Climate averages 1991–2020
Taiping weather
in May.
A hot, very wet month: the 2nd warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a hot month in Taiping: daytime highs average 30.3°C and nights cool to about 24.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 210 mm of rain on roughly 26 days, which makes May a very wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 20 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Ipoh (49 km away). In May its highs average 30.0°C, about as warm as Taiping, with 178 mm of rain.
Among the 72 cities listed in Malaysia, Taiping ranks joint 16th of 72 for the warmest May highs and joint 34th of 72 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 72 cities is 30.1°C; Taiping is 0.2°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 0.1°C to 30.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 210 mm to 137 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
Taiping climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.3°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 185 | 23.5 | 11.912 h |
| February | 29.9°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 145 | 20.9 | 12.012 h |
| March | 30.1°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 215 | 26.6 | 12.112 h |
| April | 30.1°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 236 | 28.5 | 12.212 h |
| May, selected | 30.3°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 210 | 26.2 | 12.312 h |
| June | 30.4°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 137 | 19.9 | 12.412 h |
| July | 30.2°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 136 | 20.6 | 12.412 h |
| August | 30.2°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 178 | 22.6 | 12.312 h |
| September | 29.7°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 219 | 25.0 | 12.112 h |
| October | 29.1°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 298 | 28.1 | 12.012 h |
| November | 28.9°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 331 | 28.6 | 11.912 h |
| December | 28.9°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 258 | 26.3 | 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
- Ipoh in MayMalaysia · 49 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 23.4°C · 178 mm rain
- Val Dor in MayMalaysia · 52 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 24.5°C · 221 mm rain
- Kulim in MayMalaysia · 60 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 23.9°C · 221 mm rain
- Bukit Mertajam in MayMalaysia · 64 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 24.5°C · 221 mm rain
- Sitiawan in MayMalaysia · 71 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 25.4°C · 204 mm rain
- Butterworth in MayMalaysia · 74 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 24.9°C · 231 mm rain
- Kampung Sungai Ara in MayMalaysia · 74 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 25.2°C · 228 mm rain
- Tasek Glugor in MayMalaysia · 75 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 24.6°C · 220 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 Taiping) is explained once on the Taiping year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.