Climate averages 1991–2020
Keningau weather
in May.
A hot, wet month: the 2nd warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a hot month in Keningau: daytime highs average 30.1°C and nights cool to about 22.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 163 mm of rain on roughly 23 days, which makes May a wet month (the 11th 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 Putatan (66 km away). In May its highs average 29.5°C, 0.5°C cooler than Keningau, with 163 mm of rain.
Among the 72 cities listed in Malaysia, Keningau ranks joint 28th of 72 for the warmest May highs and joint 10th of 72 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 72 cities is 30.1°C; Keningau is level with that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 0.4°C to 29.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 163 mm to 132 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
Keningau climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.7°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 158 | 19.9 | 11.812 h |
| February | 29.4°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 119 | 17.0 | 11.912 h |
| March | 30.0°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 134 | 19.7 | 12.112 h |
| April | 30.4°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 155 | 21.4 | 12.212 h |
| May, selected | 30.1°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 163 | 23.0 | 12.412 h |
| June | 29.7°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 132 | 19.8 | 12.412 h |
| July | 29.6°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 118 | 17.4 | 12.412 h |
| August | 30.0°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 124 | 18.0 | 12.312 h |
| September | 29.9°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 122 | 18.8 | 12.212 h |
| October | 29.1°C21.5°C | 21.5°C | 157 | 23.0 | 12.012 h |
| November | 28.9°C21.5°C | 21.5°C | 165 | 25.0 | 11.912 h |
| December | 28.7°C21.5°C | 21.5°C | 162 | 22.9 | 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
- Putatan in MayMalaysia · 66 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 24.5°C · 163 mm rain
- Kota Kinabalu in MayMalaysia · 72 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 24.8°C · 163 mm rain
- Labuan in MayMalaysia · 101 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 25.8°C · 114 mm rain
- Bandar Seri Begawan in MayBrunei · 144 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 24.9°C · 148 mm rain
- Sandakan in MayMalaysia · 224 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 24.9°C · 237 mm rain
- Tawau in MayMalaysia · 227 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 24.5°C · 216 mm rain
- Marudi in MayMalaysia · 241 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 23.9°C · 238 mm rain
- Lahad Datu in MayMalaysia · 243 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 24.4°C · 177 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 Keningau) is explained once on the Keningau year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.