Labuan Bajo in May
sweet spot · one of the best months to go
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- JulJLabuan Bajo in July: sweet spot, busy
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The numbers
| Daily high | 30°C |
|---|---|
| Nightly low | 24°C |
| Feels like, afternoon | 35°C |
| Rainy days, 1 mm or more | 3 · 55 mm |
| Humidity | 80% |
| Sunshine | 11.1 h/day |
| Daylight | 11.7 h/day |
| Beach and sea | 28 of 31 days dry and 23–35 °C; sea 29 °C, warm good |
| Crowds | 80 / 100, higher is quieter |
Ten-year averages for this calendar month. A rainy day is one with at least 1 mm of rain, as a weather station counts it. The model these figures come from drizzles more than a rain gauge, the more so the warmer the month, so its days count from 2 mm, rising to 5 mm in the hottest.
Weather read at the harbour town: ten years of ERA5 and ERA5-Land reanalysis, through Open-Meteo's open data.
How busy it gets
Public holidays in May
- International Labor Day 1 May 2027
- Ascension Day 6 May 2027
- Eid al-Adha (estimated) 17 May 2027
- Vesak Day 20 May 2027
- Vesak Day (estimated) 9 May 2028
- Islamic New Year (estimated) 26 May 2028
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Labuan Bajo in pictures
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Jakub Hałun, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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Hotel Kaesong, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
What to pack
- Summer clothes by day, highs around 30°C.
- Sun protection: about 11 hours of sunshine a day.
- Humidity averages 80%; breathable fabrics dry faster.
Each line is a threshold over the ten-year figures above, not advice from anywhere else.
Before you go
Type C and F plugs at 127 / 230 V. Drives on the left. The currency is the Rupiah. No UK Foreign Office advice against travel. Global Affairs Canada: Exercise a high degree of caution (with regional advisories). US State Department: Level 2: Exercise Increased Caution. Everything for Indonesia: cost of living, languages, emergency numbers and health.
On arrival in Labuan Bajo: the apps, paying, getting around, tipping and the emergency numbers.
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