Ternate Weather in May
Ternate in May
The short of it: Ternate in May averages a high of 31 °C (88 °F) and a low of 24 °C (75 °F), with 229 mm (9.0 in) of rain and about 12 h 9 min of daylight. Rated 2 of 5 for a visit; the best months are July and January. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 31° · low 24° · rain 229 mm · daylight 12 h 9 min
✦✦ Travel with care for a visit · best months: July & January
Thirty years of records give Ternate an average May high of 31°, a low of 24° and some 229 mm of rain. Days run hot, near 31° in the afternoon; ride early and rest at noon. Wet spells are common — about 229 mm, the 2nd wettest month.
The sun is up for about 12 h 9 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 July and January.
Against its neighbours, Ternate runs cooler than most and about as wet in May. Sofifi, 20 km to the ESE, sees much the same highs.
May in Ternate, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 2nd warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 2nd wettest of 12
- Versus April
- about the same, 10 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 1° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 7°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 12 h 9 min
- Average wind
- 8 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SofifiNorth Maluku | 20 km ESE | 31° | 24° | 208 mm |
| MabaNorth Maluku | 101 km E | 32° | 24° | 246 mm |
| GalelaNorth Maluku | 123 km NNE | 32° | 23° | 248 mm |
| TobeloNorth Maluku | 125 km NNE | 32° | 24° | 226 mm |
| LabuhaNorth Maluku | 158 km S | 32° | 23° | 161 mm |
| DarubaNorth Maluku | 173 km NE | 31° | 23° | 209 mm |
| BitungNorth Sulawesi | 261 km WNW | 31° | 23° | 235 mm |
| KawasiNorth Maluku | 265 km S | 31° | 24° | 170 mm |