Climate averages 1991–2020
Alor Setar weather
in May.
A hot, very wet month: the 5th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a hot month in Alor Setar: daytime highs average 30.5°C and nights cool to about 25.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 243 mm of rain on roughly 26 days, which makes May a very wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 24 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Pendang (19 km away). In May its highs average 30.5°C, about as warm as Alor Setar, with 237 mm of rain.
Among the 72 cities listed in Malaysia, Alor Setar ranks joint 9th of 72 for the warmest May highs and 71st of 72 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 72 cities is 30.1°C; Alor Setar is 0.5°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 0.3°C to 30.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 243 mm to 184 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
Alor Setar climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 31.3°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 53 | 9.2 | 11.812 h |
| February | 33.1°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 60 | 9.8 | 11.912 h |
| March | 32.7°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 132 | 18.4 | 12.112 h |
| April | 31.3°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 193 | 25.7 | 12.312 h |
| May, selected | 30.5°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 243 | 25.9 | 12.412 h |
| June | 30.2°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 184 | 21.3 | 12.512 h |
| July | 29.8°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 190 | 22.2 | 12.412 h |
| August | 29.7°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 232 | 23.6 | 12.312 h |
| September | 29.4°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 259 | 26.0 | 12.212 h |
| October | 29.1°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 320 | 28.6 | 12.012 h |
| November | 29.1°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 234 | 25.0 | 11.812 h |
| December | 29.3°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 129 | 15.6 | 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
- Pendang in MayMalaysia · 19 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 24.5°C · 237 mm rain
- Sungai Petani in MayMalaysia · 55 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 24.8°C · 215 mm rain
- Kota Kuala Muda in MayMalaysia · 59 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 25.3°C · 231 mm rain
- Tasek Glugor in MayMalaysia · 73 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 24.6°C · 220 mm rain
- Butterworth in MayMalaysia · 80 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 24.9°C · 231 mm rain
- Paya Terubong in MayMalaysia · 84 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 24.7°C · 228 mm rain
- Bukit Mertajam in MayMalaysia · 85 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 24.5°C · 221 mm rain
- Kulim in MayMalaysia · 87 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 23.9°C · 221 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 Alor Setar) is explained once on the Alor Setar year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.