Java Province, Indonesia.

Density
7,502/km²
people per km²

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 Jepara reaches about 30°C in the afternoon and slips back to 25°C overnight — a 4°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 29°C and 30°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 Jepara

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.

Jepara weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 4th-warmest and 7th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan28° / 25°44130.112.33.0
Feb28° / 25°37027.112.23.0
Mar29° / 25°32629.1123.0
Apr29° / 25°24926.111.93.2
May30° / 25°12619.111.74.1
Jun29° / 25°8513.511.64.9
Jul29° / 24°458.811.75.7
Aug29° / 24°215.511.86.0
Sep30° / 24°325.9125.5
Oct30° / 25°10813.312.14.5
Nov30° / 25°25624.412.33.2
Dec29° / 25°42029.512.42.9

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 25% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 20% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 55%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
13367
23367
33466
43466
53466
63565
73565
83565
93763
103862
113961
124060
134357
144555
154654
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305248
315149

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Jepara gets around 126 mm of rain over 19.1 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 62% and peaks near 76% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
176
275
374
473
572
671
770
869
968
1067
1165
1264
1363
1461
1560
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1857
1956
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3154

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
203862
303961
413960
514059
614059
714158
814158
914257
1024256
1124256
1224355
1324454
1424553
1524553
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1724751
1824849
1925048
2025147
2125246
2225345
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2425642
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Wind in May

Winds average 9 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 9 km/h on the calmest days to 10 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
19calm
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Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 48 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 12 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 5:41 AM to 5:45 AM, and sunset from 5:28 PM to 5:24 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.85:415:28
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511.85:425:27
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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 5.43 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.94 kWh/m² to a high of 6.79 kWh/m² in September across the year — May's 5.43 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 Jepara

In seasonPeak

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

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

Jepara'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 Jepara?

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

4.1
Sightseeing
6th-best month of the year
5.5
Beach & pool
6th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Jepara for sightseeing.

What to pack for Jepara in May

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

In May, Jepara sees daytime highs around 30°C and nights near 25°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 19 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

Sea temperature near Jepara 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 offshore is warmest in November at about 30°C and coldest in February 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
Feb28Tropical
Mar29Tropical
Apr30Tropical
May30Tropical
Jun29Tropical
Jul29Tropical
Aug28Tropical
Sep29Tropical
Oct29Tropical
Nov30Tropical
Dec30Tropical

UV index in Jepara 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 Jepara peaks around March 17 at about 14 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near November 14 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 17UV 14Nov 14UV 8
UV index (midday)Level
Jan12Extreme
Feb11Extreme
Mar15Extreme
Apr12Extreme
May9Very high
Jun8Very high
Jul9Very high
Aug11Extreme
Sep12Extreme
Oct10Extreme
Nov7Very high
Dec12Extreme

Air quality in Jepara 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 Jepara is worst in May — around 45 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), and holds fairly steady the rest of the year.

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

0204060JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModeratePoorModerateMay 1944 µg/m³Feb 1129 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan31Moderate
Feb29Moderate
Mar35Poor
Apr39Poor
May45Poor
Jun42Poor
Jul38Poor
Aug35Poor
Sep37Poor
Oct39Poor
Nov37Poor
Dec34Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Jepara?

Jepara sits at 6.6°S, 110.7°E, 5 m above sea level, in Indonesia. The nearest listed city is Mlonggo, 7.0 km away.

Topography around Jepara

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Jepara has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 63 m around an average of 18 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 531 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,006 m.

The land around Jepara is covered by trees (41%) and artificial surfaces (33%) within 3 km, water (45%) and trees (35%) within 16 km, and water (53%) and trees (24%) within 80 km.

3 km
63 m
16 km
531 m
80 km
2,006 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetland
May weather nearby: Mlonggo 7.0 km · Pecangaan 13 km · Batang 13 km · Welahan 24 km · Gebog 25 km · Baekrajan 28 km · Kudus 30 km · Demak 33 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 Jepara (-6.5924°, 110.671°, elevation 5 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).