Climate averages 1991–2020
Kuching weather
in May.
A hot, very wet month: the 2nd 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 Kuching: daytime highs average 30.3°C and nights cool to about 24.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 245 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 11 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Singkawang (166 km away). In May its highs average 29.6°C, 0.6°C cooler than Kuching, with 221 mm of rain.
Among the 72 cities listed in Malaysia, Kuching ranks joint 16th of 72 for the warmest May highs and 72nd of 72 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 72 cities is 30.1°C; Kuching is 0.2°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 0.1°C to 30.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 245 mm to 191 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
Kuching climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.5°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 422 | 28.9 | 12.012 h |
| February | 28.7°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 314 | 25.2 | 12.112 h |
| March | 29.5°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 276 | 28.2 | 12.112 h |
| April | 30.0°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 275 | 27.6 | 12.112 h |
| May, selected | 30.3°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 245 | 26.4 | 12.212 h |
| June | 30.2°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 191 | 22.0 | 12.212 h |
| July | 30.2°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 181 | 20.8 | 12.212 h |
| August | 30.5°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 200 | 22.1 | 12.212 h |
| September | 30.2°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 257 | 25.0 | 12.112 h |
| October | 29.7°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 328 | 29.0 | 12.112 h |
| November | 29.2°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 361 | 29.4 | 12.012 h |
| December | 28.8°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 423 | 29.4 | 12.012 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
- Singkawang in MayIndonesia · 166 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 24.8°C · 221 mm rain
- Sibu in MayMalaysia · 185 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 23.9°C · 218 mm rain
- Pontianak in MayIndonesia · 209 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 24.2°C · 225 mm rain
- Sintang in MayIndonesia · 210 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 23.9°C · 243 mm rain
- Bintulu in MayMalaysia · 350 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 24.2°C · 183 mm rain
- Pangkalanbuun in MayIndonesia · 492 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 24.1°C · 210 mm rain
- Miri in MayMalaysia · 515 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 25.3°C · 159 mm rain
- Marudi in MayMalaysia · 530 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 23.9°C · 238 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 Kuching) is explained once on the Kuching year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.