Julau weather in May

In May, Julau sees average daytime highs of 31°C and overnight lows near 24°C, with 204 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 5% of the time in May, and the air most often feels miserable.

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 Julau's 4th-clearest and 11th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Julau's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 31°; 1st warmest
Overnight low: 24°; 12th coldest
Rainfall: 204 mm; 25.4 wet days
Daylight: 12 h 06 min; 6:26 AM – 6:31 PM
Cloud cover: 81%; 4th clearest
Wind: 4 km/h; 11th windiest
Solar energy: 4.68 kWh/m²
Travel score: 2.8; out of 10

Julau is town in Malaysia.

Density: 9/km²; people per km²

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

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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 Julau reaches about 31°C in the afternoon and slips back to 24°C overnight — a 7°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.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Avg high (°C)	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31
Avg low (°C)	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	31	24
2	31	24
3	31	24
4	31	24
5	31	24
6	31	24
7	31	24
8	31	24
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10	31	24
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22	31	24
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24	31	24
25	31	24
26	31	24
27	31	24
28	31	24
29	31	24
30	31	24
31	31	24

How May really feels in Julau

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

heat index over the day's high

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

wind chill below the day's low

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

Julau 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.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	30° / 23°	302	27.3	11.9	2.9
Feb	30° / 23°	235	23.1	11.9	3.0
Mar	31° / 23°	221	26.4	12	2.8
Apr	31° / 24°	230	26.7	12	2.6
May	31° / 24°	204	25.4	12.1	2.8
Jun	31° / 24°	167	21.5	12.1	3.1
Jul	31° / 23°	164	20	12.1	3.3
Aug	31° / 23°	184	21.5	12.1	3.1
Sep	31° / 23°	237	24.7	12	2.8
Oct	30° / 23°	258	27.8	12	2.7
Nov	30° / 23°	281	28.3	11.9	2.6
Dec	30° / 23°	307	28.7	11.9	2.7

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 5% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 12% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 83%.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Clearer (%)	12	13	13	13	13	15	15	16	16	17	17	17	19	19	20	20	20	19	19	19	19	19	18	18	18	17	17	18	18	16	16
Cloudier (%)	88	87	87	87	87	85	85	84	84	83	83	83	81	81	80	80	80	81	81	81	81	81	82	82	82	83	83	82	82	84	84

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	12	88
2	13	87
3	13	87
4	13	87
5	13	87
6	15	85
7	15	85
8	16	84
9	16	84
10	17	83
11	17	83
12	17	83
13	19	81
14	19	81
15	20	80
16	20	80
17	20	80
18	19	81
19	19	81
20	19	81
21	19	81
22	19	81
23	18	82
24	18	82
25	18	82
26	17	83
27	17	83
28	18	82
29	18	82
30	16	84
31	16	84

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Julau gets around 204 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 89% on the wettest days.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Rain chance (%)	89	88	88	87	86	86	85	84	83	82	81	81	80	79	79	79	79	78	79	79	79	79	80	80	81	81	82	82	82	82	82

	Rain chance (%)
1	89
2	88
3	88
4	87
5	86
6	86
7	85
8	84
9	83
10	82
11	81
12	81
13	80
14	79
15	79
16	79
17	79
18	78
19	79
20	79
21	79
22	79
23	80
24	80
25	81
26	81
27	82
28	82
29	82
30	82
31	82

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 86% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Oppressive (%)	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	15	15	16	16	17	17	17	18	18
Miserable (%)	88	88	88	88	87	87	87	87	87	87	87	87	87	87	87	87	87	87	87	86	86	86	85	85	84	84	83	83	83	82	82

	Oppressive (%)	Miserable (%)
1	12	88
2	12	88
3	12	88
4	12	88
5	13	87
6	13	87
7	13	87
8	13	87
9	13	87
10	13	87
11	13	87
12	13	87
13	13	87
14	13	87
15	13	87
16	13	87
17	13	87
18	13	87
19	13	87
20	14	86
21	14	86
22	14	86
23	15	85
24	15	85
25	16	84
26	16	84
27	17	83
28	17	83
29	17	83
30	18	82
31	18	82

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.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Wind speed (km/h)	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
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	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	4	calm
2	4	calm
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31	4	calm

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 6:27 AM to 6:27 AM, and sunset from 6:32 PM to 6:33 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Daylight (h)	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1
Sunrise (AM)	6:27	6:27	6:27	6:27	6:27	6:27	6:27	6:26	6:26	6:26	6:26	6:26	6:26	6:26	6:26	6:26	6:26	6:26	6:26	6:26	6:26	6:26	6:26	6:26	6:26	6:26	6:26	6:26	6:26	6:26	6:27
Sunset (PM)	6:32	6:32	6:31	6:31	6:31	6:31	6:31	6:31	6:31	6:31	6:31	6:31	6:31	6:31	6:31	6:31	6:31	6:31	6:31	6:32	6:32	6:32	6:32	6:32	6:32	6:32	6:32	6:32	6:33	6:33	6:33

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.1	6:27	6:32
2	12.1	6:27	6:32
3	12.1	6:27	6:31
4	12.1	6:27	6:31
5	12.1	6:27	6:31
6	12.1	6:27	6:31
7	12.1	6:27	6:31
8	12.1	6:26	6:31
9	12.1	6:26	6:31
10	12.1	6:26	6:31
11	12.1	6:26	6:31
12	12.1	6:26	6:31
13	12.1	6:26	6:31
14	12.1	6:26	6:31
15	12.1	6:26	6:31
16	12.1	6:26	6:31
17	12.1	6:26	6:31
18	12.1	6:26	6:31
19	12.1	6:26	6:31
20	12.1	6:26	6:32
21	12.1	6:26	6:32
22	12.1	6:26	6:32
23	12.1	6:26	6:32
24	12.1	6:26	6:32
25	12.1	6:26	6:32
26	12.1	6:26	6:32
27	12.1	6:26	6:32
28	12.1	6:26	6:32
29	12.1	6:26	6:33
30	12.1	6:26	6:33
31	12.1	6:27	6:33

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 4.68 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.91 kWh/m² to a high of 4.99 kWh/m² in August across the year — May's 4.68 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.6
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	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	4.6	Bright
2	4.6	Bright
3	4.6	Bright
4	4.6	Bright
5	4.6	Bright
6	4.6	Bright
7	4.7	Bright
8	4.7	Bright
9	4.7	Bright
10	4.7	Bright
11	4.7	Bright
12	4.7	Bright
13	4.7	Bright
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24	4.7	Bright
25	4.7	Bright
26	4.7	Bright
27	4.6	Bright
28	4.6	Bright
29	4.6	Bright
30	4.6	Bright
31	4.6	Bright

Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit Julau?

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 Julau.

What to pack for Julau in May

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

In May, Julau 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 Julau 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 Julau peaks around March 15 at about 15 (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.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	14	15	16	15	14	12	11	13	13	14	12	11
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	14	Extreme
Feb	15	Extreme
Mar	16	Extreme
Apr	15	Extreme
May	14	Extreme
Jun	12	Extreme
Jul	11	Extreme
Aug	13	Extreme
Sep	13	Extreme
Oct	14	Extreme
Nov	12	Extreme
Dec	11	Extreme

Air quality in Julau 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 Julau is worst in September — around 26 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.4× the cleanest month (December, 11 µg/m³).

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	12	12	13	14	13	14	16	22	26	17	11	11
Level	Good	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Good	Good

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	12	Good
Feb	12	Moderate
Mar	13	Moderate
Apr	14	Moderate
May	13	Moderate
Jun	14	Moderate
Jul	16	Moderate
Aug	22	Moderate
Sep	26	Moderate
Oct	17	Moderate
Nov	11	Good
Dec	11	Good

Location & terrain

Where is Julau?

Julau sits at 2.0°N, 111.9°E, 27 m above sea level, in Malaysia. The nearest listed city is Sibu Jaya, 26 km away.

Topography around Julau

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Julau has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 114 m around an average of 42 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 249 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,241 m.

The land around Julau is covered by trees (98%) within 3 km, trees (99%) within 16 km, and trees (93%) within 80 km.

3 km

114 m

trees 98%

16 km

249 m

trees 99%

80 km

1,241 m

trees 93%

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← April Julau year-round climate June →Best places to visit in May

May weather nearby: Sibu Jaya 26 km · Kanowit 28 km · Pakan 30 km · Sibu 33 km · Maradong 34 km · Sarikei 46 km · Saratok 72 km · Selangau 72 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

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 Julau (2.0167°, 111.9167°, elevation 27 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).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	31	24
2	31	24
3	31	24
4	31	24
5	31	24
6	31	24
7	31	24
8	31	24
9	31	24
10	31	24
11	31	24
12	31	24
13	31	24
14	31	24
15	31	24
16	31	24
17	31	24
18	31	24
19	31	24
20	31	24
21	31	24
22	31	24
23	31	24
24	31	24
25	31	24
26	31	24
27	31	24
28	31	24
29	31	24
30	31	24
31	31	24

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	12	88
2	13	87
3	13	87
4	13	87
5	13	87
6	15	85
7	15	85
8	16	84
9	16	84
10	17	83
11	17	83
12	17	83
13	19	81
14	19	81
15	20	80
16	20	80
17	20	80
18	19	81
19	19	81
20	19	81
21	19	81
22	19	81
23	18	82
24	18	82
25	18	82
26	17	83
27	17	83
28	18	82
29	18	82
30	16	84
31	16	84

	Rain chance (%)
1	89
2	88
3	88
4	87
5	86
6	86
7	85
8	84
9	83
10	82
11	81
12	81
13	80
14	79
15	79
16	79
17	79
18	78
19	79
20	79
21	79
22	79
23	80
24	80
25	81
26	81
27	82
28	82
29	82
30	82
31	82

	Oppressive (%)	Miserable (%)
1	12	88
2	12	88
3	12	88
4	12	88
5	13	87
6	13	87
7	13	87
8	13	87
9	13	87
10	13	87
11	13	87
12	13	87
13	13	87
14	13	87
15	13	87
16	13	87
17	13	87
18	13	87
19	13	87
20	14	86
21	14	86
22	14	86
23	15	85
24	15	85
25	16	84
26	16	84
27	17	83
28	17	83
29	17	83
30	18	82
31	18	82

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	31	24
2	31	24
3	31	24
4	31	24
5	31	24
6	31	24
7	31	24
8	31	24
9	31	24
10	31	24
11	31	24
12	31	24
13	31	24
14	31	24
15	31	24
16	31	24
17	31	24
18	31	24
19	31	24
20	31	24
21	31	24
22	31	24
23	31	24
24	31	24
25	31	24
26	31	24
27	31	24
28	31	24
29	31	24
30	31	24
31	31	24

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	12	88
2	13	87
3	13	87
4	13	87
5	13	87
6	15	85
7	15	85
8	16	84
9	16	84
10	17	83
11	17	83
12	17	83
13	19	81
14	19	81
15	20	80
16	20	80
17	20	80
18	19	81
19	19	81
20	19	81
21	19	81
22	19	81
23	18	82
24	18	82
25	18	82
26	17	83
27	17	83
28	18	82
29	18	82
30	16	84
31	16	84

	Rain chance (%)
1	89
2	88
3	88
4	87
5	86
6	86
7	85
8	84
9	83
10	82
11	81
12	81
13	80
14	79
15	79
16	79
17	79
18	78
19	79
20	79
21	79
22	79
23	80
24	80
25	81
26	81
27	82
28	82
29	82
30	82
31	82

	Oppressive (%)	Miserable (%)
1	12	88
2	12	88
3	12	88
4	12	88
5	13	87
6	13	87
7	13	87
8	13	87
9	13	87
10	13	87
11	13	87
12	13	87
13	13	87
14	13	87
15	13	87
16	13	87
17	13	87
18	13	87
19	13	87
20	14	86
21	14	86
22	14	86
23	15	85
24	15	85
25	16	84
26	16	84
27	17	83
28	17	83
29	17	83
30	18	82
31	18	82

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	31	24
2	31	24
3	31	24
4	31	24
5	31	24
6	31	24
7	31	24
8	31	24
9	31	24
10	31	24
11	31	24
12	31	24
13	31	24
14	31	24
15	31	24
16	31	24
17	31	24
18	31	24
19	31	24
20	31	24
21	31	24
22	31	24
23	31	24
24	31	24
25	31	24
26	31	24
27	31	24
28	31	24
29	31	24
30	31	24
31	31	24

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	12	88
2	13	87
3	13	87
4	13	87
5	13	87
6	15	85
7	15	85
8	16	84
9	16	84
10	17	83
11	17	83
12	17	83
13	19	81
14	19	81
15	20	80
16	20	80
17	20	80
18	19	81
19	19	81
20	19	81
21	19	81
22	19	81
23	18	82
24	18	82
25	18	82
26	17	83
27	17	83
28	18	82
29	18	82
30	16	84
31	16	84

	Rain chance (%)
1	89
2	88
3	88
4	87
5	86
6	86
7	85
8	84
9	83
10	82
11	81
12	81
13	80
14	79
15	79
16	79
17	79
18	78
19	79
20	79
21	79
22	79
23	80
24	80
25	81
26	81
27	82
28	82
29	82
30	82
31	82

	Oppressive (%)	Miserable (%)
1	12	88
2	12	88
3	12	88
4	12	88
5	13	87
6	13	87
7	13	87
8	13	87
9	13	87
10	13	87
11	13	87
12	13	87
13	13	87
14	13	87
15	13	87
16	13	87
17	13	87
18	13	87
19	13	87
20	14	86
21	14	86
22	14	86
23	15	85
24	15	85
25	16	84
26	16	84
27	17	83
28	17	83
29	17	83
30	18	82
31	18	82