Magelang weather in May

In May, Magelang sees average daytime highs of 28°C and overnight lows near 20°C, with 165 mm of rain across 20.8 wet days and about 11.7 hours of daylight. It is the 2nd-warmest and 8th-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 12% 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 Magelang's 5th-clearest and 8th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Magelang's year-round climate.

Daytime high
28°
2nd warmest
Overnight low
20°
11th coldest
Rainfall
165 mm
20.8 wet days
Daylight
11 h 42 min
5:46 AM – 5:25 PM
Cloud cover
72%
5th clearest
Wind
4 km/h
8th windiest
Solar energy
4.77 kWh/m²
Travel score
4.4
out of 10

Magelang is city in Central Java Province, Indonesia.

Density
8,014/km²
people per km²
Founded
~907 CE

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 28°C through the month.

A typical May day in Magelang reaches about 28°C in the afternoon and slips back to 20°C overnight — a 8°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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Magelang weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 2nd-warmest and 8th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan28° / 20°42128.712.43.4
Feb28° / 20°41227.112.23.3
Mar28° / 20°39028.812.13.3
Apr28° / 21°31226.311.83.4
May28° / 20°16520.811.74.4
Jun27° / 20°11816.211.65.3
Jul27° / 19°8513.611.65.9
Aug27° / 18°661211.86.1
Sep27° / 19°10216125.4
Oct28° / 20°22122.912.24.4
Nov28° / 20°37727.812.33.5
Dec28° / 20°39428.112.43.5

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 12% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 17% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 71%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
12377
22377
32476
42476
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112674
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Magelang gets around 165 mm of rain over 20.8 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 67% and peaks near 78% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
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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 59% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 98% of them.

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Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
102971
202971
302971
413069
513069
613168
713168
813267
913267
1023365
1123464
1223464
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2034255
2134354
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3135047

Wind in May

Winds average 4 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 3 km/h on the calmest days to 4 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
13calm
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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 5:44 AM to 5:48 AM, and sunset from 5:29 PM to 5:25 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.75:445:29
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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 4.77 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.38 kWh/m² to a high of 5.74 kWh/m² in September across the year — May's 4.77 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Magelang

In seasonPeak

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

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

Magelang's rainy season runs October–April, 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 Magelang?

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
5.1
Beach & pool
5th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Magelang for sightseeing.

What to pack for Magelang in May

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

In May, Magelang sees daytime highs around 28°C and nights near 20°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 21 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

Sea temperature near Magelang in May

The nearest coast averages about 29°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 46 km away) is warmest in March at about 29°C and coldest in August near 25°C.

The water stays above 20°C all year — warm enough for a swim any month.

24°26°28°30°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecrefreshingwarmtropicalcomfortable to swim
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan29Tropical
Feb29Tropical
Mar29Tropical
Apr29Tropical
May29Tropical
Jun28Warm
Jul26Warm
Aug25Warm
Sep25Warm
Oct26Warm
Nov28Warm
Dec29Tropical

UV index in Magelang in May

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in May peaks around 8 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Magelang peaks around March 14 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 14 at about 6 (high).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highVery highExtremeExtremeMar 14UV 15Jun 14UV 6
UV index (midday)Level
Jan14Extreme
Feb14Extreme
Mar15Extreme
Apr12Extreme
May8Very high
Jun6High
Jul10Very high
Aug11Extreme
Sep13Extreme
Oct13Extreme
Nov9Very high
Dec11Extreme

Air quality in Magelang 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 Magelang is worst in April — around 58 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 1.7× the cleanest month (September, 34 µg/m³).

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

0204060JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecPoorUnhealthyPoorModeratePoorApr 2158 µg/m³Sep 1134 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan48Poor
Feb46Poor
Mar54Poor
Apr58Unhealthy
May57Unhealthy
Jun51Poor
Jul42Poor
Aug35Moderate
Sep34Moderate
Oct37Poor
Nov42Poor
Dec42Poor
Location & terrain

Where is Magelang?

Magelang sits at 7.5°S, 110.2°E, 379 m above sea level, in Indonesia. The nearest listed city is Mertoyudan, 6.0 km away.

Topography around Magelang

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Magelang has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 207 m around an average of 370 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,943 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 3,291 m.

The land around Magelang is covered by trees (44%) and artificial surfaces (37%) within 3 km, trees (71%) within 16 km, and trees (58%) within 80 km.

3 km
207 m
16 km
1,943 m
80 km
3,291 m
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May weather nearby: Mertoyudan 6.0 km · Muntilan 15 km · Ambarawa 30 km · Sleman 31 km · Melati 34 km · Salatiga 34 km · Godean 34 km · Wonosobo 37 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 Magelang (-7.4706°, 110.2178°, elevation 379 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).