Climate averages 1991–2020
Kuala Krai weather
in May.
A hot, very wet month: the 2nd warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a hot month in Kuala Krai: daytime highs average 31.8°C and nights cool to about 23.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 225 mm of rain on roughly 27 days, which makes May a very wet month (the 8th 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 Pasir Puteh (40 km away). In May its highs average 31.4°C, about as warm as Kuala Krai, with 170 mm of rain.
Among the 72 cities listed in Malaysia, Kuala Krai ranks joint 1st of 72 for the warmest May highs and joint 57th of 72 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 72 cities is 30.1°C; Kuala Krai is 1.7°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 0.3°C to 31.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 225 mm to 193 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
Kuala Krai climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.0°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 206 | 22.0 | 11.812 h |
| February | 29.5°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 106 | 15.3 | 11.912 h |
| March | 31.1°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 159 | 17.2 | 12.112 h |
| April | 32.0°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 194 | 22.3 | 12.212 h |
| May, selected | 31.8°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 225 | 26.6 | 12.412 h |
| June | 31.4°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 193 | 24.7 | 12.412 h |
| July | 31.3°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 198 | 24.2 | 12.412 h |
| August | 31.3°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 223 | 25.2 | 12.312 h |
| September | 30.9°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 263 | 27.4 | 12.212 h |
| October | 29.8°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 344 | 29.2 | 12.012 h |
| November | 28.4°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 387 | 28.4 | 11.912 h |
| December | 27.6°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 381 | 26.5 | 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
- Pasir Puteh in MayMalaysia · 40 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 24.8°C · 170 mm rain
- Pasir Mas in MayMalaysia · 58 kmHigh 31.8°C · Low 24.4°C · 178 mm rain
- Kota Bharu in MayMalaysia · 66 kmHigh 31.3°C · Low 25.3°C · 178 mm rain
- Kuala Nerus in MayMalaysia · 93 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 24.2°C · 225 mm rain
- Kuala Terengganu in MayMalaysia · 107 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 24.8°C · 129 mm rain
- Yala in MayThailand · 151 kmHigh 32.5°C · Low 24.0°C · 151 mm rain
- Ipoh in MayMalaysia · 162 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 23.4°C · 178 mm rain
- Taiping in MayMalaysia · 179 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 24.6°C · 210 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 Kuala Krai) is explained once on the Kuala Krai year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.