Tebedu weather in May

In May, Tebedu sees average daytime highs of 30°C and overnight lows near 22°C, with 244 mm of rain across 26.8 wet days and about 12 hours of daylight. It is the 1st-warmest and 7th-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 4% of the time in May, and the air most often feels oppressive.

Daylight stretches from about 12 hours at the start of May to 12 h 06 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Tebedu's 4th-clearest and 11th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Tebedu's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 30°; 1st warmest
Overnight low: 22°; 12th coldest
Rainfall: 244 mm; 26.8 wet days
Daylight: 12 hours; 6:33 AM – 6:36 PM
Cloud cover: 81%; 4th clearest
Wind: 3 km/h; 11th windiest
Solar energy: 4.71 kWh/m²
Travel score: 3.0; out of 10

Tebedu is human settlement in Malaysia.

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 30°C through the month.

A typical May day in Tebedu reaches about 30°C in the afternoon and slips back to 22°C overnight — a 8°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 28°C and 32°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs on par with April and on par with June.

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Avg high (°C)	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30
Avg low (°C)	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22

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

How May really feels in Tebedu

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.

Tebedu weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 1st-warmest and 7th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	28° / 22°	302	28.3	11.9	3.1
Feb	29° / 22°	236	24	12	3.3
Mar	29° / 22°	271	27.4	12	3.0
Apr	30° / 22°	312	28.2	12	2.8
May	30° / 22°	244	26.8	12	3.0
Jun	30° / 22°	181	22.3	12.1	3.4
Jul	30° / 22°	160	20.8	12.1	3.7
Aug	30° / 22°	184	21.9	12	3.5
Sep	30° / 22°	230	23.9	12	3.2
Oct	29° / 22°	351	28.7	12	2.9
Nov	29° / 22°	360	29.3	12	2.7
Dec	29° / 22°	356	29.1	11.9	2.9

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 4% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 13% 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 (%)	10	10	10	11	11	11	12	13	14	14	14	16	16	17	17	19	19	19	19	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	19
Cloudier (%)	90	90	90	89	89	89	88	87	86	86	86	84	84	83	83	81	81	81	81	80	80	80	80	80	80	80	80	80	80	80	81

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	10	90
2	10	90
3	10	90
4	11	89
5	11	89
6	11	89
7	12	88
8	13	87
9	14	86
10	14	86
11	14	86
12	16	84
13	16	84
14	17	83
15	17	83
16	19	81
17	19	81
18	19	81
19	19	81
20	20	80
21	20	80
22	20	80
23	20	80
24	20	80
25	20	80
26	20	80
27	20	80
28	20	80
29	20	80
30	20	80
31	19	81

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Tebedu gets around 244 mm of rain over 26.8 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 86% and peaks near 93% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

	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 (%)	93	93	93	92	92	91	91	90	90	89	88	87	87	86	86	85	84	84	84	83	83	83	83	83	83	83	83	83	83	83	83

	Rain chance (%)
1	93
2	93
3	93
4	92
5	92
6	91
7	91
8	90
9	90
10	89
11	88
12	87
13	87
14	86
15	86
16	85
17	84
18	84
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20	83
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30	83
31	83

Humidity in May

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of May feels oppressive — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, May lands in the oppressive band about 92% 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 (%)	94	93	93	93	92	92	92	91	91	91	91	91	91	91	91	91	91	91	91	92	92	92	93	93	93	94	94	94	95	95	95
Miserable (%)	6	7	7	7	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	7	7	7	6	6	6	5	5	5

	Oppressive (%)	Miserable (%)
1	94	6
2	93	7
3	93	7
4	93	7
5	92	8
6	92	8
7	92	8
8	91	9
9	91	9
10	91	9
11	91	9
12	91	9
13	91	9
14	91	9
15	91	9
16	91	9
17	91	9
18	91	9
19	91	9
20	92	8
21	92	8
22	92	8
23	93	7
24	93	7
25	93	7
26	94	6
27	94	6
28	94	6
29	95	5
30	95	5
31	95	5

Wind in May

Winds average 3 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 3 km/h on the calmest days to 3 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
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	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	3	calm
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Sunrise & sunset in May

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Daylight runs from about 12 hours 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 6 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 6:35 AM to 6:34 AM, and sunset from 6:37 PM to 6:38 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)	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1
Sunrise (AM)	6:35	6:35	6:34	6:34	6:34	6:34	6:34	6:34	6:34	6:34	6:34	6:34	6:33	6:33	6:33	6:33	6:33	6:33	6:33	6:33	6:33	6:34	6:34	6:34	6:34	6:34	6:34	6:34	6:34	6:34	6:34
Sunset (PM)	6:37	6:37	6:37	6:37	6:36	6:36	6:36	6:36	6:36	6:36	6:36	6:36	6:36	6:36	6:36	6:36	6:36	6:36	6:36	6:36	6:36	6:37	6:37	6:37	6:37	6:37	6:37	6:37	6:37	6:37	6:38

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.0	6:35	6:37
2	12.0	6:35	6:37
3	12.0	6:34	6:37
4	12.0	6:34	6:37
5	12.0	6:34	6:36
6	12.0	6:34	6:36
7	12.0	6:34	6:36
8	12.0	6:34	6:36
9	12.0	6:34	6:36
10	12.0	6:34	6:36
11	12.0	6:34	6:36
12	12.0	6:34	6:36
13	12.0	6:33	6:36
14	12.0	6:33	6:36
15	12.0	6:33	6:36
16	12.0	6:33	6:36
17	12.0	6:33	6:36
18	12.0	6:33	6:36
19	12.0	6:33	6:36
20	12.0	6:33	6:36
21	12.0	6:33	6:36
22	12.1	6:34	6:37
23	12.1	6:34	6:37
24	12.1	6:34	6:37
25	12.1	6:34	6:37
26	12.1	6:34	6:37
27	12.1	6:34	6:37
28	12.1	6:34	6:37
29	12.1	6:34	6:37
30	12.1	6:34	6:37
31	12.1	6:34	6:38

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 4.71 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.07 kWh/m² to a high of 5.07 kWh/m² in August across the year — May's 4.71 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)	4.7	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	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7
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	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	4.7	Bright
2	4.7	Bright
3	4.7	Bright
4	4.7	Bright
5	4.7	Bright
6	4.7	Bright
7	4.7	Bright
8	4.7	Bright
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10	4.7	Bright
11	4.7	Bright
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25	4.7	Bright
26	4.7	Bright
27	4.7	Bright
28	4.7	Bright
29	4.7	Bright
30	4.7	Bright
31	4.7	Bright

Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit Tebedu?

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

3.0

Sightseeing

7th-best month of the year

4.1

Beach & pool

6th-best month of the year

May is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Tebedu.

What to pack for Tebedu in May

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

In May, Tebedu sees daytime highs around 30°C and nights near 22°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 27 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Tebedu 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 Tebedu peaks around February 18 at about 16 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near July 13 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	16	15	15	13	11	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	16	Extreme
Mar	15	Extreme
Apr	15	Extreme
May	13	Extreme
Jun	11	Extreme
Jul	11	Extreme
Aug	13	Extreme
Sep	13	Extreme
Oct	14	Extreme
Nov	12	Extreme
Dec	11	Extreme

Air quality in Tebedu 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 Tebedu is worst in August — around 57 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 3.7× the cleanest month (January, 16 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)	16	17	19	19	18	18	30	57	51	26	18	17
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Unhealthy	Poor	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	16	Moderate
Feb	17	Moderate
Mar	19	Moderate
Apr	19	Moderate
May	18	Moderate
Jun	18	Moderate
Jul	30	Moderate
Aug	57	Unhealthy
Sep	51	Poor
Oct	26	Moderate
Nov	18	Moderate
Dec	17	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Tebedu?

Tebedu sits at 1.0°N, 110.4°E, 56 m above sea level, in Malaysia. The nearest listed city is Serian, 27 km away.

Topography around Tebedu

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Tebedu has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 248 m around an average of 72 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,044 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,649 m.

The land around Tebedu is covered by trees (92%) within 3 km, trees (98%) within 16 km, and trees (93%) within 80 km.

3 km

248 m

trees 92%

16 km

1,044 m

trees 98%

80 km

1,649 m

trees 93%

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

May weather nearby: Serian 27 km · Siburan 38 km · Bau 49 km · Kuching 58 km · Simunjan 58 km · Lundu 92 km · Bengkayang 105 km · Sri Aman 124 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 Tebedu (1.0266°, 110.3633°, elevation 56 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	30	22
2	30	22
3	30	22
4	30	22
5	30	22
6	30	22
7	30	22
8	30	22
9	30	22
10	30	22
11	30	22
12	30	22
13	30	22
14	30	22
15	30	22
16	30	22
17	30	22
18	30	22
19	30	22
20	30	22
21	30	22
22	30	22
23	30	22
24	30	22
25	30	22
26	30	22
27	30	22
28	30	22
29	30	22
30	30	22
31	30	22

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	10	90
2	10	90
3	10	90
4	11	89
5	11	89
6	11	89
7	12	88
8	13	87
9	14	86
10	14	86
11	14	86
12	16	84
13	16	84
14	17	83
15	17	83
16	19	81
17	19	81
18	19	81
19	19	81
20	20	80
21	20	80
22	20	80
23	20	80
24	20	80
25	20	80
26	20	80
27	20	80
28	20	80
29	20	80
30	20	80
31	19	81

	Rain chance (%)
1	93
2	93
3	93
4	92
5	92
6	91
7	91
8	90
9	90
10	89
11	88
12	87
13	87
14	86
15	86
16	85
17	84
18	84
19	84
20	83
21	83
22	83
23	83
24	83
25	83
26	83
27	83
28	83
29	83
30	83
31	83

	Oppressive (%)	Miserable (%)
1	94	6
2	93	7
3	93	7
4	93	7
5	92	8
6	92	8
7	92	8
8	91	9
9	91	9
10	91	9
11	91	9
12	91	9
13	91	9
14	91	9
15	91	9
16	91	9
17	91	9
18	91	9
19	91	9
20	92	8
21	92	8
22	92	8
23	93	7
24	93	7
25	93	7
26	94	6
27	94	6
28	94	6
29	95	5
30	95	5
31	95	5

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	10	90
2	10	90
3	10	90
4	11	89
5	11	89
6	11	89
7	12	88
8	13	87
9	14	86
10	14	86
11	14	86
12	16	84
13	16	84
14	17	83
15	17	83
16	19	81
17	19	81
18	19	81
19	19	81
20	20	80
21	20	80
22	20	80
23	20	80
24	20	80
25	20	80
26	20	80
27	20	80
28	20	80
29	20	80
30	20	80
31	19	81

	Rain chance (%)
1	93
2	93
3	93
4	92
5	92
6	91
7	91
8	90
9	90
10	89
11	88
12	87
13	87
14	86
15	86
16	85
17	84
18	84
19	84
20	83
21	83
22	83
23	83
24	83
25	83
26	83
27	83
28	83
29	83
30	83
31	83

	Oppressive (%)	Miserable (%)
1	94	6
2	93	7
3	93	7
4	93	7
5	92	8
6	92	8
7	92	8
8	91	9
9	91	9
10	91	9
11	91	9
12	91	9
13	91	9
14	91	9
15	91	9
16	91	9
17	91	9
18	91	9
19	91	9
20	92	8
21	92	8
22	92	8
23	93	7
24	93	7
25	93	7
26	94	6
27	94	6
28	94	6
29	95	5
30	95	5
31	95	5

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	10	90
2	10	90
3	10	90
4	11	89
5	11	89
6	11	89
7	12	88
8	13	87
9	14	86
10	14	86
11	14	86
12	16	84
13	16	84
14	17	83
15	17	83
16	19	81
17	19	81
18	19	81
19	19	81
20	20	80
21	20	80
22	20	80
23	20	80
24	20	80
25	20	80
26	20	80
27	20	80
28	20	80
29	20	80
30	20	80
31	19	81

	Rain chance (%)
1	93
2	93
3	93
4	92
5	92
6	91
7	91
8	90
9	90
10	89
11	88
12	87
13	87
14	86
15	86
16	85
17	84
18	84
19	84
20	83
21	83
22	83
23	83
24	83
25	83
26	83
27	83
28	83
29	83
30	83
31	83

	Oppressive (%)	Miserable (%)
1	94	6
2	93	7
3	93	7
4	93	7
5	92	8
6	92	8
7	92	8
8	91	9
9	91	9
10	91	9
11	91	9
12	91	9
13	91	9
14	91	9
15	91	9
16	91	9
17	91	9
18	91	9
19	91	9
20	92	8
21	92	8
22	92	8
23	93	7
24	93	7
25	93	7
26	94	6
27	94	6
28	94	6
29	95	5
30	95	5
31	95	5