Climate averages 1991–2020
Sitiawan weather
in May.
A hot, very wet month: the warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a hot month in Sitiawan: daytime highs average 29.7°C and nights cool to about 25.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 204 mm of rain on roughly 26 days, which makes May a very wet month (the 5th 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 Teluk Intan (42 km away). In May its highs average 30.3°C, 0.6°C warmer than Sitiawan, with 177 mm of rain.
Among the 72 cities listed in Malaysia, Sitiawan ranks joint 50th of 72 for the warmest May highs and 33rd of 72 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 72 cities is 30.1°C; Sitiawan is 0.4°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 0.1°C to 29.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 204 mm to 133 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
Sitiawan climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.4°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 211 | 25.8 | 11.912 h |
| February | 29.0°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 156 | 22.3 | 12.012 h |
| March | 29.4°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 213 | 27.2 | 12.112 h |
| April | 29.5°C25.2°C | 25.2°C | 235 | 28.4 | 12.212 h |
| May, selected | 29.7°C25.4°C | 25.4°C | 204 | 25.9 | 12.312 h |
| June | 29.6°C25.4°C | 25.4°C | 133 | 19.9 | 12.412 h |
| July | 29.3°C25.1°C | 25.1°C | 136 | 20.8 | 12.312 h |
| August | 29.2°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 163 | 22.4 | 12.312 h |
| September | 29.0°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 209 | 24.1 | 12.112 h |
| October | 28.6°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 282 | 27.6 | 12.012 h |
| November | 28.4°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 356 | 28.8 | 11.912 h |
| December | 28.2°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 297 | 27.8 | 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
- Teluk Intan in MayMalaysia · 42 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 24.3°C · 177 mm rain
- Ipoh in MayMalaysia · 59 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 23.4°C · 178 mm rain
- Taiping in MayMalaysia · 71 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 24.6°C · 210 mm rain
- Kampung Sungai Kajang in MayMalaysia · 103 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 25.1°C · 121 mm rain
- Val Dor in MayMalaysia · 117 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 24.5°C · 221 mm rain
- Ijok in MayMalaysia · 127 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 24.4°C · 187 mm rain
- Kulim in MayMalaysia · 129 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 23.9°C · 221 mm rain
- Kuala Kubu Baharu in MayMalaysia · 129 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 23.5°C · 210 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 Sitiawan) is explained once on the Sitiawan year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.