Kampung Perak weather in May

In May, Kampung Perak sees average daytime highs of 32°C and overnight lows near 24°C, with 164 mm of rain across 25.1 wet days and about 12.2 hours of daylight. It is the 3rd-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 miserable.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 06 min at the start of May to 12 h 12 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Kampung Perak's 7th-clearest and 9th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Kampung Perak's year-round climate.

Daytime high
32°
3rd warmest
Overnight low
24°
12th coldest
Rainfall
164 mm
25.1 wet days
Daylight
12 h 12 min
7:01 AM – 7:11 PM
Cloud cover
83%
7th clearest
Wind
4 km/h
9th windiest
Solar energy
5.04 kWh/m²
Travel score
2.4
out of 10

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 Kampung Perak reaches about 32°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 30°C and 34°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 Perak

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
5 feel dangerously hot (≥ 39°C)
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 Perak weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 3rd-warmest and 4th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan30° / 23°14717.811.83.8
Feb32° / 23°8412.411.93.6
Mar33° / 23°15319.2122.8
Apr33° / 24°16124.212.12.3
May32° / 24°16425.112.22.4
Jun32° / 24°10820.512.22.7
Jul32° / 23°10820.812.22.9
Aug32° / 23°12022.112.12.7
Sep32° / 23°13322.3122.6
Oct32° / 23°20226.611.92.4
Nov30° / 23°27328.111.82.6
Dec30° / 23°25024.311.83.2

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 11% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 85%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
11486
21486
31387
41387
51387
61387
71387
81387
91387
101486
111486
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Kampung Perak gets around 164 mm of rain over 25.1 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 81% and peaks near 85% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
185
285
385
485
584
684
784
883
982
1082
1181
1281
1380
1480
1579
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1979
2079
2179
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2679
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3078
3177

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 50% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

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Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
105248
205050
304951
404852
504852
604753
704753
804654
904654
1004654
1104654
1204654
1304654
1404654
1504753
1604753
1704852
1804951
1904951
2005050
2105149
2205248
2305248
2405347
2515346
2615346
2715445
2815544
2915544
3015643
3115742

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
94calm
104calm
114calm
124calm
134calm
144calm
154calm
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174calm
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314calm

Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 06 min at the start of May to 12 h 12 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 7:03 AM to 7:01 AM, and sunset from 7:11 PM to 7:13 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.17:037:11
212.17:037:11
312.17:027:11
412.17:027:11
512.17:027:11
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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 5.04 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.8 kWh/m² to a high of 5.43 kWh/m² in March across the year — May's 5.04 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
15.2Bright
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55.1Bright
65.1Bright
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315.0Bright
Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit Kampung Perak?

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

2.4
Sightseeing
10th-best month of the year
4.0
Beach & pool
10th-best month of the year

May is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Kampung Perak.

What to pack for Kampung Perak in May

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

In May, Kampung Perak sees daytime highs around 32°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 Kampung Perak 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 Kampung Perak peaks around February 20 at about 14 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 11 at about 10 (extreme).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeFeb 20UV 14Dec 11UV 10
UV index (midday)Level
Jan13Extreme
Feb15Extreme
Mar14Extreme
Apr14Extreme
May13Extreme
Jun11Extreme
Jul11Extreme
Aug12Extreme
Sep13Extreme
Oct12Extreme
Nov11Extreme
Dec10Extreme

Air quality in Kampung Perak 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 Perak is worst in September — around 29 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 1.9× the cleanest month (December, 15 µg/m³).

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

010203040JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateSep 1628 µg/m³Dec 2315 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan15Moderate
Feb15Moderate
Mar18Moderate
Apr21Moderate
May21Moderate
Jun21Moderate
Jul24Moderate
Aug25Moderate
Sep29Moderate
Oct25Moderate
Nov17Moderate
Dec15Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Kampung Perak?

Kampung Perak sits at 3.9°N, 102.6°E, 65 m above sea level, in Malaysia. The nearest listed city is Jerantut, 26 km away.

Topography around Kampung Perak

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Kampung Perak has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 74 m around an average of 79 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 862 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,167 m.

The land around Kampung Perak is covered by trees (96%) within 3 km, trees (97%) within 16 km, and trees (97%) within 80 km.

3 km
74 m
16 km
862 m
80 km
2,167 m
treesgrasslandartificial surfaceswater
May weather nearby: Jerantut 26 km · Maran 38 km · Temerluh 50 km · Mentakab 50 km · FELDA Chini 68 km · Kuala Lipis 69 km · Raub 81 km · Kuantan 82 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 Perak (3.8682°, 102.5862°, elevation 65 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).