Climate averages 1991–2020
Malacca weather
in May.
A hot, very wet month: the 4th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a hot month in Malacca: daytime highs average 29.4°C and nights cool to about 25.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 217 mm of rain on roughly 26 days, which makes May a very wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 13 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Muar (40 km away). In May its highs average 29.5°C, about as warm as Malacca, with 213 mm of rain.
Among the 72 cities listed in Malaysia, Malacca ranks joint 66th of 72 for the warmest May highs and joint 40th of 72 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 72 cities is 30.1°C; Malacca is 0.7°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 0.2°C to 29.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 217 mm to 181 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
Malacca climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.8°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 114 | 16.4 | 12.012 h |
| February | 29.6°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 77 | 12.8 | 12.012 h |
| March | 29.8°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 150 | 22.3 | 12.112 h |
| April | 29.5°C25.2°C | 25.2°C | 206 | 26.3 | 12.212 h |
| May, selected | 29.4°C25.6°C | 25.6°C | 217 | 26.2 | 12.212 h |
| June | 29.2°C25.6°C | 25.6°C | 181 | 23.0 | 12.212 h |
| July | 28.8°C25.3°C | 25.3°C | 185 | 23.8 | 12.212 h |
| August | 28.7°C25.1°C | 25.1°C | 193 | 24.8 | 12.212 h |
| September | 28.7°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 189 | 24.2 | 12.112 h |
| October | 28.7°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 221 | 25.9 | 12.112 h |
| November | 28.5°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 271 | 27.8 | 12.012 h |
| December | 28.4°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 218 | 24.3 | 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
- Muar in MayMalaysia · 40 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 25.3°C · 213 mm rain
- Pagoh in MayMalaysia · 59 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 24.5°C · 184 mm rain
- Port Dickson in MayMalaysia · 61 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 25.3°C · 218 mm rain
- Seremban in MayMalaysia · 68 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 24.3°C · 220 mm rain
- Parit Sulung in MayMalaysia · 76 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 24.6°C · 213 mm rain
- Sepang in MayMalaysia · 78 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 25.0°C · 197 mm rain
- Batu Pahat in MayMalaysia · 86 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 24.9°C · 230 mm rain
- Kajang in MayMalaysia · 102 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 23.6°C · 220 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 Malacca) is explained once on the Malacca year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.