Praya weather in May

In May, Praya sees average daytime highs of 31°C and overnight lows near 24°C, with 74 mm of rain across 11.9 wet days and about 11.6 hours of daylight. It is the 1st-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 36% 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 30 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Praya's 5th-clearest and 6th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Praya's year-round climate.

Daytime high
31°
1st warmest
Overnight low
24°
6th coldest
Rainfall
74 mm
11.9 wet days
Daylight
11 h 36 min
6:23 AM – 5:59 PM
Cloud cover
54%
5th clearest
Wind
8 km/h
6th windiest
Solar energy
5.52 kWh/m²
Travel score
4.6
out of 10

Praya is district in Central Lombok Regency, West Nusa Tenggara Province, Indonesia.

Density
1,131/km²
people per km²

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 Praya 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 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 Praya

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.

Praya weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 1st-warmest and 8th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan30° / 25°32928.812.52.8
Feb30° / 24°28125.712.32.8
Mar30° / 24°30727.612.12.8
Apr31° / 24°22022.311.83.3
May31° / 24°7411.911.64.6
Jun30° / 23°426.711.55.4
Jul30° / 22°254.111.56.0
Aug30° / 22°102.611.76.2
Sep30° / 23°275.411.95.5
Oct31° / 24°7813.412.24.3
Nov31° / 25°22423.312.43.1
Dec30° / 25°32928.112.52.8

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 36% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 20% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 44%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
14951
25050
35149
45248
55149
65248
75248
85347
95347
105545
115545
125644
135644
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Praya gets around 74 mm of rain over 11.9 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 38% and peaks near 48% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
148
247
346
445
544
643
742
841
940
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1737
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1937
2036
2136
2236
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2832
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3031
3130

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 62% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

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Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
1025345
2025444
3025543
4025741
5035740
6035839
7035938
8045937
9046036
10046135
11056134
12056134
13056233
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15166231
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17176230
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Wind in May

Winds average 8 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 7 km/h on the calmest days to 9 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
17calm
27calm
37calm
47calm
58calm
68calm
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118calm
128calm
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319calm

Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 42 min at the start of May to 11 h 30 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 12 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 6:21 AM to 6:26 AM, and sunset from 6:03 PM to 5:58 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.76:216:03
211.76:216:03
311.76:216:02
411.76:216:02
511.76:226:02
611.76:226:01
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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 5.52 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.21 kWh/m² to a high of 6.79 kWh/m² in October across the year — May's 5.52 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Praya

In seasonPeak

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

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

Praya's monsoon runs November–April, when most of the year's rain falls.

Cyclone
Monsoon
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Is May a good time to visit Praya?

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

4.6
Sightseeing
5th-best month of the year
6.5
Beach & pool
5th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Praya for sightseeing. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Praya in May

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

In May, Praya sees daytime highs around 31°C and nights near 24°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: rain gear and sun protection. About 12 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

Sea temperature near Praya 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 18 km away) is warmest in April at about 29°C and coldest in August near 27°C.

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

26°28°30°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecwarmtropicalcomfortable to swim
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan29Tropical
Feb29Tropical
Mar29Tropical
Apr29Tropical
May29Tropical
Jun28Tropical
Jul28Warm
Aug27Warm
Sep27Warm
Oct28Tropical
Nov29Tropical
Dec29Tropical

UV index in Praya 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 Praya peaks around March 14 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 20 at about 9 (very high).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highExtremeMar 14UV 15Jun 20UV 9
UV index (midday)Level
Jan14Extreme
Feb14Extreme
Mar15Extreme
Apr13Extreme
May11Extreme
Jun9Very high
Jul10Very high
Aug12Extreme
Sep13Extreme
Oct13Extreme
Nov12Extreme
Dec12Extreme
Location & terrain

Where is Praya?

Praya sits at 8.7°S, 116.3°E, 108 m above sea level, in Indonesia. The nearest listed city is Lombok, 22 km away.

Topography around Praya

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Praya has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 95 m around an average of 111 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 710 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 3,756 m.

The land around Praya is covered by cropland (34%), trees (33%) and artificial surfaces (21%) within 3 km, cropland (46%) and trees (43%) within 16 km, and water (67%) and trees (24%) within 80 km.

3 km
95 m
16 km
710 m
80 km
3,756 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
May weather nearby: Lombok 22 km · Selong 29 km · Gili Trawangan 47 km · Taliwang 64 km · Amlapura 77 km · Amlapura city 78 km · Bedugul 80 km · Klungkung 98 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 Praya (-8.7054°, 116.2704°, elevation 108 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. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).