Climate averages 1991–2020
Cukai weather
in May.
A hot, wet month: the warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a hot month in Cukai: daytime highs average 29.6°C and nights cool to about 25.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 135 mm of rain on roughly 24 days, which makes May a wet month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 19 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kuantan (50 km away). In May its highs average 30.4°C, 0.8°C warmer than Cukai, with 195 mm of rain.
Among the 72 cities listed in Malaysia, Cukai ranks joint 56th of 72 for the warmest May highs and 4th of 72 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 72 cities is 30.1°C; Cukai is 0.5°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 0.2°C to 29.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 135 mm to 103 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
Cukai climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 26.8°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 324 | 23.4 | 11.912 h |
| February | 27.4°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 140 | 17.8 | 12.012 h |
| March | 28.4°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 171 | 20.2 | 12.112 h |
| April | 29.3°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 143 | 23.0 | 12.212 h |
| May, selected | 29.6°C25.3°C | 25.3°C | 135 | 23.8 | 12.312 h |
| June | 29.4°C25.2°C | 25.2°C | 103 | 20.5 | 12.412 h |
| July | 29.0°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 102 | 21.2 | 12.312 h |
| August | 29.0°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 107 | 21.7 | 12.312 h |
| September | 28.9°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 121 | 21.0 | 12.112 h |
| October | 28.4°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 218 | 26.5 | 12.012 h |
| November | 27.5°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 461 | 28.4 | 11.912 h |
| December | 26.9°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 585 | 26.1 | 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
- Kuantan in MayMalaysia · 50 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 24.8°C · 195 mm rain
- Maran in MayMalaysia · 103 kmHigh 31.3°C · Low 24.3°C · 196 mm rain
- Kuala Terengganu in MayMalaysia · 124 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 24.8°C · 129 mm rain
- Kuala Nerus in MayMalaysia · 132 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 24.2°C · 225 mm rain
- Kuala Krai in MayMalaysia · 196 kmHigh 31.8°C · Low 23.9°C · 225 mm rain
- Pasir Puteh in MayMalaysia · 209 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 24.8°C · 170 mm rain
- Kuala Kubu Baharu in MayMalaysia · 209 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 23.5°C · 210 mm rain
- Ampang in MayMalaysia · 220 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 23.8°C · 241 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 Cukai) is explained once on the Cukai year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.