Rompin weather in May

In May, Rompin sees average daytime highs of 32°C and overnight lows near 24°C, with 155 mm of rain across 24.7 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 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 06 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Rompin's 7th-clearest and 11th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Rompin's year-round climate.

Daytime high
32°
3rd warmest
Overnight low
24°
12th coldest
Rainfall
155 mm
24.7 wet days
Daylight
12 h 06 min
7:03 AM – 7:10 PM
Cloud cover
83%
7th clearest
Wind
5 km/h
11th windiest
Solar energy
4.88 kWh/m²
Travel score
2.4
out of 10

Rompin is town in Malaysia in Negeri Sembilan.

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 Rompin 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 Rompin

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
31 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.

Rompin 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° / 23°12217.511.93.8
Feb32° / 23°7712.711.93.5
Mar33° / 24°14220.2122.7
Apr33° / 24°16224.712.12.3
May32° / 24°15524.712.12.4
Jun32° / 24°11421.912.22.7
Jul32° / 24°11721.512.13.0
Aug32° / 24°13323.612.12.8
Sep32° / 23°13724.2122.6
Oct32° / 24°17825.511.92.5
Nov31° / 23°24027.811.92.5
Dec30° / 23°21223.811.83.2

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 86%.

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

Any precipitation

Rompin gets around 155 mm of rain over 24.7 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 80% and peaks near 83% on the wettest days.

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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 76% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

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Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
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22476
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Wind in May

Winds average 5 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 4 km/h on the calmest days to 5 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
14calm
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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 7:04 AM to 7:03 AM, and sunset from 7:10 PM to 7:12 PM.

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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 4.88 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.01 kWh/m² to a high of 5.35 kWh/m² in March across the year — May's 4.88 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit Rompin?

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

2.4
Sightseeing
11th-best month of the year
4.0
Beach & pool
9th-best month of the year

May is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Rompin.

What to pack for Rompin in May

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

In May, Rompin 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

Sea temperature near Rompin 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 56 km away) is warmest in May at about 30°C and coldest in January near 28°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
Jan28Tropical
Feb28Tropical
Mar29Tropical
Apr30Tropical
May30Tropical
Jun30Tropical
Jul30Tropical
Aug30Tropical
Sep30Tropical
Oct30Tropical
Nov29Tropical
Dec29Tropical

UV index in Rompin 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 Rompin peaks around February 20 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near July 12 at about 10 (extreme).

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

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UV index (midday)Level
Jan13Extreme
Feb15Extreme
Mar14Extreme
Apr14Extreme
May13Extreme
Jun11Extreme
Jul10Very high
Aug13Extreme
Sep14Extreme
Oct13Extreme
Nov11Extreme
Dec11Extreme

Air quality in Rompin 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 Rompin is worst in September — around 36 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 2.3× the cleanest month (February, 15 µg/m³).

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

010203040JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateSep 1635 µg/m³Feb 1015 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan16Moderate
Feb15Moderate
Mar20Moderate
Apr25Moderate
May26Moderate
Jun27Moderate
Jul30Moderate
Aug31Moderate
Sep36Poor
Oct31Moderate
Nov21Moderate
Dec18Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Rompin?

Rompin sits at 2.7°N, 102.5°E, 52 m above sea level, in Malaysia. The nearest listed city is Bahau, 16 km away.

Topography around Rompin

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Rompin has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 101 m around an average of 61 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 352 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,437 m.

The land around Rompin is covered by trees (93%) within 3 km, trees (90%) within 16 km, and trees (87%) within 80 km.

3 km
101 m
16 km
352 m
80 km
1,437 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
May weather nearby: Bahau 16 km · Gemas 18 km · Batu Anam 27 km · Kuala Pilah 29 km · Taman Pelangi 37 km · Tampin 40 km · Segamat 41 km · Kampung Machap Baru 41 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 Rompin (2.7083°, 102.5047°, elevation 52 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. 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).