Kendari Weather in May
Kendari in May
The short of it: Kendari in May averages a high of 32 °C (89 °F) and a low of 24 °C (75 °F), with 273 mm (10.7 in) of rain and about 11 h 56 min of daylight. Rated 2 of 5 for a visit; the best months are June and July. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 32° · low 24° · rain 273 mm · daylight 11 h 56 min
✦✦ Travel with care for a visit · best months: June & July
Thirty years of records give Kendari an average May high of 32°, a low of 24° and some 273 mm of rain. Days run hot, near 32° in the afternoon; ride early and rest at noon. It is the wettest month of the year here, about 273 mm.
The sun is up for about 11 h 56 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 June and July.
Against its neighbours, Kendari runs warmer than most and about as wet in May. Katobu, 98 km to the SSE, sees much the same highs.
May in Kendari, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 9th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 1st wettest of 12
- Versus April
- about the same, 13 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 1° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 8°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 11 h 56 min
- Average wind
- 8 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KatobuSoutheast Sulawesi | 98 km SSE | 32° | 24° | 226 mm |
| RahaSoutheast Sulawesi | 98 km SSE | 32° | 24° | 223 mm |
| BaubauSoutheast Sulawesi | 165 km S | 31° | 24° | 187 mm |
| BungkuCentral Sulawesi | 170 km NNW | 31° | 24° | 329 mm |
| WatamponeSouth Sulawesi | 250 km WSW | 31° | 24° | 350 mm |
| SengkangSouth Sulawesi | 276 km W | 31° | 24° | 241 mm |
| PalopoSouth Sulawesi | 280 km WNW | 31° | 24° | 361 mm |
| SinjaiSouth Sulawesi | 281 km WSW | 32° | 24° | 469 mm |