Tanjung weather in May

In May, Tanjung sees average daytime highs of 31°C and overnight lows near 23°C, with 179 mm of rain across 24.6 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 31°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 7% 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 54 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Tanjung's 5th-clearest and 12th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Tanjung's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 31°; 4th warmest
Overnight low: 23°; 12th coldest
Rainfall: 179 mm; 24.6 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 54 min; 6:18 AM – 6:12 PM
Cloud cover: 78%; 5th clearest
Wind: 3 km/h; 12th windiest
Solar energy: 4.61 kWh/m²
Travel score: 2.9; out of 10

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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 Tanjung 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 29°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)	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31
Avg low (°C)	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23

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

How May really feels in Tanjung

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

heat index over the day's high

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.

Tanjung 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° / 23°	214	27.6	12.1	2.8
Feb	30° / 23°	196	24.4	12.1	2.8
Mar	30° / 23°	250	28.1	12	2.6
Apr	31° / 23°	238	27.8	12	2.6
May	31° / 23°	179	24.6	11.9	2.9
Jun	31° / 23°	132	19.9	11.9	3.4
Jul	31° / 22°	98	16.1	11.9	3.8
Aug	32° / 22°	78	13.1	11.9	3.7
Sep	32° / 23°	89	14	12	3.3
Oct	32° / 23°	157	20.4	12	2.9
Nov	31° / 23°	246	27.6	12.1	2.5
Dec	30° / 23°	247	29	12.1	2.6

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 7% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 13% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 79%. 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 (%)	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	14	15	16	18	19	21	22	23	24	25	27	27	27	28	28	28	27	27	26	25	25	23	23	23
Cloudier (%)	88	88	88	88	87	87	87	86	85	84	82	81	79	78	77	76	75	73	73	73	72	72	72	73	73	74	75	75	77	77	77

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	12	88
2	12	88
3	12	88
4	12	88
5	13	87
6	13	87
7	13	87
8	14	86
9	15	85
10	16	84
11	18	82
12	19	81
13	21	79
14	22	78
15	23	77
16	24	76
17	25	75
18	27	73
19	27	73
20	27	73
21	28	72
22	28	72
23	28	72
24	27	73
25	27	73
26	26	74
27	25	75
28	25	75
29	23	77
30	23	77
31	23	77

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Tanjung gets around 179 mm of rain over 24.6 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 79% and peaks near 87% 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 (%)	87	87	86	85	85	84	83	83	82	81	81	80	79	78	78	77	77	76	76	76	76	76	76	76	76	76	76	76	76	76	76

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

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 57% 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 (%)	33	33	34	34	34	35	36	37	37	38	39	40	41	41	42	43	43	44	45	46	47	48	49	49	50	51	51	52	52	53	54
Miserable (%)	67	67	66	66	66	65	64	63	63	62	61	60	59	59	58	57	57	56	55	54	53	52	51	51	50	49	49	48	48	47	46

	Oppressive (%)	Miserable (%)
1	33	67
2	33	67
3	34	66
4	34	66
5	34	66
6	35	65
7	36	64
8	37	63
9	37	63
10	38	62
11	39	61
12	40	60
13	41	59
14	41	59
15	42	58
16	43	57
17	43	57
18	44	56
19	45	55
20	46	54
21	47	53
22	48	52
23	49	51
24	49	51
25	50	50
26	51	49
27	51	49
28	52	48
29	52	48
30	53	47
31	54	46

Wind in May

Winds average 3 km/h in May, the calmest month.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 3 km/h on the calmest days to 3 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)	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
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	3	calm
2	3	calm
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4	3	calm
5	3	calm
6	3	calm
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12	3	calm
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31	3	calm

Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 54 min at the start of May to 11 h 54 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 0 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 6:18 AM to 6:19 AM, and sunset from 6:13 PM to 6:12 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	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9
Sunrise (AM)	6:18	6:18	6:18	6:18	6:18	6:18	6:17	6:17	6:17	6:17	6:17	6:17	6:17	6:17	6:18	6:18	6:18	6:18	6:18	6:18	6:18	6:18	6:18	6:18	6:18	6:18	6:19	6:19	6:19	6:19	6:19
Sunset (PM)	6:13	6:13	6:13	6:13	6:13	6:13	6:12	6:12	6:12	6:12	6:12	6:12	6:12	6:12	6:12	6:12	6:12	6:12	6:12	6:12	6:12	6:12	6:12	6:12	6:12	6:12	6:12	6:12	6:12	6:12	6:12

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

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 4.61 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.26 kWh/m² to a high of 5.42 kWh/m² in September across the year — May's 4.61 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)	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	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	4.5	Bright
2	4.5	Bright
3	4.5	Bright
4	4.5	Bright
5	4.5	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	4.7	Bright
17	4.7	Bright
18	4.7	Bright
19	4.7	Bright
20	4.7	Bright
21	4.7	Bright
22	4.7	Bright
23	4.7	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 Tanjung?

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

2.9

Sightseeing

5th-best month of the year

4.3

Beach & pool

6th-best month of the year

May is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Tanjung.

What to pack for Tanjung in May

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

In May, Tanjung sees daytime highs around 31°C and nights near 23°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 25 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Tanjung in May

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in May peaks around 12 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Tanjung peaks around February 19 at about 16 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near July 12 at about 11 (extreme).

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)	14	16	15	14	12	11	11	12	13	13	12	13
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	14	Extreme
Feb	16	Extreme
Mar	15	Extreme
Apr	14	Extreme
May	12	Extreme
Jun	11	Extreme
Jul	11	Extreme
Aug	12	Extreme
Sep	13	Extreme
Oct	13	Extreme
Nov	12	Extreme
Dec	13	Extreme

Air quality in Tanjung 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 Tanjung is worst in September — around 93 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 5.3× the cleanest month (January, 18 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)	18	18	22	21	23	23	30	49	93	87	28	18
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Poor	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Moderate	Moderate

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	18	Moderate
Feb	18	Moderate
Mar	22	Moderate
Apr	21	Moderate
May	23	Moderate
Jun	23	Moderate
Jul	30	Moderate
Aug	49	Poor
Sep	93	Unhealthy
Oct	87	Unhealthy
Nov	28	Moderate
Dec	18	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Tanjung?

Tanjung sits at 2.2°S, 115.4°E, 23 m above sea level, in Indonesia. The nearest listed city is Amuntai, 33 km away.

Topography around Tanjung

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Tanjung has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 39 m around an average of 25 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 272 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,967 m.

The land around Tanjung is covered by trees (74%) and artificial surfaces (20%) within 3 km, trees (84%) within 16 km, and trees (85%) within 80 km.

3 km

39 m

trees 74%

16 km

272 m

trees 84%

80 km

1,967 m

trees 85%

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

May weather nearby: Amuntai 33 km · Barabai 46 km · Kualakapuas 147 km · Muara Teweh 147 km · Martapura 151 km · Banjarbaru 155 km · Banjarmasin 157 km · Palangkaraya 166 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 Tanjung (-2.1709°, 115.4077°, elevation 23 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	31	24
2	31	24
3	31	24
4	31	24
5	31	24
6	31	24
7	31	24
8	31	24
9	31	24
10	31	24
11	31	24
12	31	24
13	31	24
14	31	24
15	31	24
16	31	24
17	31	23
18	31	23
19	31	23
20	31	23
21	31	23
22	31	23
23	31	23
24	31	23
25	31	23
26	31	23
27	31	23
28	31	23
29	31	23
30	31	23
31	31	23

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	12	88
2	12	88
3	12	88
4	12	88
5	13	87
6	13	87
7	13	87
8	14	86
9	15	85
10	16	84
11	18	82
12	19	81
13	21	79
14	22	78
15	23	77
16	24	76
17	25	75
18	27	73
19	27	73
20	27	73
21	28	72
22	28	72
23	28	72
24	27	73
25	27	73
26	26	74
27	25	75
28	25	75
29	23	77
30	23	77
31	23	77

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

	Oppressive (%)	Miserable (%)
1	33	67
2	33	67
3	34	66
4	34	66
5	34	66
6	35	65
7	36	64
8	37	63
9	37	63
10	38	62
11	39	61
12	40	60
13	41	59
14	41	59
15	42	58
16	43	57
17	43	57
18	44	56
19	45	55
20	46	54
21	47	53
22	48	52
23	49	51
24	49	51
25	50	50
26	51	49
27	51	49
28	52	48
29	52	48
30	53	47
31	54	46

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	12	88
2	12	88
3	12	88
4	12	88
5	13	87
6	13	87
7	13	87
8	14	86
9	15	85
10	16	84
11	18	82
12	19	81
13	21	79
14	22	78
15	23	77
16	24	76
17	25	75
18	27	73
19	27	73
20	27	73
21	28	72
22	28	72
23	28	72
24	27	73
25	27	73
26	26	74
27	25	75
28	25	75
29	23	77
30	23	77
31	23	77

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

	Oppressive (%)	Miserable (%)
1	33	67
2	33	67
3	34	66
4	34	66
5	34	66
6	35	65
7	36	64
8	37	63
9	37	63
10	38	62
11	39	61
12	40	60
13	41	59
14	41	59
15	42	58
16	43	57
17	43	57
18	44	56
19	45	55
20	46	54
21	47	53
22	48	52
23	49	51
24	49	51
25	50	50
26	51	49
27	51	49
28	52	48
29	52	48
30	53	47
31	54	46

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	12	88
2	12	88
3	12	88
4	12	88
5	13	87
6	13	87
7	13	87
8	14	86
9	15	85
10	16	84
11	18	82
12	19	81
13	21	79
14	22	78
15	23	77
16	24	76
17	25	75
18	27	73
19	27	73
20	27	73
21	28	72
22	28	72
23	28	72
24	27	73
25	27	73
26	26	74
27	25	75
28	25	75
29	23	77
30	23	77
31	23	77

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

	Oppressive (%)	Miserable (%)
1	33	67
2	33	67
3	34	66
4	34	66
5	34	66
6	35	65
7	36	64
8	37	63
9	37	63
10	38	62
11	39	61
12	40	60
13	41	59
14	41	59
15	42	58
16	43	57
17	43	57
18	44	56
19	45	55
20	46	54
21	47	53
22	48	52
23	49	51
24	49	51
25	50	50
26	51	49
27	51	49
28	52	48
29	52	48
30	53	47
31	54	46