Kudat weather in May

In May, Kudat sees average daytime highs of 30°C and overnight lows near 27°C, with 109 mm of rain across 18.9 wet days and about 12.3 hours of daylight. It is the 1st-warmest and 10th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 30°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 16% of the time in May, and the air most often feels miserable.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 12 min at the start of May to 12 h 24 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Kudat's 3rd-clearest and 11th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Kudat's year-round climate.

Daytime high
30°
1st warmest
Overnight low
27°
12th coldest
Rainfall
109 mm
18.9 wet days
Daylight
12 h 18 min
6:00 AM – 6:18 PM
Cloud cover
72%
3rd clearest
Wind
11 km/h
11th windiest
Solar energy
5.74 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.9
out of 10

Kudat 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 30°C through the month.

A typical May day in Kudat reaches about 30°C in the afternoon and slips back to 27°C overnight — a 3°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 29°C and 31°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 Kudat

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.

Kudat weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 1st-warmest and 10th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan28° / 25°21522.711.64.4
Feb28° / 25°11116.411.85.1
Mar28° / 26°9614125.3
Apr29° / 27°6413.112.14.9
May30° / 27°10918.912.33.9
Jun30° / 27°13220.512.43.7
Jul30° / 27°13618.612.44.0
Aug30° / 27°13018.612.24.0
Sep29° / 26°14220.8123.7
Oct29° / 26°21225.611.83.5
Nov29° / 26°22826.311.73.4
Dec28° / 26°25927.511.63.5

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 16% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 14% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 70%. Skies tend to cloud over as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
14159
24060
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53763
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83466
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103268
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Kudat gets around 109 mm of rain over 18.9 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 61% and peaks near 67% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

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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 97% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

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Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
1199
2199
3199
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5199
6199
7199
8298
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10298
11298
12397
13397
14397
15397
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21496
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25496
26496
27397
28397
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31397

Wind in May

Winds average 11 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 11 km/h on the calmest days to 12 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
112light breeze
212light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in May

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Daylight runs from about 12 h 12 min at the start of May to 12 h 24 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 12 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 6:03 AM to 5:59 AM, and sunset from 6:17 PM to 6:21 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.26:036:17
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512.36:026:17
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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 5.74 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.39 kWh/m² to a high of 6.17 kWh/m² in April across the year — May's 5.74 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Kudat

In seasonPeak

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

Kudat 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 Kudat?

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

3.9
Sightseeing
7th-best month of the year
5.4
Beach & pool
4th-best month of the year

May is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Kudat.

What to pack for Kudat in May

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

In May, Kudat sees daytime highs around 30°C and nights near 27°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 19 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

Sea temperature near Kudat 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 offshore is warmest in June at about 30°C and coldest in February near 27°C.

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

26°28°30°32°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecwarmtropicalcomfortable to swim
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan28Warm
Feb27Warm
Mar28Warm
Apr29Tropical
May30Tropical
Jun30Tropical
Jul30Tropical
Aug30Tropical
Sep30Tropical
Oct29Tropical
Nov29Tropical
Dec29Tropical

UV index in Kudat 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 Kudat peaks around March 22 at about 14 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 14 at about 10 (extreme).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeMar 22UV 14Dec 14UV 10
UV index (midday)Level
Jan12Extreme
Feb13Extreme
Mar14Extreme
Apr14Extreme
May13Extreme
Jun12Extreme
Jul11Extreme
Aug13Extreme
Sep13Extreme
Oct12Extreme
Nov11Extreme
Dec10Extreme

Air quality in Kudat 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 Kudat is worst in August — around 16 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.0× the cleanest month (February, 8 µg/m³).

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

01020JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateGoodAug 2416 µg/m³Dec 228 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan8Good
Feb8Good
Mar9Good
Apr10Good
May15Moderate
Jun12Good
Jul14Moderate
Aug16Moderate
Sep16Moderate
Oct13Moderate
Nov8Good
Dec8Good
Location & terrain

Where is Kudat?

Kudat sits at 6.9°N, 116.8°E, 1 m above sea level, in Malaysia. The nearest listed city is Ranau, 105 km away.

Kota KinabaluDonggongonPutatanPetagasTambunanKinarutPapar

Topography around Kudat

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Kudat has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 144 m around an average of 13 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 227 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,543 m.

The land around Kudat is covered by trees (37%) and water (35%) within 3 km, water (50%) and trees (43%) within 16 km, and water (60%) and trees (35%) within 80 km.

3 km
144 m
16 km
227 m
80 km
2,543 m
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May weather nearby: Ranau 105 km · Kota Kinabalu 131 km · Donggongon 135 km · Putatan 136 km · Petagas 138 km · Tambunan 138 km · Kinarut 146 km · Papar 162 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 Kudat (6.8873°, 116.8236°, elevation 1 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).