Climate averages 1991–2020

Kampung Sungai Ara weather
in May.

A hot, very wet month: the joint 2nd warmest and the joint 9th driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 29.7°C Daytime mean, May
Average low 25.2°C Night-time mean, May
Rainfall 228 mm 26 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
Every month in Kampung Sungai Ara · average highYear overview

May is a hot month in Kampung Sungai Ara: daytime highs average 29.7°C and nights cool to about 25.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 2nd warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 228 mm of rain on roughly 26 days, which makes May a very wet month (the joint 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 22 min on an average May day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Paya Terubong (5 km away). In May its highs average 29.0°C, 0.7°C cooler than Kampung Sungai Ara, with 228 mm of rain.

Among the 72 cities listed in Malaysia, Kampung Sungai Ara ranks joint 50th of 72 for the warmest May highs and joint 59th of 72 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 72 cities is 30.1°C; Kampung Sungai Ara is 0.4°C cooler than that mean.

From May to June, average highs stay level at 29.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 228 mm to 160 mm.

The annual picture

May in context

30-year average
Average highAverage low°C
Average daily high and low temperatures by month The same values are available in the monthly table below. Lines show mean daily maxima and minima, not a forecast interval. 20253035 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm
Average monthly rainfall totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 3500

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Kampung Sungai Ara climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Kampung Sungai Ara, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 28.9°C24.2°C24.2°C12720.411.812 h
February 29.6°C24.5°C24.5°C10217.911.912 h
March 29.9°C24.9°C24.9°C17023.412.112 h
April 29.7°C25.0°C25.0°C20627.912.212 h
May, selected 29.7°C25.2°C25.2°C22826.112.412 h
June 29.7°C25.4°C25.4°C16020.412.412 h
July 29.5°C25.1°C25.1°C16421.012.412 h
August 29.4°C25.0°C25.0°C20122.812.312 h
September 28.9°C24.6°C24.6°C22825.112.212 h
October 28.4°C24.3°C24.3°C33129.112.012 h
November 28.4°C24.2°C24.2°C31728.211.912 h
December 28.5°C24.3°C24.3°C21423.311.812 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

Distance from Kampung Sungai Ara

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 limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Kampung Sungai Ara) is explained once on the Kampung Sungai Ara year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.

Paya Terubong lies in the same rainfall cell, so its rainfall figures are identical to these; temperatures differ because they come from smaller 0.1° cells.