Climate averages 1991–2020
Port Dickson weather
in May.
A hot, very wet month: the joint 3rd 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 Port Dickson: daytime highs average 29.6°C and nights cool to about 25.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 218 mm of rain on roughly 27 days, which makes May a very wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 14 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Sepang (19 km away). In May its highs average 29.5°C, about as warm as Port Dickson, with 197 mm of rain.
Among the 72 cities listed in Malaysia, Port Dickson ranks joint 56th of 72 for the warmest May highs and joint 45th of 72 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 72 cities is 30.1°C; Port Dickson is 0.4°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 0.1°C to 29.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 218 mm to 188 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
Port Dickson climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.9°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 137 | 18.2 | 12.012 h |
| February | 29.6°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 86 | 14.8 | 12.012 h |
| March | 29.9°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 145 | 21.9 | 12.112 h |
| April | 29.7°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 192 | 25.8 | 12.212 h |
| May, selected | 29.6°C25.3°C | 25.3°C | 218 | 26.7 | 12.212 h |
| June | 29.5°C25.3°C | 25.3°C | 188 | 23.7 | 12.312 h |
| July | 29.2°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 208 | 25.0 | 12.312 h |
| August | 29.1°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 210 | 26.3 | 12.212 h |
| September | 29.1°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 214 | 25.3 | 12.112 h |
| October | 28.9°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 236 | 27.0 | 12.112 h |
| November | 28.6°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 301 | 28.2 | 12.012 h |
| December | 28.5°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 244 | 25.7 | 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
- Sepang in MayMalaysia · 19 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 25.0°C · 197 mm rain
- Seremban in MayMalaysia · 28 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 24.3°C · 220 mm rain
- Cyberjaya in MayMalaysia · 47 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 23.9°C · 220 mm rain
- Kajang in MayMalaysia · 52 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 23.6°C · 220 mm rain
- Puchong in MayMalaysia · 57 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 24.0°C · 154 mm rain
- Bandar Mahkota Cheras in MayMalaysia · 59 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 23.3°C · 220 mm rain
- Bukit Jalil in MayMalaysia · 60 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 23.4°C · 220 mm rain
- Malacca in MayMalaysia · 61 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 25.6°C · 217 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 Port Dickson) is explained once on the Port Dickson year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.