Madiun weather in May

In May, Madiun sees average daytime highs of 30°C and overnight lows near 22°C, with 120 mm of rain across 17 wet days and about 11.7 hours of daylight. It is the 7th-warmest and 8th-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 17% 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 Madiun's 5th-clearest and 7th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Madiun's year-round climate.

Daytime high
30°
7th warmest
Overnight low
22°
9th coldest
Rainfall
120 mm
17 wet days
Daylight
11 h 42 min
5:41 AM – 5:20 PM
Cloud cover
66%
5th clearest
Wind
5 km/h
7th windiest
Solar energy
4.89 kWh/m²
Travel score
4.4
out of 10

Madiun is city in East Java Province, Indonesia.

Density
6,095/km²
people per km²
Founded
1918

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 Madiun reaches about 30°C in the afternoon and slips back to 22°C overnight — a 7°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 28°C and 31°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 Madiun

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.

Madiun weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 7th-warmest and 8th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan29° / 22°4132912.42.9
Feb29° / 22°39927.212.32.7
Mar30° / 22°39828.612.12.8
Apr30° / 22°27025.411.83.1
May30° / 22°1201711.74.4
Jun29° / 21°6510.611.65.3
Jul29° / 21°356.611.66.1
Aug29° / 20°173.811.76.4
Sep30° / 21°385.5125.5
Oct31° / 22°12915.612.24.1
Nov30° / 22°28724.512.33.0
Dec30° / 22°39827.212.42.9

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 17% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 23% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 60%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
12971
22971
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43070
53070
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Madiun gets around 120 mm of rain over 17 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 68% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

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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 79% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 99% of them.

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Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
107921
208911
308911
409901
5010891
6010891
7011881
8012871
9013852
10014842
11015832
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Wind in May

Winds average 5 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 5 km/h on the calmest days to 6 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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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 5:39 AM to 5:44 AM, and sunset from 5:23 PM to 5:19 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
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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 4.89 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.55 kWh/m² to a high of 5.82 kWh/m² in October across the year — May's 4.89 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Madiun

In seasonPeak

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

Madiun's monsoon runs November–April, when most of the year's rain falls.

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

Is May a good time to visit Madiun?

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

4.4
Sightseeing
5th-best month of the year
5.8
Beach & pool
6th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Madiun for sightseeing.

What to pack for Madiun in May

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

In May, Madiun sees daytime highs around 30°C and nights near 22°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 17 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Madiun 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 Madiun peaks around March 17 at about 13 (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 17UV 13Jun 14UV 7
UV index (midday)Level
Jan13Extreme
Feb12Extreme
Mar13Extreme
Apr12Extreme
May9Very high
Jun7High
Jul10Very high
Aug11Extreme
Sep13Extreme
Oct13Extreme
Nov10Very high
Dec12Extreme

Air quality in Madiun 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 Madiun is worst in May — around 64 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), and holds fairly steady the rest of the year.

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

020406080JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecPoorUnhealthyPoorMay 1764 µg/m³Dec 2343 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan44Poor
Feb45Poor
Mar53Poor
Apr59Unhealthy
May64Unhealthy
Jun60Unhealthy
Jul54Poor
Aug48Poor
Sep47Poor
Oct49Poor
Nov48Poor
Dec43Poor
Location & terrain

Where is Madiun?

Madiun sits at 7.6°S, 111.5°E, 69 m above sea level, in Indonesia. The nearest listed city is Ngawi, 27 km away.

Topography around Madiun

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Madiun has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 30 m around an average of 68 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 456 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 3,224 m.

The land around Madiun is covered by artificial surfaces (57%) and cropland (24%) within 3 km, cropland (49%) and trees (35%) within 16 km, and trees (61%) and cropland (30%) within 80 km.

3 km
30 m
16 km
456 m
80 km
3,224 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
May weather nearby: Ngawi 27 km · Ponorogo 27 km · Nganjuk 42 km · Jatiroto 53 km · Trenggalek 54 km · Cepu 54 km · Kediri 58 km · Gampengrejo 58 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 Madiun (-7.6298°, 111.5239°, elevation 69 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. 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).