Ngawi weather in May

In May, Ngawi sees average daytime highs of 31°C and overnight lows near 24°C, with 98 mm of rain across 14.8 wet days and about 11.7 hours of daylight. It is the 5th-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 24% 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 Ngawi's 5th-clearest and 8th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Ngawi's year-round climate.

Daytime high
31°
5th warmest
Overnight low
24°
8th coldest
Rainfall
98 mm
14.8 wet days
Daylight
11 h 42 min
5:41 AM – 5:20 PM
Cloud cover
62%
5th clearest
Wind
5 km/h
8th windiest
Solar energy
5.05 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.9
out of 10

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 Ngawi reaches about 31°C in the afternoon and slips back to 24°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 32°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs on par with April and on par with June.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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How May really feels in Ngawi

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.

Ngawi weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 5th-warmest and 8th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan31° / 23°35328.512.42.6
Feb31° / 23°34127.112.22.4
Mar31° / 24°33528.512.12.5
Apr31° / 24°22924.711.82.8
May31° / 24°9814.811.73.9
Jun31° / 23°508.911.64.4
Jul31° / 22°264.811.64.9
Aug32° / 22°102.411.84.9
Sep33° / 23°283.5124.2
Oct33° / 24°10311.112.23.3
Nov33° / 24°24721.412.32.6
Dec31° / 24°35327.112.42.5

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 24% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 22% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 54%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
13466
23466
33565
43565
53565
63565
73763
83862
93862
103961
114159
124258
134456
144654
154852
164951
175050
185248
195347
205347
215446
225446
235446
245545
255545
265446
275545
285446
295446
305347
315248

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Ngawi gets around 98 mm of rain over 14.8 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 47% and peaks near 61% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
161
260
359
457
556
655
754
853
952
1051
1150
1249
1348
1447
1546
1646
1745
1844
1944
2043
2143
2242
2342
2441
2541
2640
2739
2839
2938
3038
3138

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 67% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

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Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
126434
226434
336433
436532
546531
646531
756530
856629
956728
1066727
1166826
1276726
1376825
1486824
1586923
1696823
1796922
18106822
19106921
20116821
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25136918
26146818
27146917
28156817
29156916
30166915
31166915

Wind in May

Winds average 5 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 4 km/h on the calmest days to 5 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
135calm
145calm
155calm
165calm
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305calm
315calm

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 5:43 AM, and sunset from 5:24 PM to 5:20 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.75:395:24
211.75:395:23
311.75:395:23
411.75:395:23
511.75:395:23
611.75:395:22
711.75:395:22
811.75:405:22
911.75:405:22
1011.75:405:21
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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 5.05 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.68 kWh/m² to a high of 6.19 kWh/m² in September across the year — May's 5.05 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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45.1Bright
55.1Bright
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215.0Bright
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265.0Bright
275.0Bright
285.0Bright
294.9Bright
304.9Bright
314.9Bright
Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Ngawi

In seasonPeak

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

Ngawi'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 Ngawi?

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

3.9
Sightseeing
5th-best month of the year
5.8
Beach & pool
6th-best month of the year

May is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Ngawi.

What to pack for Ngawi in May

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

In May, Ngawi sees daytime highs around 31°C and nights near 24°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 15 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Ngawi 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 Ngawi 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 Ngawi 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 Ngawi 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 Ngawi?

Ngawi sits at 7.4°S, 111.4°E, 57 m above sea level, in Indonesia. The nearest listed city is Madiun, 27 km away.

Topography around Ngawi

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Ngawi has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 51 m around an average of 53 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 198 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 3,224 m.

The land around Ngawi is covered by trees (46%), cropland (27%) and artificial surfaces (24%) within 3 km, trees (51%) and cropland (40%) within 16 km, and trees (58%) and cropland (34%) within 80 km.

3 km
51 m
16 km
198 m
80 km
3,224 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
May weather nearby: Madiun 27 km · Cepu 33 km · Sragen 47 km · Blora 48 km · Ponorogo 52 km · Nganjuk 55 km · Bojonegoro 56 km · Jaten 63 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 Ngawi (-7.4038°, 111.4461°, elevation 57 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).