Sumedang weather in May

In May, Sumedang sees average daytime highs of 30°C and overnight lows near 22°C, with 124 mm of rain across 17.6 wet days and about 11.7 hours of daylight. It is the 7th-warmest and 7th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 30°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 19% of the time in May, and the air most often feels oppressive.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 48 min at the start of May to 11 h 36 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Sumedang's 5th-clearest and 8th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Sumedang's year-round climate.

Daytime high
30°
7th warmest
Overnight low
22°
9th coldest
Rainfall
124 mm
17.6 wet days
Daylight
11 h 42 min
5:54 AM – 5:35 PM
Cloud cover
66%
5th clearest
Wind
4 km/h
8th windiest
Solar energy
4.94 kWh/m²
Travel score
4.0
out of 10

Sumedang is town in West Java, 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 30°C through the month.

A typical May day in Sumedang reaches about 30°C in the afternoon and slips back to 22°C overnight — a 8°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 29°C and 31°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 Sumedang

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.

Sumedang weather by month

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

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan29° / 22°4153012.42.9
Feb29° / 22°38527.412.22.9
Mar29° / 22°40329.8122.8
Apr30° / 22°27226.311.93.0
May30° / 22°12417.611.74.0
Jun30° / 22°6710.711.64.7
Jul31° / 21°426.411.65.0
Aug32° / 21°193.711.84.8
Sep32° / 22°425.6124.2
Oct32° / 22°12113.712.23.5
Nov31° / 22°31024.612.32.9
Dec29° / 22°43429.512.42.8

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 19% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 21% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 60%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
12971
22971
32971
43070
53169
63268
73268
83268
93268
103367
113466
123664
133763
143961
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Sumedang gets around 124 mm of rain over 17.6 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 57% and peaks near 75% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
175
274
373
472
571
670
769
868
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1163
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1360
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1557
1655
1754
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1951
2050
2149
2248
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2645
2745
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3044
3144

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 82% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 99% of them.

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Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
105932
206922
306922
407912
508902
608902
709892
8010882
9010882
10011872
11011872
12012862
13013852
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31126730

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
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Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 48 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 12 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 5:53 AM to 5:57 AM, and sunset from 5:38 PM to 5:35 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.85:535:38
211.85:535:38
311.85:535:38
411.75:535:38
511.75:535:37
611.75:535:37
711.75:535:37
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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 4.94 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.41 kWh/m² to a high of 6.08 kWh/m² in September across the year — May's 4.94 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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

Hazard calendar for Sumedang

In seasonPeak

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

Sumedang'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 Sumedang?

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

4.0
Sightseeing
5th-best month of the year
5.5
Beach & pool
6th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Sumedang for sightseeing.

What to pack for Sumedang in May

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

In May, Sumedang sees daytime highs around 30°C and nights near 22°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 18 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Sumedang 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 Sumedang peaks around March 16 at about 14 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 15 at about 8 (very high).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highExtremeVery highExtremeMar 16UV 14Jun 15UV 8
UV index (midday)Level
Jan10Extreme
Feb13Extreme
Mar14Extreme
Apr12Extreme
May9Very high
Jun8Very high
Jul10Very high
Aug12Extreme
Sep13Extreme
Oct13Extreme
Nov8Very high
Dec12Extreme

Air quality in Sumedang 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 Sumedang is worst in May — around 72 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), and holds fairly steady the rest of the year.

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

020406080JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecUnhealthyPoorUnhealthyMay 1672 µg/m³Sep 1253 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan61Unhealthy
Feb60Unhealthy
Mar69Unhealthy
Apr69Unhealthy
May72Unhealthy
Jun69Unhealthy
Jul60Unhealthy
Aug54Poor
Sep53Poor
Oct55Unhealthy
Nov57Unhealthy
Dec60Unhealthy
Location & terrain

Where is Sumedang?

Sumedang sits at 6.9°S, 107.9°E, 460 m above sea level, in Indonesia. The nearest listed city is Sumedang Utara, 1.0 km away.

Topography around Sumedang

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Sumedang has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 318 m around an average of 517 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,758 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 3,025 m.

The land around Sumedang is covered by trees (48%), artificial surfaces (26%) and cropland (24%) within 3 km, trees (77%) within 16 km, and trees (58%) and cropland (25%) within 80 km.

3 km
318 m
16 km
1,758 m
80 km
3,025 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
May weather nearby: Sumedang Utara 1.0 km · Cileunyi 20 km · Paseh 27 km · Lembang 33 km · Majalengka 34 km · Bandung 35 km · Wanaraja 36 km · Subang 37 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 Sumedang (-6.8586°, 107.9164°, elevation 460 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).