Climate averages 1991–2020
Pasir Puteh 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 Pasir Puteh: daytime highs average 31.4°C and nights cool to about 24.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 170 mm of rain on roughly 25 days, which makes May a wet month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 23 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kota Bharu (37 km away). In May its highs average 31.3°C, about as warm as Pasir Puteh, with 178 mm of rain.
Among the 72 cities listed in Malaysia, Pasir Puteh ranks 3rd of 72 for the warmest May highs and 13th of 72 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 72 cities is 30.1°C; Pasir Puteh is 1.3°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 0.3°C to 31.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 170 mm to 171 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
Pasir Puteh climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 27.7°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 223 | 20.0 | 11.812 h |
| February | 28.8°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 94 | 13.3 | 11.912 h |
| March | 30.2°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 117 | 14.5 | 12.112 h |
| April | 31.2°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 112 | 16.6 | 12.212 h |
| May, selected | 31.4°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 170 | 24.6 | 12.412 h |
| June | 31.0°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 171 | 24.2 | 12.512 h |
| July | 30.8°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 178 | 24.9 | 12.412 h |
| August | 30.8°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 204 | 25.7 | 12.312 h |
| September | 30.5°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 238 | 26.7 | 12.212 h |
| October | 29.6°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 307 | 28.7 | 12.012 h |
| November | 28.4°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 394 | 27.7 | 11.912 h |
| December | 27.5°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 471 | 25.4 | 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
- Kota Bharu in MayMalaysia · 37 kmHigh 31.3°C · Low 25.3°C · 178 mm rain
- Pasir Mas in MayMalaysia · 37 kmHigh 31.8°C · Low 24.4°C · 178 mm rain
- Kuala Krai in MayMalaysia · 40 kmHigh 31.8°C · Low 23.9°C · 225 mm rain
- Kuala Nerus in MayMalaysia · 86 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 24.2°C · 225 mm rain
- Kuala Terengganu in MayMalaysia · 99 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 24.8°C · 129 mm rain
- Yala in MayThailand · 147 kmHigh 32.5°C · Low 24.0°C · 151 mm rain
- Ipoh in MayMalaysia · 201 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 23.4°C · 178 mm rain
- Cukai in MayMalaysia · 209 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 25.3°C · 135 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 Pasir Puteh) is explained once on the Pasir Puteh year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.