Climate averages 1991–2020
Bandar Seri Begawan weather
in May.
A hot, wet month: one of the warmest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a hot month in Bandar Seri Begawan: daytime highs average 30.5°C and nights cool to about 24.9°C. By daytime temperature it is one of the warmest months of the year.
Expect about 148 mm of rain on roughly 22 days, which makes May a wet month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 20 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Labuan (55 km away). In May its highs average 29.9°C, 0.5°C cooler than Bandar Seri Begawan, with 114 mm of rain.
From May to June, average highs fall by 0.2°C to 30.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 148 mm to 185 mm.
The annual picture
May in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Bandar Seri Begawan climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.7°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 162 | 19.2 | 11.912 h |
| February | 29.0°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 105 | 13.4 | 12.012 h |
| March | 29.9°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 91 | 15.7 | 12.112 h |
| April | 30.5°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 131 | 19.4 | 12.212 h |
| May, selected | 30.5°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 148 | 21.5 | 12.312 h |
| June | 30.2°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 185 | 19.6 | 12.412 h |
| July | 30.0°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 179 | 21.1 | 12.412 h |
| August | 30.2°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 182 | 21.3 | 12.312 h |
| September | 29.9°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 196 | 23.0 | 12.112 h |
| October | 29.2°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 254 | 26.9 | 12.012 h |
| November | 29.1°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 232 | 26.0 | 11.912 h |
| December | 28.9°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 222 | 24.7 | 11.812 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
May in nearby cities
- Labuan in MayMalaysia · 55 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 25.8°C · 114 mm rain
- Marudi in MayMalaysia · 105 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 23.9°C · 238 mm rain
- Miri in MayMalaysia · 118 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 25.3°C · 159 mm rain
- Keningau in MayMalaysia · 144 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 22.1°C · 163 mm rain
- Putatan in MayMalaysia · 169 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 24.5°C · 163 mm rain
- Kota Kinabalu in MayMalaysia · 174 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 24.8°C · 163 mm rain
- Bintulu in MayMalaysia · 285 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 24.2°C · 183 mm rain
- Tawau in MayMalaysia · 335 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 24.5°C · 216 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Bandar Seri Begawan) is explained once on the Bandar Seri Begawan year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.