Dry season · averages 2021–2025

Bali weather in May

May is part of the dry season on the south coast: Seminyak and Kuta average 132 mm of rain over the month, with days of 30° and nights of 25°. Uluwatu is the driest of the areas below (80 mm) and Munduk the wettest (150 mm). Up in Kintamani it is 22° by day and 15° at night.

May by area

Driest first. Averages for May over 2021–2025; sunrise and sunset on the 15th.

Bali weather in May by area, averages 2021–2025
Area	High	Low	Rain	Sunrise	Sunset
Amed^*East coast	30.1°	25.2°	71 mm	06:21	18:05
UluwatuSouth peninsula	29.0°	25.7°	80 mm	06:24	18:07
Nusa PenidaOffshore islands	29.8°	25.8°	82 mm	06:22	18:06
KintamaniVolcanic north	21.9°	14.9°	95 mm	06:23	18:07
CangguWest coast	30.3°	23.2°	119 mm	06:24	18:07
SeminyakWest coast	29.5°	24.5°	132 mm	06:24	18:07
Sanur^*East coast	29.6°	24.6°	132 mm	06:23	18:06
UbudCentral valleys	28.6°	21.9°	136 mm	06:23	18:07
MundukNorthern highlands	25.4°	19.0°	150 mm	06:24	18:08

* Amed: The nearest model cell lies on the slopes of Mount Agung, so these rain totals are likely higher than on the coast at Amed itself.

* Sanur: The model cells nearest Sanur are over the sea, so its past rain comes from the same land cell as Seminyak and the two match.

May, year by year

The same month can differ a lot. On the south coast May brought 47 mm in 2021 and 293 mm in 2025.

Rain in May for each year, 2021–2025, mm
Rain, mm	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025
Amed^*	19	90	30	20	196
Uluwatu	42	88	39	57	174
Nusa Penida	31	103	39	52	183
Kintamani	68	80	81	107	140
Canggu	52	122	68	101	250
Seminyak	47	132	97	90	293
Sanur^*	47	132	97	90	293
Ubud	43	123	72	91	350
Munduk	76	200	52	94	328

May against the months around it

Dry season
April
South coast: 141 mm · 30° / 24°
Ubud: 151 mm
Dry season
May
South coast: 132 mm · 30° / 25°
Ubud: 136 mm
Dry season
June
South coast: 115 mm · 29° / 24°
Ubud: 90 mm

Planning a trip in May

Forecasts by MET Norway. Climate figures are averages for 2021–2025 from Open-Meteo open data (ECMWF IFS model, about a 9 km grid), corrected to each town’s altitude. They are good for comparing months and areas; one beach or valley can differ, and the model has more light drizzle than rain gauges record, so we show monthly totals rather than rainy days. 2021 to 2023 were La Niña years, which made Indonesia’s dry seasons wetter than usual, so these averages run a little wet against a long-term normal. Both sources CC BY 4.0, summarised by Baligasm.