Climate averages 1991–2020
Sungai Petani weather
in May.
A hot, very wet month: the joint 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 Sungai Petani: daytime highs average 30.2°C and nights cool to about 24.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 215 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 22 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kota Kuala Muda (14 km away). In May its highs average 30.3°C, about as warm as Sungai Petani, with 231 mm of rain.
Among the 72 cities listed in Malaysia, Sungai Petani ranks joint 26th of 72 for the warmest May highs and 38th of 72 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 72 cities is 30.1°C; Sungai Petani is 0.1°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs stay level at 30.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 215 mm to 153 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
Sungai Petani climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 30.2°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 82 | 11.9 | 11.812 h |
| February | 31.3°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 85 | 12.5 | 11.912 h |
| March | 31.2°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 163 | 21.1 | 12.112 h |
| April | 30.4°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 212 | 26.5 | 12.212 h |
| May, selected | 30.2°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 215 | 27.1 | 12.412 h |
| June | 30.2°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 153 | 21.8 | 12.412 h |
| July | 30.0°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 152 | 22.0 | 12.412 h |
| August | 29.9°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 192 | 24.4 | 12.312 h |
| September | 29.4°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 231 | 26.5 | 12.212 h |
| October | 28.8°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 313 | 29.2 | 12.012 h |
| November | 28.9°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 277 | 26.1 | 11.912 h |
| December | 29.1°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 161 | 17.8 | 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 Kuala Muda in MayMalaysia · 14 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 25.3°C · 231 mm rain
- Tasek Glugor in MayMalaysia · 19 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 24.6°C · 220 mm rain
- Butterworth in MayMalaysia · 31 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 24.9°C · 231 mm rain
- Bukit Mertajam in MayMalaysia · 32 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 24.5°C · 221 mm rain
- Kulim in MayMalaysia · 32 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 23.9°C · 221 mm rain
- Paya Terubong in MayMalaysia · 38 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 24.7°C · 228 mm rain
- Pendang in MayMalaysia · 39 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 24.5°C · 237 mm rain
- Kampung Sungai Ara in MayMalaysia · 43 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 25.2°C · 228 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 Sungai Petani) is explained once on the Sungai Petani year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.