Tegal weather in May

In May, Tegal sees average daytime highs of 30°C and overnight lows near 27°C, with 124 mm of rain across 19.4 wet days and about 11.7 hours of daylight. It is the 2nd-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 30% of the time in May, and the air most often feels miserable.

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 Tegal's 5th-clearest and 11th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Tegal's year-round climate.

Daytime high
30°
2nd warmest
Overnight low
27°
12th coldest
Rainfall
124 mm
19.4 wet days
Daylight
11 h 42 min
5:49 AM – 5:30 PM
Cloud cover
60%
5th clearest
Wind
6 km/h
11th windiest
Solar energy
5.25 kWh/m²
Travel score
4.1
out of 10

Tegal is city in Central Java Province, Indonesia.

Density
7,489/km²
people per km²
Founded
1580

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 Tegal reaches about 30°C in the afternoon and slips back to 27°C overnight — a 3°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 29°C and 30°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 Tegal

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.

Tegal weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 2nd-warmest and 7th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan29° / 26°39229.712.43.0
Feb29° / 26°34127.212.22.9
Mar29° / 26°29029.5122.9
Apr29° / 26°21926.211.93.2
May30° / 27°12419.411.74.1
Jun29° / 26°8213.111.65.0
Jul29° / 25°518.911.65.8
Aug29° / 25°266.311.86.2
Sep29° / 26°376.7125.7
Oct30° / 26°10314.912.24.6
Nov29° / 26°22724.412.33.4
Dec29° / 26°34328.912.42.9

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 30% 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 49%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
13961
23961
34060
44159
54159
64357
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Tegal gets around 124 mm of rain over 19.4 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 62% and peaks near 77% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
177
277
376
475
574
673
772
871
970
1069
1167
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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 81% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

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Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
10793
20793
30892
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50991
601090
701189
811287
911287
1011386
1111485
1211584
1311683
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2112277
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Wind in May

Winds average 6 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 6 km/h on the calmest days to 6 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 5:48 AM to 5:52 AM, and sunset from 5:33 PM to 5:30 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.85:485:33
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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 5.25 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.97 kWh/m² to a high of 6.39 kWh/m² in September across the year — May's 5.25 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Tegal

In seasonPeak

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

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

Tegal'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 Tegal?

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

4.1
Sightseeing
6th-best month of the year
5.5
Beach & pool
6th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Tegal for sightseeing.

What to pack for Tegal in May

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

In May, Tegal sees daytime highs around 30°C and nights near 27°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 19 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

Sea temperature near Tegal 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 offshore is warmest in May at about 30°C and coldest in February 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
Mar29Tropical
Apr30Tropical
May30Tropical
Jun30Tropical
Jul29Tropical
Aug29Tropical
Sep29Tropical
Oct29Tropical
Nov30Tropical
Dec30Tropical

UV index in Tegal in May

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in May peaks around 8 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Tegal peaks around March 15 at about 14 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near November 16 at about 6 (high).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highExtremeMar 15UV 14Nov 16UV 6
UV index (midday)Level
Jan12Extreme
Feb12Extreme
Mar14Extreme
Apr11Extreme
May8Very high
Jun8Very high
Jul9Very high
Aug11Extreme
Sep12Extreme
Oct11Extreme
Nov6High
Dec12Extreme

Air quality in Tegal 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 Tegal is worst in May — around 42 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), and holds fairly steady the rest of the year.

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

0204060JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModeratePoorModeratePoorModerateMay 1641 µg/m³Feb 1231 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan33Moderate
Feb31Moderate
Mar37Poor
Apr38Poor
May42Poor
Jun38Poor
Jul35Moderate
Aug35Moderate
Sep36Poor
Oct37Poor
Nov34Moderate
Dec33Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Tegal?

Tegal sits at 6.9°S, 109.1°E, 7 m above sea level, in Indonesia. The nearest listed city is Dukuhturi, 7.0 km away.

Topography around Tegal

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Tegal has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 17 m around an average of 5 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 152 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 3,396 m.

The land around Tegal is covered by artificial surfaces (60%) within 3 km, water (41%) and cropland (27%) within 16 km, and trees (44%) and water (34%) within 80 km.

3 km
17 m
16 km
152 m
80 km
3,396 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetlandmangroves
May weather nearby: Dukuhturi 7.0 km · Adiwerna 8.0 km · Tarub 8.0 km · Slawi 12 km · Lebaksiu 20 km · Bulakamba 20 km · Balapulang 20 km · Pemalang 27 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 Tegal (-6.8694°, 109.1402°, elevation 7 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).