Gerik weather in May

In May, Gerik sees average daytime highs of 32°C and overnight lows near 23°C, with 112 mm of rain across 16.3 wet days and about 12.2 hours of daylight. It is the 5th-warmest and 4th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 32°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 12 min at the start of May to 12 h 18 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Gerik's 7th-clearest and 11th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Gerik's year-round climate.

Daytime high
32°
5th warmest
Overnight low
23°
12th coldest
Rainfall
112 mm
16.3 wet days
Daylight
12 h 12 min
7:04 AM – 7:19 PM
Cloud cover
85%
7th clearest
Wind
3 km/h
11th windiest
Solar energy
5.18 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.2
out of 10

Gerik is mukim in Hulu Perak, Perak, Malaysia.

Founded
1979

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 32°C through the month.

A typical May day in Gerik reaches about 32°C in the afternoon and slips back to 23°C overnight — a 10°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 30°C and 34°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 Gerik

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.

Gerik weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 5th-warmest and 4th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan30° / 21°608.111.74.8
Feb32° / 21°305.411.84.2
Mar33° / 22°7710.2123.3
Apr33° / 22°10614.612.13.1
May32° / 23°11216.312.23.2
Jun32° / 22°7010.412.33.6
Jul32° / 22°5410.212.33.5
Aug32° / 22°6511.912.23.5
Sep31° / 22°10415.7123.5
Oct30° / 22°16822.411.93.4
Nov29° / 22°18321.311.83.7
Dec29° / 21°15114.511.74.7

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 8% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 89%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
11585
21585
31387
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51288
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Gerik gets around 112 mm of rain over 16.3 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 53% and peaks near 57% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
156
257
357
457
557
657
756
856
956
1056
1155
1255
1355
1454
1554
1654
1753
1853
1952
2052
2151
2251
2350
2450
2549
2649
2748
2848
2947
3047
3146

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 77% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 99% of them.

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Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
1119800
2119791
3018811
4018811
5017821
6017821
7017821
8016831
9016831
10016822
11017812
12117802
13117802
14117802
15118792
16118792
17119782
18119782
19120781
20121771
21122761
22123751
23124741
24125731
25126721
26128701
27129700
28129700
29130690
30131680
31132670

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 4 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
163calm
173calm
183calm
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203calm
213calm
223calm
233calm
243calm
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263calm
273calm
283calm
293calm
303calm
314calm

Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 12 min at the start of May to 12 h 18 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 7:07 AM to 7:04 AM, and sunset from 7:18 PM to 7:22 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.27:077:18
212.27:077:18
312.27:077:18
412.27:067:18
512.27:067:18
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812.27:057:18
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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 5.18 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.02 kWh/m² to a high of 5.81 kWh/m² in March across the year — May's 5.18 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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

Hazard calendar for Gerik

In seasonPeak

In May, Gerik sits inside its rainy season season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

Gerik's rainy season runs September–December, when most of the year's rain falls.

Rainy season
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Is May a good time to visit Gerik?

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

3.2
Sightseeing
11th-best month of the year
5.2
Beach & pool
10th-best month of the year

May is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Gerik.

What to pack for Gerik in May

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

In May, Gerik sees daytime highs around 32°C and nights near 23°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 16 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Gerik 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 Gerik peaks around February 20 at about 14 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 11 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 14Dec 11UV 11
UV index (midday)Level
Jan13Extreme
Feb15Extreme
Mar14Extreme
Apr14Extreme
May13Extreme
Jun12Extreme
Jul11Extreme
Aug13Extreme
Sep14Extreme
Oct12Extreme
Nov11Extreme
Dec11Extreme

Air quality in Gerik 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 Gerik is worst in September — around 23 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 1.6× the cleanest month (December, 14 µg/m³).

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

0102030JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateSep 1623 µg/m³Dec 1314 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan16Moderate
Feb16Moderate
Mar19Moderate
Apr20Moderate
May19Moderate
Jun21Moderate
Jul23Moderate
Aug21Moderate
Sep23Moderate
Oct21Moderate
Nov15Moderate
Dec14Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Gerik?

Gerik sits at 5.4°N, 101.1°E, 116 m above sea level, in Malaysia. The nearest listed city is Pulai, 37 km away.

Topography around Gerik

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Gerik has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 147 m around an average of 147 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,065 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,144 m.

The land around Gerik is covered by trees (83%) within 3 km, trees (92%) within 16 km, and trees (94%) within 80 km.

3 km
147 m
16 km
1,065 m
80 km
2,144 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
May weather nearby: Pulai 37 km · Kampung Kupang 40 km · Betong 40 km · Selama 53 km · Kuala Ketil 57 km · Batu Kurau 62 km · Teloi Kanan 62 km · Sik 63 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 Gerik (5.4167°, 101.1333°, elevation 116 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).