Kualakapuas weather in May

In May, Kualakapuas sees average daytime highs of 32°C and overnight lows near 25°C, with 139 mm of rain across 22 wet days and about 11.9 hours of daylight. It is the 4th-warmest and 8th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 32°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 9% of the time in May, and the air most often feels miserable.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 54 min at the start of May to 11 h 48 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Kualakapuas's 5th-clearest and 9th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Kualakapuas's year-round climate.

Daytime high
32°
4th warmest
Overnight low
25°
12th coldest
Rainfall
139 mm
22 wet days
Daylight
11 h 54 min
5:23 AM – 5:15 PM
Cloud cover
77%
5th clearest
Wind
5 km/h
9th windiest
Solar energy
4.73 kWh/m²
Travel score
2.9
out of 10

Kualakapuas is capital of Kapuas Regency, Central Kalimantan, 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 32°C through the month.

A typical May day in Kualakapuas reaches about 32°C in the afternoon and slips back to 25°C overnight — a 7°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 30°C and 33°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 Kualakapuas

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
28 feel dangerously hot (≥ 39°C)
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.

Kualakapuas weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 4th-warmest and 8th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan31° / 24°24328.112.22.5
Feb31° / 24°21024.912.12.5
Mar31° / 24°24827.8122.4
Apr32° / 25°21927.311.92.4
May32° / 25°1392211.92.9
Jun31° / 24°10917.611.83.4
Jul31° / 24°8214.211.83.8
Aug32° / 23°559.911.93.8
Sep33° / 24°6810.8123.3
Oct33° / 24°16018.312.12.8
Nov32° / 24°24027.712.12.3
Dec31° / 24°26529.112.22.3

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 9% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 14% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 77%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
11486
21486
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Kualakapuas gets around 139 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 85% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
185
284
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482
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680
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1964
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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 88% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

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Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
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2496
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6694
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8892
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Wind in May

Winds average 5 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 11 h 54 min at the start of May to 11 h 48 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 5:23 AM to 5:25 AM, and sunset from 5:17 PM to 5:15 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.95:235:17
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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 4.73 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.12 kWh/m² to a high of 5.5 kWh/m² in September across the year — May's 4.73 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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

Is May a good time to visit Kualakapuas?

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

2.9
Sightseeing
5th-best month of the year
4.6
Beach & pool
6th-best month of the year

May is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Kualakapuas.

What to pack for Kualakapuas in May

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

In May, Kualakapuas sees daytime highs around 32°C and nights near 25°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 22 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

Sea temperature near Kualakapuas 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 50 km away) is warmest in April 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
Mar30Tropical
Apr30Tropical
May30Tropical
Jun29Tropical
Jul29Tropical
Aug28Tropical
Sep28Tropical
Oct29Tropical
Nov30Tropical
Dec29Tropical

UV index in Kualakapuas 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 Kualakapuas peaks around February 17 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 23 at about 10 (extreme).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeFeb 17UV 15Jun 23UV 10
UV index (midday)Level
Jan14Extreme
Feb15Extreme
Mar14Extreme
Apr14Extreme
May12Extreme
Jun10Extreme
Jul10Extreme
Aug12Extreme
Sep13Extreme
Oct12Extreme
Nov13Extreme
Dec13Extreme

Air quality in Kualakapuas 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 Kualakapuas is worst in September — around 89 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 4.4× the cleanest month (January, 20 µg/m³).

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

0306090JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateUnhealthyModerateSep 2287 µg/m³Jan 1520 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan20Moderate
Feb23Moderate
Mar26Moderate
Apr27Moderate
May28Moderate
Jun28Moderate
Jul28Moderate
Aug39Poor
Sep89Unhealthy
Oct82Unhealthy
Nov44Poor
Dec22Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Kualakapuas?

Kualakapuas sits at 3.0°S, 114.4°E, 9 m above sea level, in Indonesia. The nearest listed city is Banjarmasin, 41 km away.

Topography around Kualakapuas

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Kualakapuas has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 15 m around an average of 2 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 19 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 186 m.

The land around Kualakapuas is covered by trees (33%) and water (21%) within 3 km, trees (58%) and grassland (20%) within 16 km, and trees (49%) within 80 km.

3 km
15 m
16 km
19 m
80 km
186 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetland
May weather nearby: Banjarmasin 41 km · Banjarbaru 69 km · Martapura 69 km · Palangkaraya 103 km · Amuntai 116 km · Barabai 120 km · Tanjung 147 km · Sampit 168 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 Kualakapuas (-3.0091°, 114.3876°, elevation 9 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. 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).