Asia weather in May

In May, Asia sees average daytime highs of 29°C and overnight lows near 26°C, with 227 mm of rain across 25.2 wet days and about 12.4 hours of daylight. It is the 3rd-warmest and 6th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 29°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 12% of the time in May, and the air most often feels miserable.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 18 min at the start of May to 12 h 30 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Asia's 7th-clearest and 12th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Asia's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 29°; 3rd warmest
Overnight low: 26°; 12th coldest
Rainfall: 227 mm; 25.2 wet days
Daylight: 12 h 24 min; 5:33 AM – 5:59 PM
Cloud cover: 76%; 7th clearest
Wind: 8 km/h; 12th windiest
Solar energy: 5.83 kWh/m²
Travel score: 3.5; out of 10

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Temperature in May

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 29°C through the month.

A typical May day in Asia reaches about 29°C in the afternoon and slips back to 26°C overnight — a 3°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 28°C and 31°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs on par with April and about 1°C warmer than June.

	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
Avg high (°C)	30	30	30	30	30	30	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29
Avg low (°C)	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26

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

How May really feels in Asia

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.

Asia weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 3rd-warmest and 6th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	29° / 25°	68	11.1	11.5	5.4
Feb	29° / 25°	62	8.5	11.7	5.6
Mar	29° / 25°	70	10	11.9	5.3
Apr	30° / 26°	83	13.1	12.2	4.6
May	29° / 26°	227	25.2	12.4	3.5
Jun	28° / 25°	347	28.3	12.5	3.2
Jul	28° / 25°	421	29	12.5	3.4
Aug	28° / 25°	380	27.3	12.3	3.6
Sep	28° / 25°	386	28.1	12.1	3.4
Oct	28° / 25°	318	28.1	11.8	3.4
Nov	29° / 25°	157	19.5	11.6	4.1
Dec	29° / 25°	126	15.8	11.5	4.7

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 12% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 15% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 73%. Skies tend to cloud over as the month goes on.

	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 (%)	44	42	41	39	37	36	35	32	32	29	29	27	26	26	24	24	24	24	23	21	21	22	22	21	20	20	20	19	19	18	18
Cloudier (%)	56	58	59	61	63	64	65	68	68	71	71	73	74	74	76	76	76	76	77	79	79	78	78	79	80	80	80	81	81	82	82

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	44	56
2	42	58
3	41	59
4	39	61
5	37	63
6	36	64
7	35	65
8	32	68
9	32	68
10	29	71
11	29	71
12	27	73
13	26	74
14	26	74
15	24	76
16	24	76
17	24	76
18	24	76
19	23	77
20	21	79
21	21	79
22	22	78
23	22	78
24	21	79
25	20	80
26	20	80
27	20	80
28	19	81
29	19	81
30	18	82
31	18	82

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Asia gets around 227 mm of rain over 25.2 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 90% on the wettest days. The odds climb 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 (%)	60	61	63	65	67	69	71	73	75	76	78	80	81	83	84	85	86	86	87	87	88	88	88	89	89	89	89	89	90	90	90

	Rain chance (%)
1	60
2	61
3	63
4	65
5	67
6	69
7	71
8	73
9	75
10	76
11	78
12	80
13	81
14	83
15	84
16	85
17	86
18	86
19	87
20	87
21	88
22	88
23	88
24	89
25	89
26	89
27	89
28	89
29	90
30	90
31	90

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 74% 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 (%)	45	43	41	39	37	35	33	31	30	28	27	26	24	23	22	22	21	21	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20
Miserable (%)	55	57	59	61	63	65	67	69	70	72	73	74	76	77	78	78	79	79	80	80	80	80	80	80	80	80	80	80	80	80	80

	Oppressive (%)	Miserable (%)
1	45	55
2	43	57
3	41	59
4	39	61
5	37	63
6	35	65
7	33	67
8	31	69
9	30	70
10	28	72
11	27	73
12	26	74
13	24	76
14	23	77
15	22	78
16	22	78
17	21	79
18	21	79
19	20	80
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	20	80

Wind in May

Winds average 8 km/h in May, the calmest month.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 8 km/h on the calmest days to 8 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

	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
Wind speed (km/h)	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8
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	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
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Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 18 min at the start of May to 12 h 30 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 5:37 AM to 5:32 AM, and sunset from 5:57 PM to 6:03 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)	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5
Sunrise (AM)	5:37	5:37	5:36	5:36	5:36	5:35	5:35	5:35	5:35	5:34	5:34	5:34	5:34	5:33	5:33	5:33	5:33	5:33	5:33	5:33	5:32	5:32	5:32	5:32	5:32	5:32	5:32	5:32	5:32	5:32	5:32
Sunset (PM)	5:57	5:57	5:57	5:57	5:58	5:58	5:58	5:58	5:58	5:58	5:58	5:59	5:59	5:59	5:59	5:59	5:59	6:00	6:00	6:00	6:00	6:01	6:01	6:01	6:01	6:01	6:02	6:02	6:02	6:02	6:03

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.3	5:37	5:57
2	12.3	5:37	5:57
3	12.3	5:36	5:57
4	12.4	5:36	5:57
5	12.4	5:36	5:58
6	12.4	5:35	5:58
7	12.4	5:35	5:58
8	12.4	5:35	5:58
9	12.4	5:35	5:58
10	12.4	5:34	5:58
11	12.4	5:34	5:58
12	12.4	5:34	5:59
13	12.4	5:34	5:59
14	12.4	5:33	5:59
15	12.4	5:33	5:59
16	12.4	5:33	5:59
17	12.4	5:33	5:59
18	12.4	5:33	6:00
19	12.5	5:33	6:00
20	12.5	5:33	6:00
21	12.5	5:32	6:00
22	12.5	5:32	6:01
23	12.5	5:32	6:01
24	12.5	5:32	6:01
25	12.5	5:32	6:01
26	12.5	5:32	6:01
27	12.5	5:32	6:02
28	12.5	5:32	6:02
29	12.5	5:32	6:02
30	12.5	5:32	6:02
31	12.5	5:32	6:03

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 5.83 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.76 kWh/m² to a high of 6.62 kWh/m² in April across the year — May's 5.83 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

	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)	6.3	6.3	6.2	6.2	6.2	6.1	6.1	6.0	6.0	6.0	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6
Level	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	6.3	Intense
2	6.3	Intense
3	6.2	Intense
4	6.2	Intense
5	6.2	Intense
6	6.1	Intense
7	6.1	Intense
8	6.0	Intense
9	6.0	Intense
10	6.0	Bright
11	5.9	Bright
12	5.9	Bright
13	5.9	Bright
14	5.9	Bright
15	5.8	Bright
16	5.8	Bright
17	5.8	Bright
18	5.8	Bright
19	5.8	Bright
20	5.8	Bright
21	5.7	Bright
22	5.7	Bright
23	5.7	Bright
24	5.7	Bright
25	5.7	Bright
26	5.7	Bright
27	5.7	Bright
28	5.6	Bright
29	5.6	Bright
30	5.6	Bright
31	5.6	Bright

Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Asia

In seasonPeak

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

Asia sits in the Pacific typhoon belt; the season peaks July–October.

Asia's rainy season runs May–October, when most of the year's rain falls.

Pacific typhoon

Rainy season

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is May a good time to visit Asia?

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

3.5

Sightseeing

8th-best month of the year

4.5

Beach & pool

7th-best month of the year

May is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Asia.

What to pack for Asia in May

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

In May, Asia sees daytime highs around 29°C and nights near 26°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 25 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

Sea temperature near Asia 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 18 km away) is warmest in May 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.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Sea temperature (°C)	27	27	28	29	30	30	29	29	29	29	29	28
Comfort	Warm	Warm	Warm	Tropical	Tropical	Tropical	Tropical	Tropical	Tropical	Tropical	Tropical	Tropical

	Sea temperature (°C)	Comfort
Jan	27	Warm
Feb	27	Warm
Mar	28	Warm
Apr	29	Tropical
May	30	Tropical
Jun	30	Tropical
Jul	29	Tropical
Aug	29	Tropical
Sep	29	Tropical
Oct	29	Tropical
Nov	29	Tropical
Dec	28	Tropical

UV index in Asia 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 Asia peaks around March 21 at about 14 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near November 22 at about 9 (very high).

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)	11	13	14	14	12	12	12	13	13	11	9	10
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Very high

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	11	Extreme
Feb	13	Extreme
Mar	14	Extreme
Apr	14	Extreme
May	12	Extreme
Jun	12	Extreme
Jul	12	Extreme
Aug	13	Extreme
Sep	13	Extreme
Oct	11	Extreme
Nov	9	Very high
Dec	10	Very high

Location & terrain

Where is Asia?

Asia sits at 9.6°N, 122.5°E, 13 m above sea level, in Philippines. The nearest listed city is Sipalay, 26 km away.

Topography around Asia

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Asia has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 407 m around an average of 40 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 535 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,814 m.

The land around Asia is covered by trees (51%) and water (33%) within 3 km, water (47%) and trees (44%) within 16 km, and water (53%) and trees (40%) within 80 km.

3 km

407 m

trees 51%

16 km

535 m

water 47%

80 km

1,814 m

water 53%

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

May weather nearby: Sipalay 26 km · Bayawan 38 km · Santa Catalina 45 km · Kabankalan 58 km · Suay 66 km · Bais 67 km · Tanjay 70 km · Himamaylan 72 km

Philippines travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 2; Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs: Type A / B / C; 230 V · 60 Hz
Prices: ≈ 33% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $4,171; 2025
Happiness: 6.2 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water: 48%; of population, 2024
Homicide rate: 4.3; per 100k, 2023
Road deaths: 12; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: Upper middle; World Bank
English: High; EF EPI 569
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 Asia (9.5506°, 122.5164°, elevation 13 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. 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	26
2	30	26
3	30	26
4	30	26
5	30	26
6	30	26
7	29	26
8	29	26
9	29	26
10	29	26
11	29	26
12	29	26
13	29	26
14	29	26
15	29	26
16	29	26
17	29	26
18	29	26
19	29	26
20	29	26
21	29	26
22	29	26
23	29	26
24	29	26
25	29	26
26	29	26
27	29	26
28	29	26
29	29	26
30	29	26
31	29	26

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	44	56
2	42	58
3	41	59
4	39	61
5	37	63
6	36	64
7	35	65
8	32	68
9	32	68
10	29	71
11	29	71
12	27	73
13	26	74
14	26	74
15	24	76
16	24	76
17	24	76
18	24	76
19	23	77
20	21	79
21	21	79
22	22	78
23	22	78
24	21	79
25	20	80
26	20	80
27	20	80
28	19	81
29	19	81
30	18	82
31	18	82

	Rain chance (%)
1	60
2	61
3	63
4	65
5	67
6	69
7	71
8	73
9	75
10	76
11	78
12	80
13	81
14	83
15	84
16	85
17	86
18	86
19	87
20	87
21	88
22	88
23	88
24	89
25	89
26	89
27	89
28	89
29	90
30	90
31	90

	Oppressive (%)	Miserable (%)
1	45	55
2	43	57
3	41	59
4	39	61
5	37	63
6	35	65
7	33	67
8	31	69
9	30	70
10	28	72
11	27	73
12	26	74
13	24	76
14	23	77
15	22	78
16	22	78
17	21	79
18	21	79
19	20	80
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	20	80

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	44	56
2	42	58
3	41	59
4	39	61
5	37	63
6	36	64
7	35	65
8	32	68
9	32	68
10	29	71
11	29	71
12	27	73
13	26	74
14	26	74
15	24	76
16	24	76
17	24	76
18	24	76
19	23	77
20	21	79
21	21	79
22	22	78
23	22	78
24	21	79
25	20	80
26	20	80
27	20	80
28	19	81
29	19	81
30	18	82
31	18	82

	Rain chance (%)
1	60
2	61
3	63
4	65
5	67
6	69
7	71
8	73
9	75
10	76
11	78
12	80
13	81
14	83
15	84
16	85
17	86
18	86
19	87
20	87
21	88
22	88
23	88
24	89
25	89
26	89
27	89
28	89
29	90
30	90
31	90

	Oppressive (%)	Miserable (%)
1	45	55
2	43	57
3	41	59
4	39	61
5	37	63
6	35	65
7	33	67
8	31	69
9	30	70
10	28	72
11	27	73
12	26	74
13	24	76
14	23	77
15	22	78
16	22	78
17	21	79
18	21	79
19	20	80
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	20	80

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	44	56
2	42	58
3	41	59
4	39	61
5	37	63
6	36	64
7	35	65
8	32	68
9	32	68
10	29	71
11	29	71
12	27	73
13	26	74
14	26	74
15	24	76
16	24	76
17	24	76
18	24	76
19	23	77
20	21	79
21	21	79
22	22	78
23	22	78
24	21	79
25	20	80
26	20	80
27	20	80
28	19	81
29	19	81
30	18	82
31	18	82

	Rain chance (%)
1	60
2	61
3	63
4	65
5	67
6	69
7	71
8	73
9	75
10	76
11	78
12	80
13	81
14	83
15	84
16	85
17	86
18	86
19	87
20	87
21	88
22	88
23	88
24	89
25	89
26	89
27	89
28	89
29	90
30	90
31	90

	Oppressive (%)	Miserable (%)
1	45	55
2	43	57
3	41	59
4	39	61
5	37	63
6	35	65
7	33	67
8	31	69
9	30	70
10	28	72
11	27	73
12	26	74
13	24	76
14	23	77
15	22	78
16	22	78
17	21	79
18	21	79
19	20	80
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	20	80