Climate averages 1991–2020
Kuala Nerus weather
in May.
A hot, very wet month: 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 Kuala Nerus: daytime highs average 29.7°C and nights cool to about 24.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 225 mm of rain on roughly 26 days, which makes May a very wet month (the 4th 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 Kuala Terengganu (14 km away). In May its highs average 30.6°C, 0.9°C warmer than Kuala Nerus, with 129 mm of rain.
Among the 72 cities listed in Malaysia, Kuala Nerus ranks joint 50th 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 Nerus is 0.3°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 0.2°C to 29.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 225 mm to 227 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 Nerus climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 26.2°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 285 | 23.6 | 11.812 h |
| February | 27.1°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 146 | 17.5 | 11.912 h |
| March | 28.3°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 187 | 18.9 | 12.112 h |
| April | 29.3°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 175 | 22.3 | 12.212 h |
| May, selected | 29.7°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 225 | 26.2 | 12.412 h |
| June | 29.5°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 227 | 25.8 | 12.412 h |
| July | 29.3°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 229 | 26.2 | 12.412 h |
| August | 29.2°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 275 | 27.6 | 12.312 h |
| September | 29.0°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 327 | 27.7 | 12.212 h |
| October | 28.1°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 387 | 29.8 | 12.012 h |
| November | 26.9°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 444 | 28.8 | 11.912 h |
| December | 26.2°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 490 | 26.7 | 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
- Kuala Terengganu in MayMalaysia · 14 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 24.8°C · 129 mm rain
- Pasir Puteh in MayMalaysia · 86 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 24.8°C · 170 mm rain
- Kuala Krai in MayMalaysia · 93 kmHigh 31.8°C · Low 23.9°C · 225 mm rain
- Kota Bharu in MayMalaysia · 120 kmHigh 31.3°C · Low 25.3°C · 178 mm rain
- Pasir Mas in MayMalaysia · 123 kmHigh 31.8°C · Low 24.4°C · 178 mm rain
- Cukai in MayMalaysia · 132 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 25.3°C · 135 mm rain
- Kuantan in MayMalaysia · 177 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 24.8°C · 195 mm rain
- Maran in MayMalaysia · 201 kmHigh 31.3°C · Low 24.3°C · 196 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 Nerus) is explained once on the Kuala Nerus year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.