Madang Weather in May
Madang in May
The short of it: Madang in May averages a high of 18 °C (64 °F) and a low of 4 °C (40 °F), with 67 mm (2.6 in) of rain and about 14 h 0 min of daylight. Rated 4 of 5 for a visit; the best months are May and April. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 18° · low 4° · rain 67 mm · daylight 14 h 0 min
✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: May & April
Thirty years of records give Madang an average May high of 18°, a low of 4° and some 67 mm of rain. Much like April: highs about 18°, nights near 4°. A wool coat will serve you well. Wet spells are common — about 67 mm, the 5th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 14 h 0 min in mid-May, 58 minutes more than a month before.
For the traveller: pack layers, a wool coat and stout boots, and an oilskin besides. The Almanac rates May 4 of 5 for a visit; it is the best month of the year to come.
Against its neighbours, Madang runs warmer than most and drier than most in May. Wangge’ertang, 10 km to the SSE, is 1° cooler by day.
May in Madang, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 4th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 5th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 3° warmer, 33 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 3° colder
- Day–night spread
- 13°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 14 h 0 min
- Average wind
- 9 km/h