Wamena weather in May

In May, Wamena sees average daytime highs of 20°C and overnight lows near 12°C, with 233 mm of rain across 27.1 wet days and about 11.8 hours of daylight. It is the 8th-warmest and 10th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 20°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 0% of the time in May, and the air most often feels comfortable.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 54 min at the start of May to 11 h 48 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Wamena's 5th-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Wamena's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 20°; 8th warmest
Overnight low: 12°; 6th coldest
Rainfall: 233 mm; 27.1 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 48 min; 5:46 AM – 5:35 PM
Cloud cover: 89%; 5th clearest
Wind: 3 km/h; 1st windiest
Solar energy: 4.07 kWh/m²
Travel score: 3.7; out of 10

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

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Temperature in May

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 20°C through the month.

A typical May day in Wamena reaches about 20°C in the afternoon and slips back to 12°C overnight — a 9°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 19°C and 22°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)	21	21	21	21	21	21	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20
Avg low (°C)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11

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

Wamena weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 8th-warmest and 10th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	21° / 12°	404	28.9	12.2	3.4
Feb	21° / 12°	407	27.3	12.1	3.2
Mar	21° / 12°	427	30.3	12	3.2
Apr	21° / 12°	359	28.5	11.9	3.3
May	20° / 12°	233	27.1	11.8	3.7
Jun	20° / 11°	213	25.4	11.8	3.8
Jul	19° / 11°	232	25.9	11.8	3.8
Aug	20° / 11°	258	27.8	11.9	3.6
Sep	20° / 11°	275	27.7	12	3.5
Oct	20° / 12°	261	28.2	12.1	3.5
Nov	21° / 12°	259	27.6	12.2	3.5
Dec	21° / 12°	359	29.2	12.2	3.4

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 0% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 4% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 96%.

	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 (%)	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	7
Cloudier (%)	98	97	97	97	97	97	97	97	97	97	97	96	96	96	96	96	96	96	96	96	96	96	95	95	95	95	95	94	94	94	93

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	2	98
2	3	97
3	3	97
4	3	97
5	3	97
6	3	97
7	3	97
8	3	97
9	3	97
10	3	97
11	3	97
12	4	96
13	4	96
14	4	96
15	4	96
16	4	96
17	4	96
18	4	96
19	4	96
20	4	96
21	4	96
22	4	96
23	5	95
24	5	95
25	5	95
26	5	95
27	5	95
28	6	94
29	6	94
30	6	94
31	7	93

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Wamena gets around 233 mm of rain over 27.1 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 87% and peaks near 91% on the wettest days.

	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 (%)	91	91	90	90	90	89	89	88	88	88	88	87	87	87	87	87	87	87	86	86	86	86	86	86	86	86	85	85	85	84	84

	Rain chance (%)
1	91
2	91
3	90
4	90
5	90
6	89
7	89
8	88
9	88
10	88
11	88
12	87
13	87
14	87
15	87
16	87
17	87
18	87
19	86
20	86
21	86
22	86
23	86
24	86
25	86
26	86
27	85
28	85
29	85
30	84
31	84

Humidity in May

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of May feels comfortable — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, May lands in the comfortable band about 78% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

	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
Dry (%)	10	10	11	12	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	25	26	27	27	28	29	29	30	31	32	32	33	33
Comfortable (%)	90	89	88	88	88	87	86	85	84	83	82	81	80	79	78	77	76	75	75	74	73	73	72	71	71	70	69	68	68	67	67
Humid (%)	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	10	90	0
2	10	89	1
3	11	88	1
4	12	88	0
5	12	88	0
6	13	87	0
7	14	86	0
8	15	85	0
9	16	84	0
10	17	83	0
11	18	82	0
12	19	81	0
13	20	80	0
14	21	79	0
15	22	78	0
16	23	77	0
17	24	76	0
18	25	75	0
19	25	75	0
20	26	74	0
21	27	73	0
22	27	73	0
23	28	72	0
24	29	71	0
25	29	71	0
26	30	70	0
27	31	69	0
28	32	68	0
29	32	68	0
30	33	67	0
31	33	67	0

Wind in May

Winds average 3 km/h in May, the windiest month of the year.

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
3	3	calm
4	3	calm
5	3	calm
6	3	calm
7	3	calm
8	3	calm
9	3	calm
10	3	calm
11	3	calm
12	3	calm
13	3	calm
14	3	calm
15	3	calm
16	3	calm
17	3	calm
18	3	calm
19	3	calm
20	3	calm
21	3	calm
22	3	calm
23	3	calm
24	3	calm
25	3	calm
26	3	calm
27	3	calm
28	3	calm
29	3	calm
30	3	calm
31	3	calm

Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 54 min at the start of May to 11 h 48 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 5:46 AM to 5:48 AM, and sunset from 5:37 PM to 5:35 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	11.8	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	11.8	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
Sunrise (AM)	5:46	5:46	5:46	5:46	5:46	5:46	5:46	5:46	5:46	5:46	5:46	5:46	5:46	5:46	5:46	5:46	5:46	5:46	5:46	5:46	5:47	5:47	5:47	5:47	5:47	5:47	5:47	5:48	5:48	5:48	5:48
Sunset (PM)	5:37	5:37	5:37	5:37	5:36	5:36	5:36	5:36	5:36	5:35	5:35	5:35	5:35	5:35	5:35	5:35	5:35	5:35	5:35	5:35	5:35	5:35	5:35	5:35	5:35	5:35	5:35	5:35	5:35	5:35	5:35

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.9	5:46	5:37
2	11.9	5:46	5:37
3	11.9	5:46	5:37
4	11.8	5:46	5:37
5	11.8	5:46	5:36
6	11.8	5:46	5:36
7	11.8	5:46	5:36
8	11.8	5:46	5:36
9	11.8	5:46	5:36
10	11.8	5:46	5:35
11	11.8	5:46	5:35
12	11.8	5:46	5:35
13	11.8	5:46	5:35
14	11.8	5:46	5:35
15	11.8	5:46	5:35
16	11.8	5:46	5:35
17	11.8	5:46	5:35
18	11.8	5:46	5:35
19	11.8	5:46	5:35
20	11.8	5:46	5:35
21	11.8	5:47	5:35
22	11.8	5:47	5:35
23	11.8	5:47	5:35
24	11.8	5:47	5:35
25	11.8	5:47	5:35
26	11.8	5:47	5:35
27	11.8	5:47	5:35
28	11.8	5:48	5:35
29	11.8	5:48	5:35
30	11.8	5:48	5:35
31	11.8	5:48	5:35

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 4.07 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.96 kWh/m² to a high of 4.64 kWh/m² in October across the year — May's 4.07 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)	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.1	4.1	4.1	4.1	4.1	4.1	4.1	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	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	4.0	Moderate
2	4.0	Moderate
3	4.0	Moderate
4	4.0	Moderate
5	4.0	Moderate
6	4.0	Moderate
7	4.0	Moderate
8	4.0	Moderate
9	4.0	Bright
10	4.0	Bright
11	4.0	Bright
12	4.0	Bright
13	4.0	Bright
14	4.0	Bright
15	4.0	Bright
16	4.1	Bright
17	4.1	Bright
18	4.1	Bright
19	4.1	Bright
20	4.1	Bright
21	4.1	Bright
22	4.1	Bright
23	4.2	Bright
24	4.2	Bright
25	4.2	Bright
26	4.2	Bright
27	4.2	Bright
28	4.2	Bright
29	4.2	Bright
30	4.2	Bright
31	4.2	Bright

Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit Wamena?

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

3.7

Sightseeing

3rd-best month of the year

2.1

Beach & pool

2nd-best month of the year

May is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Wamena.

What to pack for Wamena in May

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

In May, Wamena sees daytime highs around 20°C and nights near 12°C. Pack rain gear. About 27 days see rain.

rain gear

UV index in Wamena in May

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in May peaks around 14 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Wamena peaks around March 13 at about 19 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 22 at about 13 (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)	17	18	19	17	14	13	13	14	16	16	15	15
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	17	Extreme
Feb	18	Extreme
Mar	19	Extreme
Apr	17	Extreme
May	14	Extreme
Jun	13	Extreme
Jul	13	Extreme
Aug	14	Extreme
Sep	16	Extreme
Oct	16	Extreme
Nov	15	Extreme
Dec	15	Extreme

Location & terrain

Where is Wamena?

Wamena sits at 4.1°S, 138.9°E, 1,488 m above sea level, in Indonesia. The nearest listed city is Tiom, 58 km away.

Topography around Wamena

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Wamena has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 243 m around an average of 1,662 m above sea level; within 16 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,670 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 4,664 m.

The land around Wamena is covered by grassland (58%) and trees (21%) within 3 km, trees (55%) and grassland (42%) within 16 km, and trees (92%) within 80 km.

3 km

243 m

grassland 58%

16 km

2,670 m

trees 55%

80 km

4,664 m

trees 92%

treesshrubsgrasslandartificial surfacesbare terrainwaterwetland

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

May weather nearby: Tiom 58 km · Mulia 115 km · Agats 185 km · Sentani 243 km · Abepura 251 km · Timika 258 km · Jayapura 262 km · Nabire 391 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 Wamena (-4.0958°, 138.9481°, elevation 1,488 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. 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	21	12
2	21	12
3	21	12
4	21	12
5	21	12
6	21	12
7	20	12
8	20	12
9	20	12
10	20	12
11	20	12
12	20	12
13	20	12
14	20	12
15	20	12
16	20	12
17	20	12
18	20	12
19	20	12
20	20	12
21	20	12
22	20	12
23	20	12
24	20	12
25	20	12
26	20	12
27	20	12
28	20	12
29	20	12
30	20	11
31	20	11

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	2	98
2	3	97
3	3	97
4	3	97
5	3	97
6	3	97
7	3	97
8	3	97
9	3	97
10	3	97
11	3	97
12	4	96
13	4	96
14	4	96
15	4	96
16	4	96
17	4	96
18	4	96
19	4	96
20	4	96
21	4	96
22	4	96
23	5	95
24	5	95
25	5	95
26	5	95
27	5	95
28	6	94
29	6	94
30	6	94
31	7	93

	Rain chance (%)
1	91
2	91
3	90
4	90
5	90
6	89
7	89
8	88
9	88
10	88
11	88
12	87
13	87
14	87
15	87
16	87
17	87
18	87
19	86
20	86
21	86
22	86
23	86
24	86
25	86
26	86
27	85
28	85
29	85
30	84
31	84

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	10	90	0
2	10	89	1
3	11	88	1
4	12	88	0
5	12	88	0
6	13	87	0
7	14	86	0
8	15	85	0
9	16	84	0
10	17	83	0
11	18	82	0
12	19	81	0
13	20	80	0
14	21	79	0
15	22	78	0
16	23	77	0
17	24	76	0
18	25	75	0
19	25	75	0
20	26	74	0
21	27	73	0
22	27	73	0
23	28	72	0
24	29	71	0
25	29	71	0
26	30	70	0
27	31	69	0
28	32	68	0
29	32	68	0
30	33	67	0
31	33	67	0

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	2	98
2	3	97
3	3	97
4	3	97
5	3	97
6	3	97
7	3	97
8	3	97
9	3	97
10	3	97
11	3	97
12	4	96
13	4	96
14	4	96
15	4	96
16	4	96
17	4	96
18	4	96
19	4	96
20	4	96
21	4	96
22	4	96
23	5	95
24	5	95
25	5	95
26	5	95
27	5	95
28	6	94
29	6	94
30	6	94
31	7	93

	Rain chance (%)
1	91
2	91
3	90
4	90
5	90
6	89
7	89
8	88
9	88
10	88
11	88
12	87
13	87
14	87
15	87
16	87
17	87
18	87
19	86
20	86
21	86
22	86
23	86
24	86
25	86
26	86
27	85
28	85
29	85
30	84
31	84

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	10	90	0
2	10	89	1
3	11	88	1
4	12	88	0
5	12	88	0
6	13	87	0
7	14	86	0
8	15	85	0
9	16	84	0
10	17	83	0
11	18	82	0
12	19	81	0
13	20	80	0
14	21	79	0
15	22	78	0
16	23	77	0
17	24	76	0
18	25	75	0
19	25	75	0
20	26	74	0
21	27	73	0
22	27	73	0
23	28	72	0
24	29	71	0
25	29	71	0
26	30	70	0
27	31	69	0
28	32	68	0
29	32	68	0
30	33	67	0
31	33	67	0

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	2	98
2	3	97
3	3	97
4	3	97
5	3	97
6	3	97
7	3	97
8	3	97
9	3	97
10	3	97
11	3	97
12	4	96
13	4	96
14	4	96
15	4	96
16	4	96
17	4	96
18	4	96
19	4	96
20	4	96
21	4	96
22	4	96
23	5	95
24	5	95
25	5	95
26	5	95
27	5	95
28	6	94
29	6	94
30	6	94
31	7	93

	Rain chance (%)
1	91
2	91
3	90
4	90
5	90
6	89
7	89
8	88
9	88
10	88
11	88
12	87
13	87
14	87
15	87
16	87
17	87
18	87
19	86
20	86
21	86
22	86
23	86
24	86
25	86
26	86
27	85
28	85
29	85
30	84
31	84

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	10	90	0
2	10	89	1
3	11	88	1
4	12	88	0
5	12	88	0
6	13	87	0
7	14	86	0
8	15	85	0
9	16	84	0
10	17	83	0
11	18	82	0
12	19	81	0
13	20	80	0
14	21	79	0
15	22	78	0
16	23	77	0
17	24	76	0
18	25	75	0
19	25	75	0
20	26	74	0
21	27	73	0
22	27	73	0
23	28	72	0
24	29	71	0
25	29	71	0
26	30	70	0
27	31	69	0
28	32	68	0
29	32	68	0
30	33	67	0
31	33	67	0