Climate averages 1991–2020
Bintulu weather
in May.
A hot, very 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 Bintulu: daytime highs average 30.7°C and nights cool to about 24.2°C. By daytime temperature it is one of the warmest months of the year.
Expect about 183 mm of rain on roughly 23 days, which makes May a very wet month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 16 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Sibu (166 km away). In May its highs average 30.5°C, about as warm as Bintulu, with 218 mm of rain.
Among the 72 cities listed in Malaysia, Bintulu ranks 7th of 72 for the warmest May highs and 19th of 72 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 72 cities is 30.1°C; Bintulu is 0.7°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 0.1°C to 30.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 183 mm to 177 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
Bintulu climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.1°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 299 | 26.2 | 12.012 h |
| February | 29.4°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 193 | 21.8 | 12.012 h |
| March | 30.1°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 165 | 22.6 | 12.112 h |
| April | 30.5°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 188 | 24.2 | 12.212 h |
| May, selected | 30.7°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 183 | 22.7 | 12.312 h |
| June | 30.6°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 177 | 20.4 | 12.312 h |
| July | 30.5°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 170 | 19.6 | 12.312 h |
| August | 30.7°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 196 | 21.0 | 12.212 h |
| September | 30.4°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 213 | 23.8 | 12.112 h |
| October | 29.8°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 274 | 27.3 | 12.012 h |
| November | 29.6°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 291 | 28.4 | 12.012 h |
| December | 29.3°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 348 | 28.7 | 11.912 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
- Sibu in MayMalaysia · 166 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 23.9°C · 218 mm rain
- Miri in MayMalaysia · 173 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 25.3°C · 159 mm rain
- Marudi in MayMalaysia · 182 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 23.9°C · 238 mm rain
- Bandar Seri Begawan in MayBrunei · 285 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 24.9°C · 148 mm rain
- Labuan in MayMalaysia · 340 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 25.8°C · 114 mm rain
- Kuching in MayMalaysia · 350 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 24.5°C · 245 mm rain
- Sintang in MayIndonesia · 385 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 23.9°C · 243 mm rain
- Keningau in MayMalaysia · 422 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 22.1°C · 163 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 Bintulu) is explained once on the Bintulu year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.