Muara Teweh weather in May

In May, Muara Teweh sees average daytime highs of 31°C and overnight lows near 24°C, with 240 mm of rain across 26.3 wet days and about 12 hours of daylight. It is the 4th-warmest and 8th-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 5% of the time in May, and the air most often feels miserable.

Daylight stretches from about 12 hours at the start of May to 11 h 54 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Muara Teweh's 5th-clearest and 11th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Muara Teweh's year-round climate.

Daytime high
31°
4th warmest
Overnight low
24°
12th coldest
Rainfall
240 mm
26.3 wet days
Daylight
12 hours
5:18 AM – 5:15 PM
Cloud cover
82%
5th clearest
Wind
4 km/h
11th windiest
Solar energy
4.51 kWh/m²
Travel score
2.7
out of 10

Muara Teweh is regency seat in 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 31°C through the month.

A typical May day in Muara Teweh reaches about 31°C in the afternoon and slips back to 24°C overnight — a 7°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 29°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 Muara Teweh

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.

Muara Teweh 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° / 23°29327122.6
Feb31° / 23°26424.8122.5
Mar31° / 24°32427.6122.5
Apr31° / 24°33928122.4
May31° / 24°24026.3122.7
Jun31° / 23°18622.211.93.1
Jul31° / 23°15119.8123.4
Aug31° / 23°13219.5123.3
Sep32° / 23°16819123.0
Oct32° / 23°26624.2122.6
Nov31° / 23°32828.7122.3
Dec31° / 23°31728.212.12.5

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%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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

Any precipitation

Muara Teweh gets around 240 mm of rain over 26.3 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 85% and peaks near 91% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
191
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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 89% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

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Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
1694
2694
3694
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5694
6793
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14991
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201288
211387
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281684
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301684
311684

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)Feels
14calm
24calm
34calm
44calm
54calm
64calm
74calm
84calm
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104calm
114calm
124calm
134calm
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Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 hours at the start of May to 11 h 54 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 5:19 AM to 5:19 AM, and sunset from 5:17 PM to 5:16 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.05:195:17
212.05:185:16
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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 4.51 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.3 kWh/m² to a high of 5.26 kWh/m² in September across the year — May's 4.51 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
14.4Bright
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314.5Bright
Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit Muara Teweh?

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

2.7
Sightseeing
5th-best month of the year
4.0
Beach & pool
6th-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Muara Teweh in May

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

In May, Muara Teweh sees daytime highs around 31°C and nights near 24°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 26 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Muara Teweh in May

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in May peaks around 13 (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 Teweh peaks around February 22 at about 16 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near July 12 at about 11 (extreme).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeFeb 22UV 16Jul 12UV 11
UV index (midday)Level
Jan14Extreme
Feb16Extreme
Mar16Extreme
Apr14Extreme
May13Extreme
Jun11Extreme
Jul11Extreme
Aug13Extreme
Sep13Extreme
Oct14Extreme
Nov13Extreme
Dec12Extreme

Air quality in Muara Teweh 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 Teweh is worst in September — around 46 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 5.3× the cleanest month (January, 9 µg/m³).

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

0204060JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModeratePoorModerateGoodSep 1944 µg/m³Jan 169 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan9Good
Feb9Good
Mar10Good
Apr10Good
May10Good
Jun11Good
Jul12Moderate
Aug21Moderate
Sep46Poor
Oct35Moderate
Nov13Moderate
Dec9Good
Location & terrain

Where is Muara Teweh?

Muara Teweh sits at 0.9°S, 114.9°E, 31 m above sea level, in Indonesia. The nearest listed city is Tanjung, 147 km away.

Topography around Muara Teweh

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Muara Teweh has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 70 m around an average of 37 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 334 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,231 m.

The land around Muara Teweh is covered by trees (73%) within 3 km, trees (95%) within 16 km, and trees (98%) within 80 km.

3 km
70 m
16 km
334 m
80 km
1,231 m
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May weather nearby: Tanjung 147 km · Amuntai 168 km · Palangkaraya 178 km · Barabai 190 km · Balikpapan 218 km · Kualakapuas 236 km · Loa Janan 248 km · Samarinda 255 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 Muara Teweh (-0.9473°, 114.8962°, elevation 31 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).