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Kuala Lumpur in May

Hot and wet, as the days hold steady.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

May in Kuala Lumpur is hot: highs near 90°F, lows near 74°F. Rain falls on about six days a week, less often as the month goes on, and daylight holds at about 12 hours 16 minutes.May in Kuala Lumpur is hot: highs near 32°C, lows near 23°C. Rain falls on about six days a week, less often as the month goes on, and daylight holds at about 12 hours 16 minutes.

High
90°F32°Caverage
Low
74°F23°Caverage
Wet days
6a week · 86% of days
Daylight
12h 16mon average

Is May a good time to visit Kuala Lumpur?

A good month, just outside Kuala Lumpur's most comfortable months, which run from October to January.

How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 70°F to 80°F, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 21°C to 27°C, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.

How May sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 90°F in May, against 87°F to 90°F through the year.Highs near 32°C in May, against 31°C to 32°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

86% of days in May, against 69% to 95% through the year.

Cloud cover

80% cover in May, against 73% to 81% through the year.

Daylight

12h 16m in May, against 11h 56m to 12h 18m through the year.

Week by week, lightly smoothed, with May shaded. The olive line marks the most comfortable months. Hover or tap a week for its figures.

Either side

  1. April90°32°low 74°low 23°7 wet days a weekRain on almost every day.
  2. May90°32°low 74°low 23°6 wet days a weekRain on about six days a week.
  3. June90°32°low 74°low 23°6 wet days a weekRain on about six days a week.

Where Kuala Lumpur sits, in May

Asia/Kuala Lumpur
this place
typical high in May 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-May
7:02 AMsets 7:17 PM
Above the sea
30 mlow-lying
Latitude
3.2°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Mersing272 km east

The land around Kuala Lumpur, shaded by its typical high in May, the planning map's own layer. Hover the map for the figure at that spot; tap it on a phone. Clock times are local, for the 15th.

Elsewhere in Malaysia in May

high · low · wet days
See May on the planning mapThe whole year in Kuala Lumpur

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Kuala Lumpur. Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 3.1°F cold in the source data and are raised to match.Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 1.7°C cold in the source data and are raised to match. Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not. Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.

Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not.

Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.