Lhokseumawe weather in May

In May, Lhokseumawe sees average daytime highs of 29°C and overnight lows near 27°C, with 95 mm of rain across 16.4 wet days and about 12.2 hours of daylight. It is the 2nd-warmest and 5th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 29°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 5% of the time in May, and the air most often feels miserable.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 12 min at the start of May to 12 h 18 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Lhokseumawe's 7th-clearest and 8th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Lhokseumawe's year-round climate.

Daytime high
29°
2nd warmest
Overnight low
27°
12th coldest
Rainfall
95 mm
16.4 wet days
Daylight
12 h 12 min
6:21 AM – 6:35 PM
Cloud cover
83%
7th clearest
Wind
8 km/h
8th windiest
Solar energy
5.39 kWh/m²
Travel score
4.2
out of 10

Lhokseumawe is administrative city in Aceh Utara Regency, Indonesia.

Founded
1986

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 29°C through the month.

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

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.

Lhokseumawe weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 2nd-warmest and 5th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan28° / 26°11317.611.75.1
Feb28° / 26°5911.211.85.8
Mar28° / 26°6613125.2
Apr29° / 27°8717.312.14.4
May29° / 27°9516.412.24.2
Jun29° / 27°6112.412.34.7
Jul29° / 27°6613.212.34.7
Aug29° / 27°7915.312.24.5
Sep29° / 26°9218124.3
Oct28° / 26°15824.111.93.9
Nov28° / 26°2482611.83.7
Dec27° / 26°25824.111.74.2

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 5% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 10% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 85%.

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

Any precipitation

Lhokseumawe gets around 95 mm of rain over 16.4 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 54% and peaks near 61% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
161
261
360
459
559
658
757
856
956
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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 84% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

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Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
11288
21288
31288
41387
51387
61387
71387
81387
91387
101387
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Wind in May

Winds average 8 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 8 km/h on the calmest days to 8 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
18calm
28calm
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Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 12 min at the start of May to 12 h 18 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 6:23 AM to 6:21 AM, and sunset from 6:34 PM to 6:37 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.26:236:34
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412.26:226:34
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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 5.39 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.19 kWh/m² to a high of 5.73 kWh/m² in March across the year — May's 5.39 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 Lhokseumawe

In seasonPeak

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

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

Lhokseumawe's rainy season runs October–December, 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 Lhokseumawe?

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

4.2
Sightseeing
9th-best month of the year
5.6
Beach & pool
6th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Lhokseumawe for sightseeing.

What to pack for Lhokseumawe in May

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

In May, Lhokseumawe sees daytime highs around 29°C and nights near 27°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 16 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

Sea temperature near Lhokseumawe 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 22 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
Feb29Tropical
Mar29Tropical
Apr30Tropical
May30Tropical
Jun30Tropical
Jul30Tropical
Aug30Tropical
Sep30Tropical
Oct29Tropical
Nov29Tropical
Dec28Tropical

UV index in Lhokseumawe 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 Lhokseumawe peaks around February 20 at about 14 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 11 at about 10 (extreme).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeFeb 20UV 14Dec 11UV 10
UV index (midday)Level
Jan11Extreme
Feb14Extreme
Mar14Extreme
Apr13Extreme
May12Extreme
Jun11Extreme
Jul11Extreme
Aug11Extreme
Sep13Extreme
Oct12Extreme
Nov11Extreme
Dec10Extreme

Air quality in Lhokseumawe 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 Lhokseumawe is worst in July — around 19 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), and holds fairly steady the rest of the year.

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

0102030JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateJul 1519 µg/m³Dec 1313 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan15Moderate
Feb15Moderate
Mar18Moderate
Apr17Moderate
May18Moderate
Jun18Moderate
Jul19Moderate
Aug18Moderate
Sep18Moderate
Oct16Moderate
Nov13Moderate
Dec12Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Lhokseumawe?

Lhokseumawe sits at 5.2°N, 97.2°E, 6 m above sea level, in Indonesia. The nearest listed city is Bireun, 50 km away.

Topography around Lhokseumawe

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Lhokseumawe has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 41 m around an average of 2 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 196 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,846 m.

The land around Lhokseumawe is covered by water (65%) and artificial surfaces (23%) within 3 km, water (48%) and trees (33%) within 16 km, and trees (55%) and water (39%) within 80 km.

3 km
41 m
16 km
196 m
80 km
2,846 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwaterwetland
May weather nearby: Bireun 50 km · Reuleuet 96 km · Langsa 120 km · Sigli 134 km · Meulaboh 162 km · Blangpidie 164 km · Pangkalan Brandan 179 km · Tanjungtiram 184 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 Lhokseumawe (5.1801°, 97.1507°, elevation 6 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).