Muara Bungo weather in May

In May, Muara Bungo sees average daytime highs of 31°C and overnight lows near 23°C, with 191 mm of rain across 25.9 wet days and about 11.9 hours of daylight. It is the 1st-warmest and 7th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 31°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 7% of the time in May, and the air most often feels oppressive.

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

Daytime high: 31°; 1st warmest
Overnight low: 23°; 12th coldest
Rainfall: 191 mm; 25.9 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 54 min; 6:10 AM – 6:06 PM
Cloud cover: 81%; 5th clearest
Wind: 4 km/h; 9th windiest
Solar energy: 4.7 kWh/m²
Travel score: 2.6; out of 10

Muara Bungo is capital of Bungo Regency, Jambi, Indonesia.

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

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Temperature in May

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 31°C through the month.

A typical May day in Muara Bungo reaches about 31°C in the afternoon and slips back to 23°C overnight — a 8°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.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Avg high (°C)	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31
Avg low (°C)	23	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	31	23
2	31	24
3	31	24
4	31	24
5	31	24
6	31	24
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8	31	24
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27	31	23
28	31	23
29	31	23
30	31	23
31	31	23

How May really feels in Muara Bungo

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

heat index over the day's high

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

wind chill below the day's low

The story in May is heat — humidity pushes the afternoon "feels like" well above the raw temperature.

Muara Bungo weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 1st-warmest and 7th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	30° / 23°	219	26.2	12.1	2.9
Feb	31° / 23°	178	23.1	12	2.9
Mar	31° / 23°	248	27.7	12	2.6
Apr	31° / 23°	274	28.3	12	2.4
May	31° / 23°	191	25.9	11.9	2.6
Jun	31° / 23°	119	20.3	11.9	3.2
Jul	31° / 23°	124	19.8	11.9	3.4
Aug	31° / 23°	128	19.5	12	3.3
Sep	31° / 23°	153	20.8	12	3.1
Oct	31° / 23°	230	26.3	12	2.7
Nov	31° / 23°	308	28.5	12.1	2.5
Dec	30° / 23°	280	28	12.1	2.7

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 7% 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 83%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Clearer (%)	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	14	14	15	16	17	18	19	19	20	20	20	21	21	21	20	20	20	21	21	21	21	22
Cloudier (%)	89	89	89	89	89	89	88	88	88	86	86	85	84	83	82	81	81	80	80	80	79	79	79	80	80	80	79	79	79	79	78

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	11	89
2	11	89
3	11	89
4	11	89
5	11	89
6	11	89
7	12	88
8	12	88
9	12	88
10	14	86
11	14	86
12	15	85
13	16	84
14	17	83
15	18	82
16	19	81
17	19	81
18	20	80
19	20	80
20	20	80
21	21	79
22	21	79
23	21	79
24	20	80
25	20	80
26	20	80
27	21	79
28	21	79
29	21	79
30	21	79
31	22	78

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Muara Bungo gets around 191 mm of rain over 25.9 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 84% and peaks near 92% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Rain chance (%)	92	92	91	91	90	89	89	88	87	86	85	84	83	82	82	82	81	81	81	81	80	80	80	80	80	80	80	80	80	79	78

	Rain chance (%)
1	92
2	92
3	91
4	91
5	90
6	89
7	89
8	88
9	87
10	86
11	85
12	84
13	83
14	82
15	82
16	82
17	81
18	81
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20	81
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27	80
28	80
29	80
30	79
31	78

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 58% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Oppressive (%)	51	50	49	49	49	49	49	49	50	50	51	52	53	54	56	57	58	60	61	63	64	65	66	67	67	68	68	69	69	69	70
Miserable (%)	49	50	51	51	51	51	51	51	50	50	49	48	47	46	44	43	42	40	39	37	36	35	34	33	33	32	32	31	31	31	30

	Oppressive (%)	Miserable (%)
1	51	49
2	50	50
3	49	51
4	49	51
5	49	51
6	49	51
7	49	51
8	49	51
9	50	50
10	50	50
11	51	49
12	52	48
13	53	47
14	54	46
15	56	44
16	57	43
17	58	42
18	60	40
19	61	39
20	63	37
21	64	36
22	65	35
23	66	34
24	67	33
25	67	33
26	68	32
27	68	32
28	69	31
29	69	31
30	69	31
31	70	30

Wind in May

Winds average 4 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 4 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)	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Feels	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	4	calm
2	4	calm
3	4	calm
4	4	calm
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6	4	calm
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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 54 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 0 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 6:10 AM to 6:11 AM, and sunset from 6:07 PM to 6:07 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Daylight (h)	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9
Sunrise (AM)	6:10	6:10	6:10	6:10	6:10	6:10	6:10	6:10	6:10	6:10	6:10	6:10	6:10	6:10	6:10	6:10	6:10	6:10	6:10	6:10	6:10	6:10	6:10	6:10	6:10	6:11	6:11	6:11	6:11	6:11	6:11
Sunset (PM)	6:07	6:07	6:07	6:07	6:07	6:06	6:06	6:06	6:06	6:06	6:06	6:06	6:06	6:06	6:06	6:06	6:06	6:06	6:06	6:06	6:06	6:06	6:06	6:06	6:06	6:06	6:06	6:06	6:06	6:06	6:07

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.9	6:10	6:07
2	11.9	6:10	6:07
3	11.9	6:10	6:07
4	11.9	6:10	6:07
5	11.9	6:10	6:07
6	11.9	6:10	6:06
7	11.9	6:10	6:06
8	11.9	6:10	6:06
9	11.9	6:10	6:06
10	11.9	6:10	6:06
11	11.9	6:10	6:06
12	11.9	6:10	6:06
13	11.9	6:10	6:06
14	11.9	6:10	6:06
15	11.9	6:10	6:06
16	11.9	6:10	6:06
17	11.9	6:10	6:06
18	11.9	6:10	6:06
19	11.9	6:10	6:06
20	11.9	6:10	6:06
21	11.9	6:10	6:06
22	11.9	6:10	6:06
23	11.9	6:10	6:06
24	11.9	6:10	6:06
25	11.9	6:10	6:06
26	11.9	6:11	6:06
27	11.9	6:11	6:06
28	11.9	6:11	6:06
29	11.9	6:11	6:06
30	11.9	6:11	6:06
31	11.9	6:11	6:07

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 4.7 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.13 kWh/m² to a high of 5.19 kWh/m² in September across the year — May's 4.7 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7
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	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	4.6	Bright
2	4.6	Bright
3	4.6	Bright
4	4.6	Bright
5	4.6	Bright
6	4.6	Bright
7	4.6	Bright
8	4.6	Bright
9	4.7	Bright
10	4.7	Bright
11	4.7	Bright
12	4.7	Bright
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25	4.7	Bright
26	4.7	Bright
27	4.7	Bright
28	4.7	Bright
29	4.7	Bright
30	4.7	Bright
31	4.7	Bright

Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit Muara Bungo?

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

2.6

Sightseeing

9th-best month of the year

4.0

Beach & pool

7th-best month of the year

May is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Muara Bungo.

What to pack for Muara Bungo in May

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

In May, Muara Bungo sees daytime highs around 31°C and nights near 23°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 26 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Muara Bungo in May

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in May peaks around 11 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Muara Bungo peaks around February 16 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near July 11 at about 9 (very high).

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	14	16	14	14	11	10	9	12	13	14	12	11
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	14	Extreme
Feb	16	Extreme
Mar	14	Extreme
Apr	14	Extreme
May	11	Extreme
Jun	10	Very high
Jul	9	Very high
Aug	12	Extreme
Sep	13	Extreme
Oct	14	Extreme
Nov	12	Extreme
Dec	11	Extreme

Air quality in Muara Bungo 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 Muara Bungo is worst in September — around 45 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 2.7× the cleanest month (December, 16 µg/m³).

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	18	20	20	18	18	22	22	28	45	40	20	16
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Poor	Poor	Moderate	Moderate

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	18	Moderate
Feb	20	Moderate
Mar	20	Moderate
Apr	18	Moderate
May	18	Moderate
Jun	22	Moderate
Jul	22	Moderate
Aug	28	Moderate
Sep	45	Poor
Oct	40	Poor
Nov	20	Moderate
Dec	16	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Muara Bungo?

Muara Bungo sits at 1.5°S, 102.1°E, 53 m above sea level, in Indonesia. The nearest listed city is Sungai Penuh, 102 km away.

Topography around Muara Bungo

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Muara Bungo has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 67 m around an average of 61 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 203 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,559 m.

The land around Muara Bungo is covered by trees (64%) and artificial surfaces (27%) within 3 km, trees (93%) within 16 km, and trees (98%) within 80 km.

3 km

67 m

trees 64%

16 km

203 m

trees 93%

80 km

2,559 m

trees 98%

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← April Muara Bungo year-round climate June →Best places to visit in May

May weather nearby: Sungai Penuh 102 km · Sijunjung 154 km · Kuala Tungkal 167 km · Jambi City 167 km · Mendaha 173 km · Solok 179 km · Padang 205 km · Lubuklinggau 217 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

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 Muara Bungo (-1.4902°, 102.1149°, elevation 53 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).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	31	23
2	31	24
3	31	24
4	31	24
5	31	24
6	31	24
7	31	24
8	31	24
9	31	24
10	31	24
11	31	24
12	31	24
13	31	24
14	31	24
15	31	24
16	31	24
17	31	24
18	31	24
19	31	23
20	31	23
21	31	23
22	31	23
23	31	23
24	31	23
25	31	23
26	31	23
27	31	23
28	31	23
29	31	23
30	31	23
31	31	23

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	11	89
2	11	89
3	11	89
4	11	89
5	11	89
6	11	89
7	12	88
8	12	88
9	12	88
10	14	86
11	14	86
12	15	85
13	16	84
14	17	83
15	18	82
16	19	81
17	19	81
18	20	80
19	20	80
20	20	80
21	21	79
22	21	79
23	21	79
24	20	80
25	20	80
26	20	80
27	21	79
28	21	79
29	21	79
30	21	79
31	22	78

	Rain chance (%)
1	92
2	92
3	91
4	91
5	90
6	89
7	89
8	88
9	87
10	86
11	85
12	84
13	83
14	82
15	82
16	82
17	81
18	81
19	81
20	81
21	80
22	80
23	80
24	80
25	80
26	80
27	80
28	80
29	80
30	79
31	78

	Oppressive (%)	Miserable (%)
1	51	49
2	50	50
3	49	51
4	49	51
5	49	51
6	49	51
7	49	51
8	49	51
9	50	50
10	50	50
11	51	49
12	52	48
13	53	47
14	54	46
15	56	44
16	57	43
17	58	42
18	60	40
19	61	39
20	63	37
21	64	36
22	65	35
23	66	34
24	67	33
25	67	33
26	68	32
27	68	32
28	69	31
29	69	31
30	69	31
31	70	30

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	31	23
2	31	24
3	31	24
4	31	24
5	31	24
6	31	24
7	31	24
8	31	24
9	31	24
10	31	24
11	31	24
12	31	24
13	31	24
14	31	24
15	31	24
16	31	24
17	31	24
18	31	24
19	31	23
20	31	23
21	31	23
22	31	23
23	31	23
24	31	23
25	31	23
26	31	23
27	31	23
28	31	23
29	31	23
30	31	23
31	31	23

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	11	89
2	11	89
3	11	89
4	11	89
5	11	89
6	11	89
7	12	88
8	12	88
9	12	88
10	14	86
11	14	86
12	15	85
13	16	84
14	17	83
15	18	82
16	19	81
17	19	81
18	20	80
19	20	80
20	20	80
21	21	79
22	21	79
23	21	79
24	20	80
25	20	80
26	20	80
27	21	79
28	21	79
29	21	79
30	21	79
31	22	78

	Rain chance (%)
1	92
2	92
3	91
4	91
5	90
6	89
7	89
8	88
9	87
10	86
11	85
12	84
13	83
14	82
15	82
16	82
17	81
18	81
19	81
20	81
21	80
22	80
23	80
24	80
25	80
26	80
27	80
28	80
29	80
30	79
31	78

	Oppressive (%)	Miserable (%)
1	51	49
2	50	50
3	49	51
4	49	51
5	49	51
6	49	51
7	49	51
8	49	51
9	50	50
10	50	50
11	51	49
12	52	48
13	53	47
14	54	46
15	56	44
16	57	43
17	58	42
18	60	40
19	61	39
20	63	37
21	64	36
22	65	35
23	66	34
24	67	33
25	67	33
26	68	32
27	68	32
28	69	31
29	69	31
30	69	31
31	70	30

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	31	23
2	31	24
3	31	24
4	31	24
5	31	24
6	31	24
7	31	24
8	31	24
9	31	24
10	31	24
11	31	24
12	31	24
13	31	24
14	31	24
15	31	24
16	31	24
17	31	24
18	31	24
19	31	23
20	31	23
21	31	23
22	31	23
23	31	23
24	31	23
25	31	23
26	31	23
27	31	23
28	31	23
29	31	23
30	31	23
31	31	23

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	11	89
2	11	89
3	11	89
4	11	89
5	11	89
6	11	89
7	12	88
8	12	88
9	12	88
10	14	86
11	14	86
12	15	85
13	16	84
14	17	83
15	18	82
16	19	81
17	19	81
18	20	80
19	20	80
20	20	80
21	21	79
22	21	79
23	21	79
24	20	80
25	20	80
26	20	80
27	21	79
28	21	79
29	21	79
30	21	79
31	22	78

	Rain chance (%)
1	92
2	92
3	91
4	91
5	90
6	89
7	89
8	88
9	87
10	86
11	85
12	84
13	83
14	82
15	82
16	82
17	81
18	81
19	81
20	81
21	80
22	80
23	80
24	80
25	80
26	80
27	80
28	80
29	80
30	79
31	78

	Oppressive (%)	Miserable (%)
1	51	49
2	50	50
3	49	51
4	49	51
5	49	51
6	49	51
7	49	51
8	49	51
9	50	50
10	50	50
11	51	49
12	52	48
13	53	47
14	54	46
15	56	44
16	57	43
17	58	42
18	60	40
19	61	39
20	63	37
21	64	36
22	65	35
23	66	34
24	67	33
25	67	33
26	68	32
27	68	32
28	69	31
29	69	31
30	69	31
31	70	30