Bugalaga Weather in May
Bugalaga in May
The short of it: Bugalaga in May averages a high of 25 °C (77 °F) and a low of 15 °C (59 °F), with 296 mm (11.7 in) of rain and about 11 h 57 min of daylight. Rated 3 of 5 for a visit; the best months are July and August. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 25° · low 15° · rain 296 mm · daylight 11 h 57 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: July & August
Thirty years of records give Bugalaga an average May high of 25°, a low of 15° and some 296 mm of rain. Much like April: highs about 25°, nights near 15°. Easy travelling weather. Wet spells are common — about 296 mm, the 8th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 11 h 57 min in mid-May.
For the traveller: pack light clothes and a jacket for the evening, and an oilskin besides. The Almanac rates May 3 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are July and August.
Against its neighbours, Bugalaga runs cooler than most and about as wet in May. Timika, 110 km to the S, is 7° warmer by day.
May in Bugalaga, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 6th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 8th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- about the same, 17 mm less rain
- Versus June
- 1° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 10°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 11 h 57 min
- Average wind
- 10 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TimikaCentral Papua | 110 km S | 32° | 23° | 331 mm |
| NabireCentral Papua | 125 km WNW | 32° | 24° | 334 mm |
| MuliaCentral Papua | 154 km E | 22° | 11° | 260 mm |
| SeruiPapua | 198 km NNW | 32° | 24° | 263 mm |
| KarubagaHighland Papua | 207 km E | 27° | 15° | 227 mm |
| TiomHighland Papua | 209 km E | 23° | 11° | 233 mm |
| KenyamHighland Papua | 226 km ESE | 32° | 22° | 333 mm |
| WamenaHighland Papua | 266 km ESE | 27° | 15° | 169 mm |