Climate averages 1991–2020
Labuan weather
in May.
A hot, wet month: one of 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 Labuan: daytime highs average 29.9°C and nights cool to about 25.8°C. By daytime temperature it is one of the warmest months of the year.
Expect about 114 mm of rain on roughly 18 days, which makes May a wet month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 21 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Bandar Seri Begawan (55 km away). In May its highs average 30.5°C, 0.5°C warmer than Labuan, with 148 mm of rain.
Among the 72 cities listed in Malaysia, Labuan ranks joint 41st of 72 for the warmest May highs and 1st of 72 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 72 cities is 30.1°C; Labuan is 0.1°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 0.3°C to 29.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 114 mm to 152 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
Labuan climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.4°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 131 | 16.6 | 11.912 h |
| February | 28.6°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 82 | 10.9 | 12.012 h |
| March | 29.4°C25.1°C | 25.1°C | 54 | 12.1 | 12.112 h |
| April | 29.9°C25.5°C | 25.5°C | 91 | 15.7 | 12.212 h |
| May, selected | 29.9°C25.8°C | 25.8°C | 114 | 18.4 | 12.412 h |
| June | 29.6°C25.5°C | 25.5°C | 152 | 17.1 | 12.412 h |
| July | 29.5°C25.3°C | 25.3°C | 144 | 17.8 | 12.412 h |
| August | 29.6°C25.4°C | 25.4°C | 140 | 17.5 | 12.312 h |
| September | 29.3°C25.2°C | 25.2°C | 158 | 19.8 | 12.212 h |
| October | 28.7°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 201 | 24.7 | 12.012 h |
| November | 28.6°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 190 | 24.5 | 11.912 h |
| December | 28.5°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 187 | 22.6 | 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
- Bandar Seri Begawan in MayBrunei · 55 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 24.9°C · 148 mm rain
- Keningau in MayMalaysia · 101 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 22.1°C · 163 mm rain
- Putatan in MayMalaysia · 115 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 24.5°C · 163 mm rain
- Kota Kinabalu in MayMalaysia · 120 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 24.8°C · 163 mm rain
- Marudi in MayMalaysia · 160 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 23.9°C · 238 mm rain
- Miri in MayMalaysia · 170 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 25.3°C · 159 mm rain
- Tawau in MayMalaysia · 315 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 24.5°C · 216 mm rain
- Sandakan in MayMalaysia · 324 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 24.9°C · 237 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 Labuan) is explained once on the Labuan year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.