Tarakan Weather in May

NASA POWER reanalysis for the half-degree grid cell around Tarakan, 1991-2020; a grid cell is an area average and can differ from a thermometer in town by several degrees

Average highs run from 30°C on May 1 to 30°C on May 31, and lows from 27°C to 27°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 254 mm over about 28 wet days.

May day by day

The normal high and low for each date, in °C.

Normal low
Normal high
Reanalysis extreme high
Reanalysis extreme low

May at a glance

Average high: 30°C
Average low: 27°C
Precipitation: 254 mm
Reanalysis high: 34°CMay 1, 1992
Reanalysis low: 25°CMay 20, 2003
Daylight: 12 h 14 min to 12 h 18 min
Cloud cover: 69%
Humidity: 80%
Dew point: 24°C
Wind: 7.6 km/h

Every day of the month

A wet day has at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis.

Date	Normal high	Normal low	Reanalysis high	Reanalysis low	Chance wet
May 1	30°C	27°C	34°C 1992	26°C 2008	91%
May 2	30°C	27°C	33°C 2002	26°C 2011	92%
May 3	30°C	27°C	32°C 2014	26°C 1999	92%
May 4	30°C	27°C	33°C 2010	26°C 2011	92%
May 5	30°C	27°C	32°C 2019	26°C 2012	92%
May 6	30°C	27°C	32°C 1992	26°C 2012	92%
May 7	30°C	27°C	33°C 1992	26°C 2007	92%
May 8	30°C	27°C	32°C 1998	26°C 2012	92%
May 9	30°C	27°C	32°C 1998	26°C 2008	93%
May 10	30°C	27°C	33°C 1998	26°C 2015	93%
May 11	30°C	27°C	32°C 1998	26°C 2012	93%
May 12	30°C	27°C	33°C 1998	26°C 2008	93%
May 13	30°C	27°C	33°C 1992	25°C 1993	93%
May 14	30°C	27°C	33°C 1992	25°C 2015	93%
May 15	30°C	27°C	33°C 2016	26°C 2008	92%
May 16	30°C	27°C	32°C 1998	26°C 2008	92%
May 17	30°C	27°C	32°C 1998	26°C 2003	92%
May 18	30°C	27°C	33°C 1998	26°C 2008	91%
May 19	30°C	27°C	31°C 1991	26°C 2009	91%
May 20	30°C	27°C	32°C 1998	25°C 2003	91%
May 21	30°C	27°C	32°C 1998	26°C 2008	90%
May 22	30°C	27°C	31°C 1993	26°C 1997	89%
May 23	30°C	27°C	32°C 1992	26°C 2011	89%
May 24	30°C	27°C	33°C 1992	26°C 1996	88%
May 25	30°C	27°C	33°C 1992	25°C 2012	88%
May 26	30°C	27°C	33°C 1992	26°C 2008	88%
May 27	30°C	27°C	33°C 1992	26°C 2008	88%
May 28	30°C	27°C	31°C 1992	26°C 2003	87%
May 29	30°C	27°C	32°C 1992	26°C 2011	87%
May 30	30°C	27°C	32°C 1992	26°C 2013	87%
May 31	30°C	27°C	31°C 1992	26°C 2012	86%

Chance of rain

Chance of a wet day

Sunrise and sunset

Times for 2026, local time (GMT+8).

May 1: sunrise 6:00 AM, sunset 6:14 PM
May 31: sunrise 5:58 AM, sunset 6:16 PM

Every day of May: sun and moon

Other months

Sources

Cloud, humidity, wind and sunshine, and temperature and precipitation: NASA POWER (MERRA-2, CERES and GEWEX SRB), 1991-2020. The data was obtained from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Langley Research Center's Prediction Of Worldwide Energy Resources (POWER) project funded through the NASA Earth Science Division: POWER Daily API v2, accessed 2026-09-25. Sun and moon: computed with the NOAA solar equations and Meeus.