Climate averages 1991–2020
Batu Pahat weather
in May.
A hot, very wet month: the 4th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a hot month in Batu Pahat: daytime highs average 29.7°C and nights cool to about 24.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 230 mm of rain on roughly 28 days, which makes May a very wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 12 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Parit Sulung (15 km away). In May its highs average 29.9°C, about as warm as Batu Pahat, with 213 mm of rain.
Among the 72 cities listed in Malaysia, Batu Pahat ranks joint 50th of 72 for the warmest May highs and 61st of 72 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 72 cities is 30.1°C; Batu Pahat is 0.4°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 0.2°C to 29.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 230 mm to 191 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
Batu Pahat climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.8°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 150 | 19.1 | 12.012 h |
| February | 29.8°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 96 | 14.7 | 12.112 h |
| March | 30.2°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 164 | 21.8 | 12.112 h |
| April | 30.0°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 216 | 26.4 | 12.212 h |
| May, selected | 29.7°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 230 | 27.8 | 12.212 h |
| June | 29.5°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 191 | 23.9 | 12.212 h |
| July | 29.1°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 192 | 24.0 | 12.212 h |
| August | 29.0°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 201 | 25.2 | 12.212 h |
| September | 29.1°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 195 | 24.8 | 12.112 h |
| October | 29.1°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 232 | 26.7 | 12.112 h |
| November | 28.8°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 270 | 27.9 | 12.012 h |
| December | 28.5°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 245 | 24.8 | 12.012 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
- Parit Sulung in MayMalaysia · 15 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 24.6°C · 213 mm rain
- Pagoh in MayMalaysia · 37 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 24.5°C · 184 mm rain
- Muar in MayMalaysia · 46 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 25.3°C · 213 mm rain
- Kluang in MayMalaysia · 47 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 23.6°C · 197 mm rain
- Taman Senai in MayMalaysia · 84 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 24.6°C · 217 mm rain
- Malacca in MayMalaysia · 86 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 25.6°C · 217 mm rain
- Mukim Pulai in MayMalaysia · 89 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 25.1°C · 217 mm rain
- Iskandar Puteri in MayMalaysia · 92 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 25.6°C · 192 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 Batu Pahat) is explained once on the Batu Pahat year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.