Climate averages 1991–2020
Yala weather
in May.
A hot, wet month: the joint 2nd warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a hot month in Yala: daytime highs average 32.5°C and nights cool to about 24.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 151 mm of rain on roughly 23 days, which makes May a wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 25 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Hat Yai (103 km away). In May its highs average 31.4°C, 1.1°C cooler than Yala, with 150 mm of rain.
Among the 46 cities listed in Thailand, Yala ranks joint 31st of 46 for the warmest May highs and 29th of 46 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 46 cities is 32.7°C; Yala is 0.2°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 0.2°C to 32.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 151 mm to 111 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
Yala climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.9°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 79 | 11.4 | 11.812 h |
| February | 30.8°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 43 | 7.1 | 11.912 h |
| March | 32.5°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 86 | 11.9 | 12.112 h |
| April | 33.0°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 124 | 17.2 | 12.312 h |
| May, selected | 32.5°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 151 | 22.6 | 12.412 h |
| June | 32.3°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 111 | 19.3 | 12.512 h |
| July | 32.2°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 114 | 19.1 | 12.512 h |
| August | 32.3°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 125 | 20.0 | 12.312 h |
| September | 31.4°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 160 | 22.7 | 12.212 h |
| October | 29.9°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 268 | 28.1 | 12.012 h |
| November | 28.6°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 290 | 25.7 | 11.812 h |
| December | 28.0°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 236 | 21.3 | 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
- Hat Yai in MayThailand · 103 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 25.0°C · 150 mm rain
- Pendang in MayMalaysia · 107 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 24.5°C · 237 mm rain
- Pasir Mas in MayMalaysia · 109 kmHigh 31.8°C · Low 24.4°C · 178 mm rain
- Ban Mai in MayThailand · 110 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 26.3°C · 120 mm rain
- Alor Setar in MayMalaysia · 112 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 25.0°C · 243 mm rain
- Kota Bharu in MayMalaysia · 116 kmHigh 31.3°C · Low 25.3°C · 178 mm rain
- Sungai Petani in MayMalaysia · 133 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 24.8°C · 215 mm rain
- Kota Kuala Muda in MayMalaysia · 146 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 25.3°C · 231 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 Yala) is explained once on the Yala year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.