Sunggal weather in May

In May, Sunggal sees average daytime highs of 32°C and overnight lows near 22°C, with 266 mm of rain across 28 wet days and about 12.2 hours of daylight. It is the 3rd-warmest and 5th-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 2% of the time in May, and the air most often feels oppressive.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 06 min at the start of May to 12 h 12 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Sunggal's 8th-clearest and 9th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Sunggal's year-round climate.

Daytime high
32°
3rd warmest
Overnight low
22°
12th coldest
Rainfall
266 mm
28 wet days
Daylight
12 h 12 min
6:17 AM – 6:27 PM
Cloud cover
88%
8th clearest
Wind
4 km/h
9th windiest
Solar energy
5.06 kWh/m²
Travel score
2.3
out of 10

Sunggal is subdistrict in Medan City, North Sumatra, 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 32°C through the month.

A typical May day in Sunggal reaches about 32°C in the afternoon and slips back to 22°C overnight — a 9°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.

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How May really feels in Sunggal

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.

Sunggal weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 3rd-warmest and 5th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan30° / 22°23726.311.83.1
Feb30° / 22°1782211.93.1
Mar31° / 22°21125.4122.8
Apr31° / 22°25328.112.12.4
May32° / 22°2662812.22.3
Jun32° / 22°18924.412.22.5
Jul32° / 22°18624.912.22.6
Aug32° / 22°21326.812.12.4
Sep31° / 22°30628.6122.4
Oct30° / 22°33829.611.92.5
Nov30° / 22°35828.811.82.7
Dec29° / 22°34528.711.82.9

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 2% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 6% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 92%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Sunggal gets around 266 mm of rain over 28 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 90% and peaks near 95% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
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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 77% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

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Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
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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
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Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 06 min at the start of May to 12 h 12 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 6 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 6:19 AM to 6:17 AM, and sunset from 6:26 PM to 6:29 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
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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 5.06 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.95 kWh/m² to a high of 5.37 kWh/m² in March across the year — May's 5.06 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Sunggal

In seasonPeak

In May, Sunggal sits inside its cyclone season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

Sunggal sits in the North Indian Ocean cyclone zone; the season peaks May and October–November.

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

Is May a good time to visit Sunggal?

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

2.3
Sightseeing
12th-best month of the year
3.7
Beach & pool
8th-best month of the year

May is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Sunggal.

What to pack for Sunggal in May

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

In May, Sunggal sees daytime highs around 32°C and nights near 22°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 28 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

Sea temperature near Sunggal in May

The nearest coast averages about 30°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 44 km away) is warmest in June at about 30°C and coldest in January near 29°C.

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

28°30°32°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecwarmtropicalcomfortable to swim
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan29Tropical
Feb29Tropical
Mar30Tropical
Apr30Tropical
May30Tropical
Jun30Tropical
Jul30Tropical
Aug30Tropical
Sep30Tropical
Oct29Tropical
Nov29Tropical
Dec29Tropical

UV index in Sunggal 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 Sunggal peaks around February 19 at about 14 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 23 at about 10 (extreme).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeFeb 19UV 14Jun 23UV 10
UV index (midday)Level
Jan12Extreme
Feb14Extreme
Mar13Extreme
Apr12Extreme
May11Extreme
Jun10Extreme
Jul10Extreme
Aug11Extreme
Sep13Extreme
Oct12Extreme
Nov11Extreme
Dec10Extreme

Air quality in Sunggal 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 Sunggal is worst in March — around 34 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), and holds fairly steady the rest of the year.

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

010203040JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateMar 2434 µg/m³Dec 1626 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan28Moderate
Feb30Moderate
Mar34Moderate
Apr34Moderate
May32Moderate
Jun31Moderate
Jul31Moderate
Aug31Moderate
Sep34Moderate
Oct34Moderate
Nov28Moderate
Dec26Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Sunggal?

Sunggal sits at 3.6°N, 98.6°E, 32 m above sea level, in Indonesia. The nearest listed city is Medan, 6.0 km away.

Topography around Sunggal

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Sunggal has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 22 m around an average of 30 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 168 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,512 m.

The land around Sunggal is covered by artificial surfaces (64%) and trees (25%) within 3 km, trees (48%) and artificial surfaces (34%) within 16 km, and trees (63%) and water (24%) within 80 km.

3 km
22 m
16 km
168 m
80 km
2,512 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswatermangroves
May weather nearby: Medan 6.0 km · Deli Tua 11 km · Binjai 15 km · Belawan 23 km · Stabat 25 km · Percut 28 km · Labuhan Deli 34 km · Perbaungan 38 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 Sunggal (3.5765°, 98.6151°, elevation 32 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. 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).