Tual weather in May

In May, Tual sees average daytime highs of 28°C and overnight lows near 26°C, with 208 mm of rain across 22.8 wet days and about 11.7 hours of daylight. It is the 7th-warmest and 6th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 28°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 26% 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 42 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Tual's 6th-clearest and 6th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Tual's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 28°; 7th warmest
Overnight low: 26°; 10th coldest
Rainfall: 208 mm; 22.8 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 42 min; 6:13 AM – 5:58 PM
Cloud cover: 65%; 6th clearest
Wind: 21 km/h; 6th windiest
Solar energy: 4.94 kWh/m²
Travel score: 4.5; out of 10

Tual is city in Maluku Province, Indonesia.

Density: 356/km²; people per km²
Founded: 2007

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

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Temperature in May

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 28°C through the month.

A typical May day in Tual reaches about 28°C in the afternoon and slips back to 26°C overnight — a 2°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 27°C and 28°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs on par with April and about 1°C warmer than 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)	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	27	27	27	27	27
Avg low (°C)	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26

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

How May really feels in Tual

Once humidity and wind are folded in, May averages 5 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.

Tual weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 7th-warmest and 6th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	28° / 26°	274	26.6	12.3	3.8
Feb	28° / 26°	250	24	12.2	3.7
Mar	28° / 26°	239	25.1	12	4.0
Apr	28° / 26°	232	24.5	11.9	4.0
May	28° / 26°	208	22.8	11.7	4.5
Jun	27° / 26°	163	18.5	11.7	5.2
Jul	26° / 25°	73	12	11.7	6.3
Aug	26° / 25°	40	7.7	11.8	7.1
Sep	26° / 25°	40	8.6	12	6.8
Oct	27° / 26°	64	12.5	12.1	6.1
Nov	28° / 26°	91	16.4	12.3	5.1
Dec	28° / 26°	228	25.7	12.3	3.7

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 26% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 17% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 58%. 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 (%)	32	32	32	33	33	34	35	36	37	39	39	41	43	43	45	46	47	47	48	48	49	48	48	49	49	49	49	48	48	48	48
Cloudier (%)	68	68	68	67	67	66	65	64	63	61	61	59	57	57	55	54	53	53	52	52	51	52	52	51	51	51	51	52	52	52	52

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	32	68
2	32	68
3	32	68
4	33	67
5	33	67
6	34	66
7	35	65
8	36	64
9	37	63
10	39	61
11	39	61
12	41	59
13	43	57
14	43	57
15	45	55
16	46	54
17	47	53
18	47	53
19	48	52
20	48	52
21	49	51
22	48	52
23	48	52
24	49	51
25	49	51
26	49	51
27	49	51
28	48	52
29	48	52
30	48	52
31	48	52

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Tual gets around 208 mm of rain over 22.8 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 73% and peaks near 79% 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 (%)	79	78	78	77	76	76	75	74	74	73	73	73	72	72	72	72	72	72	72	73	73	73	73	73	73	72	72	71	71	70	70

	Rain chance (%)
1	79
2	78
3	78
4	77
5	76
6	76
7	75
8	74
9	74
10	73
11	73
12	73
13	72
14	72
15	72
16	72
17	72
18	72
19	72
20	73
21	73
22	73
23	73
24	73
25	73
26	72
27	72
28	71
29	71
30	70
31	70

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

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

Wind in May

Winds average 21 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 19 km/h on the calmest days to 24 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)	19	19	19	19	19	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	21	21	21	21	21	21	22	22	22	22	23	23	23	24	24	24	24
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	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	19	light breeze
2	19	light breeze
3	19	light breeze
4	19	light breeze
5	19	light breeze
6	20	light breeze
7	20	light breeze
8	20	light breeze
9	20	light breeze
10	20	breezy
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12	20	breezy
13	20	breezy
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15	21	breezy
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31	24	breezy

Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 48 min at the start of May to 11 h 42 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 6:12 AM to 6:15 AM, and sunset from 6:00 PM to 5:57 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)	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7
Sunrise (AM)	6:12	6:12	6:12	6:12	6:12	6:12	6:12	6:12	6:12	6:12	6:12	6:12	6:13	6:13	6:13	6:13	6:13	6:13	6:13	6:13	6:14	6:14	6:14	6:14	6:14	6:14	6:15	6:15	6:15	6:15	6:15
Sunset (PM)	6:00	6:00	6:00	6:00	5:59	5:59	5:59	5:59	5:59	5:58	5:58	5:58	5:58	5:58	5:58	5:58	5:57	5:57	5:57	5:57	5:57	5:57	5:57	5:57	5:57	5:57	5:57	5:57	5:57	5:57	5:57

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.8	6:12	6:00
2	11.8	6:12	6:00
3	11.8	6:12	6:00
4	11.8	6:12	6:00
5	11.8	6:12	5:59
6	11.8	6:12	5:59
7	11.8	6:12	5:59
8	11.8	6:12	5:59
9	11.8	6:12	5:59
10	11.8	6:12	5:58
11	11.8	6:12	5:58
12	11.8	6:12	5:58
13	11.8	6:13	5:58
14	11.8	6:13	5:58
15	11.7	6:13	5:58
16	11.7	6:13	5:58
17	11.7	6:13	5:57
18	11.7	6:13	5:57
19	11.7	6:13	5:57
20	11.7	6:13	5:57
21	11.7	6:14	5:57
22	11.7	6:14	5:57
23	11.7	6:14	5:57
24	11.7	6:14	5:57
25	11.7	6:14	5:57
26	11.7	6:14	5:57
27	11.7	6:15	5:57
28	11.7	6:15	5:57
29	11.7	6:15	5:57
30	11.7	6:15	5:57
31	11.7	6:15	5:57

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 4.63 kWh/m² to a high of 6.42 kWh/m² in October across the year — May's 4.94 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

	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)	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8
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	5.0	Bright
2	5.0	Bright
3	5.0	Bright
4	5.0	Bright
5	5.0	Bright
6	5.0	Bright
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19	5.0	Bright
20	5.0	Bright
21	4.9	Bright
22	4.9	Bright
23	4.9	Bright
24	4.9	Bright
25	4.9	Bright
26	4.9	Bright
27	4.8	Bright
28	4.8	Bright
29	4.8	Bright
30	4.8	Bright
31	4.8	Bright

Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Tual

In seasonPeak

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

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

Tual's rainy season runs December–June, when most of the year's rain falls.

Cyclone

Rainy season

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is May a good time to visit Tual?

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

4.5

Sightseeing

7th-best month of the year

4.8

Beach & pool

7th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Tual for sightseeing.

What to pack for Tual in May

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

In May, Tual sees daytime highs around 28°C and nights near 26°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection and a windbreaker. About 23 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protectiona windbreaker

Sea temperature near Tual in May

The nearest coast averages about 29°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 14 km away) is warmest in December at about 29°C and coldest in August near 26°C.

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Sea temperature (°C)	29	29	29	29	29	27	26	26	27	28	29	29
Comfort	Tropical	Tropical	Tropical	Tropical	Tropical	Warm	Warm	Warm	Warm	Tropical	Tropical	Tropical

	Sea temperature (°C)	Comfort
Jan	29	Tropical
Feb	29	Tropical
Mar	29	Tropical
Apr	29	Tropical
May	29	Tropical
Jun	27	Warm
Jul	26	Warm
Aug	26	Warm
Sep	27	Warm
Oct	28	Tropical
Nov	29	Tropical
Dec	29	Tropical

UV index in Tual 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 Tual peaks around February 22 at about 16 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 23 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	16	15	12	11	11	13	13	14	13	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	16	Extreme
Apr	15	Extreme
May	12	Extreme
Jun	11	Extreme
Jul	11	Extreme
Aug	13	Extreme
Sep	13	Extreme
Oct	14	Extreme
Nov	13	Extreme
Dec	13	Extreme

Location & terrain

Where is Tual?

Tual sits at 5.6°S, 132.8°E, 41 m above sea level, in Indonesia. The nearest listed city is Dobo, 165 km away.

Topography around Tual

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Tual has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 80 m around an average of 15 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 95 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 756 m.

The land around Tual is covered by trees (37%) and water (33%) within 3 km, water (64%) and trees (31%) within 16 km, and water (93%) within 80 km.

3 km

80 m

trees 37%

16 km

95 m

water 64%

80 km

756 m

water 93%

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

May weather nearby: Dobo 165 km · Fakfak 305 km · Nabire 396 km · Bintuni 401 km · Timika 449 km · Teminabuan 473 km · Ransiki 484 km · Masohi 493 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 Tual (-5.6288°, 132.7523°, elevation 41 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. 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	28	26
2	28	26
3	28	26
4	28	26
5	28	26
6	28	26
7	28	26
8	28	26
9	28	26
10	28	26
11	28	26
12	28	26
13	28	26
14	28	26
15	28	26
16	28	26
17	28	26
18	28	26
19	28	26
20	28	26
21	28	26
22	28	26
23	28	26
24	28	26
25	28	26
26	28	26
27	27	26
28	27	26
29	27	26
30	27	26
31	27	26

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	32	68
2	32	68
3	32	68
4	33	67
5	33	67
6	34	66
7	35	65
8	36	64
9	37	63
10	39	61
11	39	61
12	41	59
13	43	57
14	43	57
15	45	55
16	46	54
17	47	53
18	47	53
19	48	52
20	48	52
21	49	51
22	48	52
23	48	52
24	49	51
25	49	51
26	49	51
27	49	51
28	48	52
29	48	52
30	48	52
31	48	52

	Rain chance (%)
1	79
2	78
3	78
4	77
5	76
6	76
7	75
8	74
9	74
10	73
11	73
12	73
13	72
14	72
15	72
16	72
17	72
18	72
19	72
20	73
21	73
22	73
23	73
24	73
25	73
26	72
27	72
28	71
29	71
30	70
31	70

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

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	32	68
2	32	68
3	32	68
4	33	67
5	33	67
6	34	66
7	35	65
8	36	64
9	37	63
10	39	61
11	39	61
12	41	59
13	43	57
14	43	57
15	45	55
16	46	54
17	47	53
18	47	53
19	48	52
20	48	52
21	49	51
22	48	52
23	48	52
24	49	51
25	49	51
26	49	51
27	49	51
28	48	52
29	48	52
30	48	52
31	48	52

	Rain chance (%)
1	79
2	78
3	78
4	77
5	76
6	76
7	75
8	74
9	74
10	73
11	73
12	73
13	72
14	72
15	72
16	72
17	72
18	72
19	72
20	73
21	73
22	73
23	73
24	73
25	73
26	72
27	72
28	71
29	71
30	70
31	70

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

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	32	68
2	32	68
3	32	68
4	33	67
5	33	67
6	34	66
7	35	65
8	36	64
9	37	63
10	39	61
11	39	61
12	41	59
13	43	57
14	43	57
15	45	55
16	46	54
17	47	53
18	47	53
19	48	52
20	48	52
21	49	51
22	48	52
23	48	52
24	49	51
25	49	51
26	49	51
27	49	51
28	48	52
29	48	52
30	48	52
31	48	52

	Rain chance (%)
1	79
2	78
3	78
4	77
5	76
6	76
7	75
8	74
9	74
10	73
11	73
12	73
13	72
14	72
15	72
16	72
17	72
18	72
19	72
20	73
21	73
22	73
23	73
24	73
25	73
26	72
27	72
28	71
29	71
30	70
31	70

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