Bintuni Weather in May
Bintuni in May
The short of it: Bintuni in May averages a high of 31 °C (87 °F) and a low of 24 °C (74 °F), with 233 mm (9.2 in) of rain and about 12 h 1 min of daylight. Rated 2 of 5 for a visit; the best months are August and July. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 31° · low 24° · rain 233 mm · daylight 12 h 1 min
✦✦ Travel with care for a visit · best months: August & July
Thirty years of records give Bintuni an average May high of 31°, a low of 24° and some 233 mm of rain. Days run hot, near 31° in the afternoon; ride early and rest at noon. Wet spells are common — about 233 mm, the 6th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 12 h 1 min in mid-May.
For the traveller: pack linen, a wide hat and water, and an oilskin besides. The Almanac rates May 2 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are August and July.
Against its neighbours, Bintuni runs about middling and drier than most in May. Ransiki, 98 km to the NE, sees much the same highs.
May in Bintuni, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 8th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 6th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- about the same, 88 mm less rain
- Versus June
- 1° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 7°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 12 h 1 min
- Average wind
- 8 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| RansikiWest Papua | 98 km NE | 31° | 23° | 223 mm |
| ManokwariWest Papua | 151 km NNE | 30° | 23° | 201 mm |
| FakfakPapua | 164 km WSW | 30° | 24° | 343 mm |
| TeminabuanSouthwest Papua | 184 km WNW | 31° | 24° | 426 mm |
| FefSouthwest Papua | 189 km NW | 29° | 21° | 309 mm |
| NabireCentral Papua | 260 km ESE | 32° | 24° | 334 mm |
| SorongSouthwest Papua | 286 km WNW | 32° | 25° | 332 mm |
| InsromPapua | 299 km ENE | 30° | 23° | 234 mm |