Sragen weather in May

In May, Sragen sees average daytime highs of 31°C and overnight lows near 23°C, with 127 mm of rain across 16.8 wet days and about 11.7 hours of daylight. It is the 7th-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 21% 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 Sragen's 5th-clearest and 11th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Sragen's year-round climate.

Daytime high
31°
7th warmest
Overnight low
23°
7th coldest
Rainfall
127 mm
16.8 wet days
Daylight
11 h 42 min
5:42 AM – 5:22 PM
Cloud cover
64%
5th clearest
Wind
4 km/h
11th windiest
Solar energy
5 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.7
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 Sragen 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 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 Sragen

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.

Sragen weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 7th-warmest and 8th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan30° / 23°33227.912.42.7
Feb30° / 23°3402712.22.5
Mar31° / 23°34328.412.12.5
Apr31° / 24°26825.611.82.7
May31° / 23°12716.811.73.7
Jun31° / 23°7110.111.64.3
Jul31° / 22°436.111.64.8
Aug32° / 22°193.711.84.8
Sep32° / 23°404.8124.2
Oct33° / 23°14412.912.23.4
Nov32° / 24°29522.912.32.7
Dec31° / 23°34126.412.42.7

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 21% 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 57%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
13268
23268
33268
43466
53565
63565
73565
83664
93664
103763
113961
123961
134159
144258
154456
164555
174753
184753
194852
204951
214951
225050
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255149
265149
275050
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294951
304951
314852

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Sragen gets around 127 mm of rain over 16.8 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 54% and peaks near 70% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

0%20%40%60%80%151015202531
Rain chance (%)
170
269
368
466
565
663
762
861
959
1058
1157
1256
1355
1454
1553
1652
1752
1851
1950
2050
2149
2249
2348
2447
2546
2646
2745
2844
2943
3043
3142

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 70% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

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Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
1016930
2016930
3017029
4026929
5026929
6036928
7037027
8046927
9047026
10057025
11057025
12067024
13067123
14077122
15087121
16087121
17097120
180107119
190107119
200117118
210117118
220127117
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240137017
251146916
261146916
271156816
281156915
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301166815
311166914

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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314calm

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 5:41 AM to 5:45 AM, and sunset from 5:25 PM to 5:21 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.75:415:25
211.75:415:25
311.75:415:25
411.75:415:24
511.75:415:24
611.75:415:24
711.75:415:24
811.75:415:23
911.75:415:23
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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 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.69 kWh/m² to a high of 6.08 kWh/m² in September across the year — May's 5 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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274.9Bright
284.9Bright
294.9Bright
304.9Bright
314.9Bright
Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Sragen

In seasonPeak

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

Sragen's rainy season runs November–April, when most of the year's rain falls.

Rainy season
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Is May a good time to visit Sragen?

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

3.7
Sightseeing
5th-best month of the year
5.5
Beach & pool
6th-best month of the year

May is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Sragen.

What to pack for Sragen in May

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

In May, Sragen sees daytime highs around 31°C and nights near 23°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 17 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Sragen 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 Sragen peaks around March 14 at about 14 (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 highExtremeVery highExtremeMar 14UV 14Jun 14UV 7
UV index (midday)Level
Jan14Extreme
Feb13Extreme
Mar14Extreme
Apr12Extreme
May9Very high
Jun7Very high
Jul10Very high
Aug11Extreme
Sep13Extreme
Oct13Extreme
Nov9Very high
Dec11Extreme

Air quality in Sragen 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 Sragen is worst in May — around 54 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 1.7× the cleanest month (September, 32 µg/m³).

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

0204060JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecPoorModeratePoorMay 1254 µg/m³Sep 1333 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan43Poor
Feb43Poor
Mar49Poor
Apr52Poor
May54Poor
Jun47Poor
Jul40Poor
Aug34Moderate
Sep32Moderate
Oct36Poor
Nov39Poor
Dec39Poor
Location & terrain

Where is Sragen?

Sragen sits at 7.4°S, 111.0°E, 90 m above sea level, in Indonesia. The nearest listed city is Jaten, 22 km away.

Topography around Sragen

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Sragen has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 39 m around an average of 87 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 522 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 3,212 m.

The land around Sragen is covered by cropland (40%) and artificial surfaces (40%) within 3 km, trees (43%) and cropland (43%) within 16 km, and trees (59%) and cropland (30%) within 80 km.

3 km
39 m
16 km
522 m
80 km
3,212 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
May weather nearby: Jaten 22 km · Surakarta 25 km · Grogol 30 km · Colomadu 32 km · Baki 33 km · Kartasura 34 km · Ngemplak 36 km · Gatak 40 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 Sragen (-7.4264°, 111.0222°, elevation 90 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).