Engkilili weather in May

In May, Engkilili sees average daytime highs of 31°C and overnight lows near 24°C, with 222 mm of rain across 25.4 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 4% of the time in May, and the air most often feels miserable.

Daylight stretches from about 12 hours at the start of May to 12 h 06 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Engkilili's 4th-clearest and 11th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Engkilili's year-round climate.

Daytime high
31°
1st warmest
Overnight low
24°
12th coldest
Rainfall
222 mm
25.4 wet days
Daylight
12 h 06 min
6:28 AM – 6:31 PM
Cloud cover
82%
4th clearest
Wind
4 km/h
11th windiest
Solar energy
4.72 kWh/m²
Travel score
2.7
out of 10

Engkilili is human settlement in Malaysia.

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

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 Engkilili reaches about 31°C in the afternoon and slips back to 24°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 Engkilili

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.

Engkilili 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° / 23°30126.411.93.0
Feb30° / 23°25622.4123.1
Mar31° / 23°27126.1122.8
Apr31° / 24°25727122.5
May31° / 24°22225.412.12.7
Jun31° / 24°17820.612.13.2
Jul31° / 23°16018.712.13.4
Aug31° / 23°17420.4123.2
Sep31° / 23°23823.6122.9
Oct31° / 23°27627.6122.7
Nov30° / 23°29128.511.92.5
Dec30° / 23°3002811.92.7

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 4% 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 (%)
11090
21090
31090
41090
51090
61189
71189
81189
91288
101288
111387
121387
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Engkilili gets around 222 mm of rain over 25.4 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 82% and peaks near 90% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
190
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Humidity in May

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, May lands in the miserable band about 60% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

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Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
13664
23664
33763
43763
53763
63862
73862
83862
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103862
113961
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224060
234159
244159
254258
264357
274456
284555
294654
304753
314753

Wind in May

Winds average 4 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 4 km/h on the calmest days to 4 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
14calm
24calm
34calm
44calm
54calm
64calm
74calm
84calm
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104calm
114calm
124calm
134calm
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Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 hours 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 6 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 6:29 AM to 6:29 AM, and sunset from 6:32 PM to 6:33 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.06:296:32
212.06:296:32
312.06:296:32
412.06:296:31
512.06:296:31
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Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 4.72 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.19 kWh/m² to a high of 5.06 kWh/m² in August across the year — May's 4.72 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
14.7Bright
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304.6Bright
314.6Bright
Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit Engkilili?

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

2.7
Sightseeing
8th-best month of the year
4.1
Beach & pool
6th-best month of the year

May is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Engkilili.

What to pack for Engkilili in May

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

In May, Engkilili sees daytime highs around 31°C and nights near 24°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 25 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Engkilili in May

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in May peaks around 13 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Engkilili peaks around February 20 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.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeFeb 20UV 16Jul 14UV 11
UV index (midday)Level
Jan14Extreme
Feb16Extreme
Mar15Extreme
Apr15Extreme
May13Extreme
Jun12Extreme
Jul11Extreme
Aug12Extreme
Sep12Extreme
Oct14Extreme
Nov12Extreme
Dec12Extreme

Air quality in Engkilili in May

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where May falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Engkilili is worst in September — around 27 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 3.0× the cleanest month (January, 9 µg/m³).

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

0102030JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateGoodSep 1326 µg/m³Jan 129 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan9Good
Feb11Good
Mar11Good
Apr11Good
May11Good
Jun11Good
Jul16Moderate
Aug23Moderate
Sep27Moderate
Oct16Moderate
Nov10Good
Dec9Good
Location & terrain

Where is Engkilili?

Engkilili sits at 1.1°N, 111.7°E, 11 m above sea level, in Malaysia. The nearest listed city is Sri Aman, 27 km away.

Topography around Engkilili

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Engkilili has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 76 m around an average of 19 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 894 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,255 m.

The land around Engkilili is covered by trees (95%) within 3 km, trees (99%) within 16 km, and trees (95%) within 80 km.

3 km
76 m
16 km
894 m
80 km
1,255 m
treesgrasslandartificial surfaceswater
May weather nearby: Sri Aman 27 km · Betong 34 km · Saratok 76 km · Pakan 83 km · Julau 102 km · Maradong 105 km · Simunjan 105 km · Sarikei 110 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 Engkilili (1.1386°, 111.6667°, elevation 11 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. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).