Belaga weather in May

In May, Belaga sees average daytime highs of 31°C and overnight lows near 23°C, with 241 mm of rain across 26.1 wet days and about 12.1 hours of daylight. It is the 1st-warmest and 9th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 31°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 3% of the time in May, and the air most often feels oppressive.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 06 min at the start of May to 12 h 06 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Belaga's 4th-clearest and 10th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Belaga's year-round climate.

Daytime high
31°
1st warmest
Overnight low
23°
12th coldest
Rainfall
241 mm
26.1 wet days
Daylight
12 h 06 min
6:17 AM – 6:25 PM
Cloud cover
82%
4th clearest
Wind
3 km/h
10th windiest
Solar energy
4.85 kWh/m²
Travel score
2.8
out of 10

Temperature in May

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 31°C through the month.

A typical May day in Belaga reaches about 31°C in the afternoon and slips back to 23°C overnight — a 8°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 29°C and 33°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs on par with April and on par with June.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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How May really feels in Belaga

Once humidity and wind are folded in, May averages 31 days that feel above 32°C and 0 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C
31
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
wind chill below the day's low

The story in May is heat — humidity pushes the afternoon "feels like" well above the raw temperature.

Belaga weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 1st-warmest and 9th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan30° / 22°33726.811.93.0
Feb30° / 22°28023.311.93.0
Mar30° / 22°26826.8122.8
Apr31° / 23°28527.512.12.6
May31° / 23°24126.112.12.8
Jun31° / 22°20822.412.23.2
Jul31° / 22°19421.512.13.3
Aug31° / 22°22323.412.13.1
Sep31° / 22°24725.3122.8
Oct30° / 22°30628.511.92.7
Nov30° / 22°33428.811.92.6
Dec30° / 22°35728.411.82.7

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 3% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 10% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 86%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
1892
2892
3892
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Belaga gets around 241 mm of rain over 26.1 wet days in May. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 84% and peaks near 92% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
192
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689
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Humidity in May

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of May feels oppressive — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, May lands in the oppressive band about 70% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

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Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
16931
26931
36832
46832
56832
66832
76733
86733
96733
106733
116733
126733
136733
146832
156832
166832
176931
186931
197030
207030
217030
227129
237129
247228
257228
267327
277327
287426
297426
307525
317624

Wind in May

Winds average 3 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 3 km/h on the calmest days to 3 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
13calm
23calm
33calm
43calm
53calm
63calm
73calm
83calm
93calm
103calm
113calm
123calm
133calm
143calm
153calm
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173calm
183calm
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213calm
223calm
233calm
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263calm
273calm
283calm
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303calm
313calm

Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 06 min at the start of May to 12 h 06 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 0 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 6:19 AM to 6:18 AM, and sunset from 6:25 PM to 6:27 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.16:196:25
212.16:196:25
312.16:196:25
412.16:196:25
512.16:196:25
612.16:186:25
712.16:186:25
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1512.16:176:25
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1912.16:176:25
2012.16:176:25
2112.16:176:25
2212.16:176:25
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2412.16:176:26
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2612.16:186:26
2712.16:186:26
2812.16:186:26
2912.16:186:26
3012.16:186:26
3112.16:186:27

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 4.85 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.13 kWh/m² to a high of 5.09 kWh/m² in August across the year — May's 4.85 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
14.8Bright
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314.8Bright
Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit Belaga?

Our two travel scores rate May for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

2.8
Sightseeing
6th-best month of the year
4.1
Beach & pool
5th-best month of the year

May is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Belaga.

What to pack for Belaga in May

From May's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In May, Belaga sees daytime highs around 31°C and nights near 23°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 26 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Belaga in May

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in May peaks around 14 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Belaga peaks around March 18 at about 16 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near July 14 at about 11 (extreme).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — every month of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeMar 18UV 16Jul 14UV 11
UV index (midday)Level
Jan13Extreme
Feb15Extreme
Mar16Extreme
Apr15Extreme
May14Extreme
Jun12Extreme
Jul11Extreme
Aug13Extreme
Sep13Extreme
Oct14Extreme
Nov12Extreme
Dec12Extreme
Location & terrain

Where is Belaga?

Belaga sits at 2.7°N, 113.8°E, 75 m above sea level, in Malaysia. The nearest listed city is Sebauh, 74 km away.

KapitNiahBeluruSelangauMarudi

Topography around Belaga

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Belaga.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Belaga has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 254 m around an average of 108 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 867 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,973 m.

The land around Belaga is covered by trees (92%) within 3 km, trees (98%) within 16 km, and trees (96%) within 80 km.

3 km
254 m
16 km
867 m
80 km
1,973 m
treesgrasslandartificial surfaceswater
May weather nearby: Sebauh 74 km · Bintulu 98 km · Tatau 106 km · Kapit 123 km · Niah 129 km · Beluru 147 km · Selangau 163 km · Marudi 175 km

Malaysia travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 1
Exercise Normal Precautions
Power plugs
Type C / G / M
230 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 32% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$13,125
2025
Happiness
6.0 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
95%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
0.7
per 100k, 2023
Road deaths
22.5
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
Upper middle
World Bank
English
High
EF EPI 581
Religion
Muslim 64%Buddhist 19%Christian 9%Hindu 6%

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Belaga (2.7°, 113.7833°, elevation 75 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).