Climate averages 1991–2020
Miri weather
in May.
A hot, 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 Miri: daytime highs average 29.6°C and nights cool to about 25.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 159 mm of rain on roughly 22 days, which makes May a wet month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 19 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Marudi (43 km away). In May its highs average 31.1°C, 1.4°C warmer than Miri, with 238 mm of rain.
Among the 72 cities listed in Malaysia, Miri ranks joint 56th of 72 for the warmest May highs and 9th of 72 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 72 cities is 30.1°C; Miri is 0.4°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 0.2°C to 29.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 159 mm to 201 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
Miri climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.3°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 202 | 22.8 | 11.912 h |
| February | 28.3°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 112 | 17.2 | 12.012 h |
| March | 28.9°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 82 | 16.6 | 12.112 h |
| April | 29.4°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 124 | 20.5 | 12.212 h |
| May, selected | 29.6°C25.3°C | 25.3°C | 159 | 21.5 | 12.312 h |
| June | 29.4°C25.1°C | 25.1°C | 201 | 19.4 | 12.412 h |
| July | 29.3°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 187 | 19.3 | 12.312 h |
| August | 29.4°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 183 | 20.4 | 12.312 h |
| September | 29.2°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 195 | 22.6 | 12.112 h |
| October | 28.7°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 280 | 27.1 | 12.012 h |
| November | 28.6°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 276 | 28.1 | 11.912 h |
| December | 28.4°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 293 | 28.0 | 11.912 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
- Marudi in MayMalaysia · 43 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 23.9°C · 238 mm rain
- Bandar Seri Begawan in MayBrunei · 118 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 24.9°C · 148 mm rain
- Labuan in MayMalaysia · 170 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 25.8°C · 114 mm rain
- Bintulu in MayMalaysia · 173 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 24.2°C · 183 mm rain
- Keningau in MayMalaysia · 262 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 22.1°C · 163 mm rain
- Putatan in MayMalaysia · 285 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 24.5°C · 163 mm rain
- Kota Kinabalu in MayMalaysia · 289 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 24.8°C · 163 mm rain
- Sibu in MayMalaysia · 336 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 23.9°C · 218 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 Miri) is explained once on the Miri year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.