Climate averages 1991–2020
Kuala Terengganu weather
in May.
A hot, wet month: the warmest and the 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a hot month in Kuala Terengganu: daytime highs average 30.6°C and nights cool to about 24.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 129 mm of rain on roughly 22 days, which makes May a wet month (the 3rd 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 Nerus (14 km away). In May its highs average 29.7°C, 0.9°C cooler than Kuala Terengganu, with 225 mm of rain.
Among the 72 cities listed in Malaysia, Kuala Terengganu ranks 8th of 72 for the warmest May highs and 3rd of 72 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 72 cities is 30.1°C; Kuala Terengganu is 0.5°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 0.2°C to 30.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 129 mm to 135 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 Terengganu climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 27.1°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 208 | 21.9 | 11.812 h |
| February | 27.9°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 97 | 15.7 | 11.912 h |
| March | 29.1°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 130 | 17.0 | 12.112 h |
| April | 30.2°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 104 | 18.2 | 12.212 h |
| May, selected | 30.6°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 129 | 21.5 | 12.412 h |
| June | 30.4°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 135 | 21.9 | 12.412 h |
| July | 30.1°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 137 | 22.0 | 12.412 h |
| August | 30.1°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 155 | 23.1 | 12.312 h |
| September | 29.8°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 194 | 24.8 | 12.212 h |
| October | 28.9°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 271 | 28.4 | 12.012 h |
| November | 27.8°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 399 | 28.0 | 11.912 h |
| December | 27.0°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 422 | 25.8 | 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 Nerus in MayMalaysia · 14 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 24.2°C · 225 mm rain
- Pasir Puteh in MayMalaysia · 99 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 24.8°C · 170 mm rain
- Kuala Krai in MayMalaysia · 107 kmHigh 31.8°C · Low 23.9°C · 225 mm rain
- Cukai in MayMalaysia · 124 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 25.3°C · 135 mm rain
- Kota Bharu in MayMalaysia · 133 kmHigh 31.3°C · Low 25.3°C · 178 mm rain
- Pasir Mas in MayMalaysia · 137 kmHigh 31.8°C · Low 24.4°C · 178 mm rain
- Kuantan in MayMalaysia · 171 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 24.8°C · 195 mm rain
- Maran in MayMalaysia · 198 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 Terengganu) is explained once on the Kuala Terengganu year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.