Palembang weather in May

In May, Palembang sees average daytime highs of 32°C and overnight lows near 24°C, with 183 mm of rain across 25.1 wet days and about 11.9 hours of daylight. It is the 4th-warmest and 7th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 32°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 8% of the time in May, and the air most often feels miserable.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 54 min at the start of May to 11 h 48 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Palembang's 5th-clearest and 9th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Palembang's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 32°; 4th warmest
Overnight low: 24°; 12th coldest
Rainfall: 183 mm; 25.1 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 54 min; 6:01 AM – 5:53 PM
Cloud cover: 79%; 5th clearest
Wind: 5 km/h; 9th windiest
Solar energy: 4.6 kWh/m²
Travel score: 2.7; out of 10

Palembang is city in South Sumatra Province, Indonesia.

Founded: ~683 CE

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 32°C through the month.

A typical May day in Palembang reaches about 32°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 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)	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32
Avg low (°C)	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	32	24
2	32	24
3	32	24
4	32	24
5	32	24
6	32	24
7	32	24
8	32	24
9	32	24
10	32	24
11	32	24
12	32	24
13	32	24
14	32	24
15	32	24
16	32	24
17	32	24
18	32	24
19	32	24
20	32	24
21	32	24
22	32	24
23	32	24
24	32	24
25	32	24
26	32	24
27	32	24
28	32	24
29	32	24
30	32	24
31	32	24

How May really feels in Palembang

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 feel dangerously hot (≥ 39°C)

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.

Palembang weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 4th-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° / 24°	247	28.1	12.1	2.7
Feb	31° / 24°	240	25	12.1	2.6
Mar	31° / 24°	299	29.3	12	2.4
Apr	31° / 24°	273	28.5	11.9	2.3
May	32° / 24°	183	25.1	11.9	2.7
Jun	31° / 24°	119	19.4	11.8	3.3
Jul	31° / 24°	112	17.3	11.8	3.6
Aug	32° / 24°	76	13.9	11.9	3.5
Sep	33° / 24°	84	12.5	12	3.2
Oct	33° / 24°	173	19.3	12.1	2.8
Nov	31° / 24°	287	26.9	12.1	2.4
Dec	31° / 24°	300	29.1	12.2	2.5

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 8% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 11% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 80%. 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	12	13	13	13	15	15	17	18	19	21	21	22	23	24	24	24	24	25	25	25	26	25	26	25	25	25	25
Cloudier (%)	89	89	89	89	88	87	87	87	85	85	83	82	81	79	79	78	77	76	76	76	76	75	75	75	74	75	74	75	75	75	75

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	11	89
2	11	89
3	11	89
4	11	89
5	12	88
6	13	87
7	13	87
8	13	87
9	15	85
10	15	85
11	17	83
12	18	82
13	19	81
14	21	79
15	21	79
16	22	78
17	23	77
18	24	76
19	24	76
20	24	76
21	24	76
22	25	75
23	25	75
24	25	75
25	26	74
26	25	75
27	26	74
28	25	75
29	25	75
30	25	75
31	25	75

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Palembang gets around 183 mm of rain over 25.1 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 81% and peaks near 90% 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 (%)	90	89	89	88	88	87	86	85	84	84	83	82	81	80	79	79	78	78	78	78	77	77	77	77	76	76	76	76	75	75	75

	Rain chance (%)
1	90
2	89
3	89
4	88
5	88
6	87
7	86
8	85
9	84
10	84
11	83
12	82
13	81
14	80
15	79
16	79
17	78
18	78
19	78
20	78
21	77
22	77
23	77
24	77
25	76
26	76
27	76
28	76
29	75
30	75
31	75

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 93% 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 (%)	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	4	4	4	5	5	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	8	8	8	9	9	10	11	11	12	13	13	14
Miserable (%)	98	98	98	98	97	97	97	96	96	96	95	95	94	94	94	94	93	93	93	92	92	92	91	91	90	89	89	88	87	87	86

	Oppressive (%)	Miserable (%)
1	2	98
2	2	98
3	2	98
4	2	98
5	3	97
6	3	97
7	3	97
8	4	96
9	4	96
10	4	96
11	5	95
12	5	95
13	6	94
14	6	94
15	6	94
16	6	94
17	7	93
18	7	93
19	7	93
20	8	92
21	8	92
22	8	92
23	9	91
24	9	91
25	10	90
26	11	89
27	11	89
28	12	88
29	13	87
30	13	87
31	14	86

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.

	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
Wind speed (km/h)	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	6
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	5	calm
2	5	calm
3	5	calm
4	5	calm
5	5	calm
6	5	calm
7	5	calm
8	5	calm
9	5	calm
10	5	calm
11	5	calm
12	5	calm
13	5	calm
14	5	calm
15	5	calm
16	5	calm
17	5	calm
18	5	calm
19	5	calm
20	5	calm
21	5	calm
22	5	calm
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24	5	calm
25	5	calm
26	5	calm
27	5	calm
28	6	calm
29	6	calm
30	6	calm
31	6	calm

Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 54 min at the start of May to 11 h 48 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 6:01 AM to 6:03 AM, and sunset from 5:55 PM to 5:54 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	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8
Sunrise (AM)	6:01	6:01	6:01	6:01	6:01	6:01	6:01	6:01	6:01	6:01	6:01	6:01	6:01	6:01	6:01	6:01	6:01	6:01	6:01	6:02	6:02	6:02	6:02	6:02	6:02	6:02	6:02	6:03	6:03	6:03	6:03
Sunset (PM)	5:55	5:55	5:55	5:55	5:54	5:54	5:54	5:54	5:54	5:54	5:54	5:54	5:53	5:53	5:53	5:53	5:53	5:53	5:53	5:53	5:53	5:53	5:53	5:53	5:53	5:53	5:53	5:53	5:54	5:54	5:54

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.9	6:01	5:55
2	11.9	6:01	5:55
3	11.9	6:01	5:55
4	11.9	6:01	5:55
5	11.9	6:01	5:54
6	11.9	6:01	5:54
7	11.9	6:01	5:54
8	11.9	6:01	5:54
9	11.9	6:01	5:54
10	11.9	6:01	5:54
11	11.9	6:01	5:54
12	11.9	6:01	5:54
13	11.9	6:01	5:53
14	11.9	6:01	5:53
15	11.9	6:01	5:53
16	11.9	6:01	5:53
17	11.9	6:01	5:53
18	11.9	6:01	5:53
19	11.9	6:01	5:53
20	11.9	6:02	5:53
21	11.9	6:02	5:53
22	11.9	6:02	5:53
23	11.9	6:02	5:53
24	11.9	6:02	5:53
25	11.9	6:02	5:53
26	11.9	6:02	5:53
27	11.9	6:02	5:53
28	11.8	6:03	5:53
29	11.8	6:03	5:54
30	11.8	6:03	5:54
31	11.8	6:03	5:54

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 4.6 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.19 kWh/m² to a high of 5.52 kWh/m² in September across the year — May's 4.6 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	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.5	4.5	4.5
Level	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

	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	4.6	Bright
10	4.6	Bright
11	4.6	Bright
12	4.6	Bright
13	4.6	Bright
14	4.6	Bright
15	4.6	Bright
16	4.6	Bright
17	4.6	Bright
18	4.6	Bright
19	4.6	Bright
20	4.6	Bright
21	4.6	Bright
22	4.6	Bright
23	4.6	Bright
24	4.6	Bright
25	4.6	Bright
26	4.6	Bright
27	4.6	Bright
28	4.6	Bright
29	4.5	Bright
30	4.5	Bright
31	4.5	Bright

Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit Palembang?

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

2.7

Sightseeing

6th-best month of the year

4.2

Beach & pool

6th-best month of the year

May is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Palembang.

What to pack for Palembang in May

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

In May, Palembang sees daytime highs around 32°C and nights near 24°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 25 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Palembang 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 Palembang peaks around February 21 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near July 11 at about 10 (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)	13	15	15	13	11	10	10	11	12	13	10	11
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	13	Extreme
Feb	15	Extreme
Mar	15	Extreme
Apr	13	Extreme
May	11	Extreme
Jun	10	Very high
Jul	10	Very high
Aug	11	Extreme
Sep	12	Extreme
Oct	13	Extreme
Nov	10	Very high
Dec	11	Extreme

Air quality in Palembang 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 Palembang is worst in October — around 189 µg/m³ PM2.5 (very unhealthy), about 7.3× the cleanest month (February, 26 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)	27	26	33	36	34	32	33	51	138	189	103	30
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Poor	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Poor	Unhealthy	Very unhealthy	Unhealthy	Moderate

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	27	Moderate
Feb	26	Moderate
Mar	33	Moderate
Apr	36	Poor
May	34	Moderate
Jun	32	Moderate
Jul	33	Moderate
Aug	51	Poor
Sep	138	Unhealthy
Oct	189	Very unhealthy
Nov	103	Unhealthy
Dec	30	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Palembang?

Palembang sits at 2.9°S, 104.7°E, 5 m above sea level, in Indonesia. The nearest listed city is Indralaya, 38 km away.

Topography around Palembang

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Palembang has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 25 m around an average of 8 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 58 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 80 m.

The land around Palembang is covered by artificial surfaces (57%) and trees (29%) within 3 km, trees (51%) and artificial surfaces (21%) within 16 km, and trees (65%) within 80 km.

3 km

25 m

artificial surfaces 57%

16 km

58 m

trees 51%

80 km

80 m

trees 65%

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

May weather nearby: Indralaya 38 km · Prabumulih 81 km · Muntok 105 km · Baturaja 149 km · Tanjungagung 154 km · Lahat 165 km · Pangkalpinang 175 km · Jambi City 193 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 Palembang (-2.9167°, 104.7458°, elevation 5 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	32	24
2	32	24
3	32	24
4	32	24
5	32	24
6	32	24
7	32	24
8	32	24
9	32	24
10	32	24
11	32	24
12	32	24
13	32	24
14	32	24
15	32	24
16	32	24
17	32	24
18	32	24
19	32	24
20	32	24
21	32	24
22	32	24
23	32	24
24	32	24
25	32	24
26	32	24
27	32	24
28	32	24
29	32	24
30	32	24
31	32	24

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	11	89
2	11	89
3	11	89
4	11	89
5	12	88
6	13	87
7	13	87
8	13	87
9	15	85
10	15	85
11	17	83
12	18	82
13	19	81
14	21	79
15	21	79
16	22	78
17	23	77
18	24	76
19	24	76
20	24	76
21	24	76
22	25	75
23	25	75
24	25	75
25	26	74
26	25	75
27	26	74
28	25	75
29	25	75
30	25	75
31	25	75

	Rain chance (%)
1	90
2	89
3	89
4	88
5	88
6	87
7	86
8	85
9	84
10	84
11	83
12	82
13	81
14	80
15	79
16	79
17	78
18	78
19	78
20	78
21	77
22	77
23	77
24	77
25	76
26	76
27	76
28	76
29	75
30	75
31	75

	Oppressive (%)	Miserable (%)
1	2	98
2	2	98
3	2	98
4	2	98
5	3	97
6	3	97
7	3	97
8	4	96
9	4	96
10	4	96
11	5	95
12	5	95
13	6	94
14	6	94
15	6	94
16	6	94
17	7	93
18	7	93
19	7	93
20	8	92
21	8	92
22	8	92
23	9	91
24	9	91
25	10	90
26	11	89
27	11	89
28	12	88
29	13	87
30	13	87
31	14	86

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	32	24
2	32	24
3	32	24
4	32	24
5	32	24
6	32	24
7	32	24
8	32	24
9	32	24
10	32	24
11	32	24
12	32	24
13	32	24
14	32	24
15	32	24
16	32	24
17	32	24
18	32	24
19	32	24
20	32	24
21	32	24
22	32	24
23	32	24
24	32	24
25	32	24
26	32	24
27	32	24
28	32	24
29	32	24
30	32	24
31	32	24

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	11	89
2	11	89
3	11	89
4	11	89
5	12	88
6	13	87
7	13	87
8	13	87
9	15	85
10	15	85
11	17	83
12	18	82
13	19	81
14	21	79
15	21	79
16	22	78
17	23	77
18	24	76
19	24	76
20	24	76
21	24	76
22	25	75
23	25	75
24	25	75
25	26	74
26	25	75
27	26	74
28	25	75
29	25	75
30	25	75
31	25	75

	Rain chance (%)
1	90
2	89
3	89
4	88
5	88
6	87
7	86
8	85
9	84
10	84
11	83
12	82
13	81
14	80
15	79
16	79
17	78
18	78
19	78
20	78
21	77
22	77
23	77
24	77
25	76
26	76
27	76
28	76
29	75
30	75
31	75

	Oppressive (%)	Miserable (%)
1	2	98
2	2	98
3	2	98
4	2	98
5	3	97
6	3	97
7	3	97
8	4	96
9	4	96
10	4	96
11	5	95
12	5	95
13	6	94
14	6	94
15	6	94
16	6	94
17	7	93
18	7	93
19	7	93
20	8	92
21	8	92
22	8	92
23	9	91
24	9	91
25	10	90
26	11	89
27	11	89
28	12	88
29	13	87
30	13	87
31	14	86

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	32	24
2	32	24
3	32	24
4	32	24
5	32	24
6	32	24
7	32	24
8	32	24
9	32	24
10	32	24
11	32	24
12	32	24
13	32	24
14	32	24
15	32	24
16	32	24
17	32	24
18	32	24
19	32	24
20	32	24
21	32	24
22	32	24
23	32	24
24	32	24
25	32	24
26	32	24
27	32	24
28	32	24
29	32	24
30	32	24
31	32	24

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	11	89
2	11	89
3	11	89
4	11	89
5	12	88
6	13	87
7	13	87
8	13	87
9	15	85
10	15	85
11	17	83
12	18	82
13	19	81
14	21	79
15	21	79
16	22	78
17	23	77
18	24	76
19	24	76
20	24	76
21	24	76
22	25	75
23	25	75
24	25	75
25	26	74
26	25	75
27	26	74
28	25	75
29	25	75
30	25	75
31	25	75

	Rain chance (%)
1	90
2	89
3	89
4	88
5	88
6	87
7	86
8	85
9	84
10	84
11	83
12	82
13	81
14	80
15	79
16	79
17	78
18	78
19	78
20	78
21	77
22	77
23	77
24	77
25	76
26	76
27	76
28	76
29	75
30	75
31	75

	Oppressive (%)	Miserable (%)
1	2	98
2	2	98
3	2	98
4	2	98
5	3	97
6	3	97
7	3	97
8	4	96
9	4	96
10	4	96
11	5	95
12	5	95
13	6	94
14	6	94
15	6	94
16	6	94
17	7	93
18	7	93
19	7	93
20	8	92
21	8	92
22	8	92
23	9	91
24	9	91
25	10	90
26	11	89
27	11	89
28	12	88
29	13	87
30	13	87
31	14	86