Kampung Baharu Nilai weather in May

In May, Kampung Baharu Nilai sees average daytime highs of 31°C and overnight lows near 25°C, with 197 mm of rain across 26.1 wet days and about 12.1 hours of daylight. It is the 3rd-warmest and 5th-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 Kampung Baharu Nilai's 8th-clearest and 6th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Kampung Baharu Nilai's year-round climate.

Daytime high
31°
3rd warmest
Overnight low
25°
12th coldest
Rainfall
197 mm
26.1 wet days
Daylight
12 h 06 min
7:05 AM – 7:13 PM
Cloud cover
83%
8th clearest
Wind
6 km/h
6th windiest
Solar energy
5.14 kWh/m²
Travel score
2.8
out of 10

Kampung Baharu Nilai 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 Kampung Baharu Nilai reaches about 31°C in the afternoon and slips back to 25°C overnight — a 6°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 30°C and 32°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs on par with April and on par with June.

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How May really feels in Kampung Baharu Nilai

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.

Kampung Baharu Nilai weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 3rd-warmest and 5th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan30° / 24°17618.911.93.7
Feb31° / 24°12816.611.93.5
Mar31° / 25°18923.2123.0
Apr31° / 25°22426.412.12.7
May31° / 25°19726.112.12.8
Jun31° / 25°14521.612.23.2
Jul30° / 25°15522.912.13.3
Aug30° / 25°17024.512.13.1
Sep30° / 24°18925123.0
Oct30° / 24°23526.711.92.9
Nov30° / 24°33428.211.92.7
Dec30° / 24°26225.611.83.1

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 10% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 85%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
11288
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51189
61288
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Kampung Baharu Nilai gets around 197 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 88% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
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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 95% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

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Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
1595
2496
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6496
7496
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Wind in May

Winds average 6 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 6 km/h on the calmest days to 6 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
16calm
26calm
36calm
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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 7:07 AM to 7:06 AM, and sunset from 7:13 PM to 7:15 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.17:077:13
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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 5.14 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.48 kWh/m² to a high of 5.82 kWh/m² in March across the year — May's 5.14 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 Kampung Baharu Nilai

In seasonPeak

In May, Kampung Baharu Nilai sits inside its pacific typhoon season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

Kampung Baharu Nilai sits in the Pacific typhoon belt; the season peaks July–October.

Pacific typhoon
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Is May a good time to visit Kampung Baharu Nilai?

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

2.8
Sightseeing
10th-best month of the year
4.1
Beach & pool
9th-best month of the year

May is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Kampung Baharu Nilai.

What to pack for Kampung Baharu Nilai in May

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

In May, Kampung Baharu Nilai sees daytime highs around 31°C and nights near 25°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 26 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

Sea temperature near Kampung Baharu Nilai in May

The nearest coast averages about 30°C in May — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea at the nearest coast (about 28 km away) is warmest in May at about 30°C and coldest in January near 29°C.

The water stays above 20°C all year — warm enough for a swim any month.

28°30°32°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecwarmtropicalcomfortable to swim
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan29Tropical
Feb29Tropical
Mar29Tropical
Apr30Tropical
May30Tropical
Jun30Tropical
Jul30Tropical
Aug30Tropical
Sep30Tropical
Oct30Tropical
Nov29Tropical
Dec29Tropical

UV index in Kampung Baharu Nilai in May

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in May peaks around 12 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Kampung Baharu Nilai peaks around February 19 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near November 22 at about 10 (extreme).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeFeb 19UV 13Nov 22UV 10
UV index (midday)Level
Jan12Extreme
Feb14Extreme
Mar13Extreme
Apr13Extreme
May12Extreme
Jun11Extreme
Jul10Extreme
Aug12Extreme
Sep13Extreme
Oct13Extreme
Nov10Extreme
Dec10Extreme

Air quality in Kampung Baharu Nilai 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 Kampung Baharu Nilai is worst in September — around 66 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), and holds fairly steady the rest of the year.

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

020406080JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecPoorUnhealthyPoorSep 1965 µg/m³Feb 1349 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan52Poor
Feb48Poor
Mar54Poor
Apr59Unhealthy
May55Unhealthy
Jun55Unhealthy
Jul57Unhealthy
Aug59Unhealthy
Sep66Unhealthy
Oct62Unhealthy
Nov55Poor
Dec51Poor
Location & terrain

Where is Kampung Baharu Nilai?

Kampung Baharu Nilai sits at 2.8°N, 101.8°E, 32 m above sea level, in Malaysia. The nearest listed city is Bandar Baru Salak Tinggi, 7.0 km away.

Topography around Kampung Baharu Nilai

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Kampung Baharu Nilai has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 125 m around an average of 50 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 632 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,819 m.

The land around Kampung Baharu Nilai is covered by trees (61%) and artificial surfaces (28%) within 3 km, trees (72%) within 16 km, and trees (57%) and water (32%) within 80 km.

3 km
125 m
16 km
632 m
80 km
1,819 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwatermangroves
May weather nearby: Bandar Baru Salak Tinggi 7.0 km · Bangi 11 km · Sepang 13 km · Bandar Sri Sendayan 17 km · Seminyih 17 km · Semenyih 17 km · Seremban 2 18 km · Seremban 18 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 Kampung Baharu Nilai (2.8033°, 101.7972°, elevation 32 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. Tropical-cyclone seasons are the published climatological basin seasons (NOAA National Hurricane Center / regional warning centres). Sea temperatures are the NOAA OISST v2.1 1991–2020 monthly climatology (public domain), sampled at the nearest ocean point. 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).