Malaybalay weather in May

In May, Malaybalay sees average daytime highs of 28°C and overnight lows near 20°C, with 255 mm of rain across 27.7 wet days and about 12.4 hours of daylight. It is the 1st-warmest and 6th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 28°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 3% of the time in May, and the air most often feels oppressive.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 18 min at the start of May to 12 h 24 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Malaybalay's 7th-clearest and 11th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Malaybalay's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 28°; 1st warmest
Overnight low: 20°; 12th coldest
Rainfall: 255 mm; 27.7 wet days
Daylight: 12 h 24 min; 5:25 AM – 5:47 PM
Cloud cover: 83%; 7th clearest
Wind: 4 km/h; 11th windiest
Solar energy: 5.36 kWh/m²
Travel score: 3.3; 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 28°C through the month.

A typical May day in Malaybalay reaches about 28°C in the afternoon and slips back to 20°C overnight — a 9°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 27°C and 30°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs on par with April and on par with 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)	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	28	28	28	28	28
Avg low (°C)	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20

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

Malaybalay weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 1st-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	26° / 19°	242	24.3	11.6	4.3
Feb	26° / 19°	185	20.7	11.7	4.5
Mar	27° / 19°	163	21.2	11.9	4.7
Apr	28° / 19°	139	20.5	12.2	4.3
May	28° / 20°	255	27.7	12.4	3.3
Jun	28° / 20°	302	28.4	12.5	3.3
Jul	28° / 19°	318	29	12.4	3.4
Aug	28° / 19°	317	27.8	12.3	3.6
Sep	28° / 19°	320	27.8	12	3.5
Oct	28° / 19°	283	28.4	11.8	3.5
Nov	27° / 19°	202	25.4	11.6	3.9
Dec	27° / 19°	202	25.1	11.5	4.1

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%.

	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 (%)	25	24	23	21	21	18	17	17	15	15	14	13	13	12	12	12	11	11	11	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10
Cloudier (%)	75	76	77	79	79	82	83	83	85	85	86	87	87	88	88	88	89	89	89	88	88	88	89	89	89	89	89	89	90	90	90

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	25	75
2	24	76
3	23	77
4	21	79
5	21	79
6	18	82
7	17	83
8	17	83
9	15	85
10	15	85
11	14	86
12	13	87
13	13	87
14	12	88
15	12	88
16	12	88
17	11	89
18	11	89
19	11	89
20	12	88
21	12	88
22	12	88
23	11	89
24	11	89
25	11	89
26	11	89
27	11	89
28	11	89
29	10	90
30	10	90
31	10	90

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Malaybalay gets around 255 mm of rain over 27.7 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 89% and peaks near 92% 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 (%)	80	81	82	83	85	86	87	88	89	90	91	91	92	92	92	92	92	92	92	91	91	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	91

	Rain chance (%)
1	80
2	81
3	82
4	83
5	85
6	86
7	87
8	88
9	89
10	90
11	91
12	91
13	92
14	92
15	92
16	92
17	92
18	92
19	92
20	91
21	91
22	90
23	90
24	90
25	90
26	90
27	90
28	90
29	90
30	90
31	91

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 56% 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
Humid (%)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Muggy (%)	52	51	50	49	48	47	46	45	45	44	44	43	43	43	42	42	42	42	42	42	42	42	42	42	41	41	41	40	40	40	39
Oppressive (%)	47	48	49	50	51	52	53	54	54	55	55	57	57	57	58	58	58	58	58	58	58	58	58	58	59	59	59	60	60	60	61

	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	1	52	47
2	1	51	48
3	1	50	49
4	1	49	50
5	1	48	51
6	1	47	52
7	1	46	53
8	1	45	54
9	1	45	54
10	1	44	55
11	1	44	55
12	0	43	57
13	0	43	57
14	0	43	57
15	0	42	58
16	0	42	58
17	0	42	58
18	0	42	58
19	0	42	58
20	0	42	58
21	0	42	58
22	0	42	58
23	0	42	58
24	0	42	58
25	0	41	59
26	0	41	59
27	0	41	59
28	0	40	60
29	0	40	60
30	0	40	60
31	0	39	61

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.

	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)	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Feels	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	4	calm
2	4	calm
3	4	calm
4	4	calm
5	4	calm
6	4	calm
7	4	calm
8	4	calm
9	4	calm
10	4	calm
11	4	calm
12	4	calm
13	4	calm
14	4	calm
15	4	calm
16	4	calm
17	4	calm
18	4	calm
19	4	calm
20	4	calm
21	4	calm
22	4	calm
23	4	calm
24	4	calm
25	4	calm
26	4	calm
27	4	calm
28	4	calm
29	4	calm
30	4	calm
31	4	calm

Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 18 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 6 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 5:28 AM to 5:24 AM, and sunset from 5:45 PM to 5:50 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	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	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	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4
Sunrise (AM)	5:28	5:28	5:28	5:27	5:27	5:27	5:26	5:26	5:26	5:26	5:25	5:25	5:25	5:25	5:25	5:25	5:24	5:24	5:24	5:24	5:24	5:24	5:24	5:24	5:24	5:24	5:24	5:24	5:24	5:24	5:24
Sunset (PM)	5:45	5:45	5:45	5:45	5:45	5:46	5:46	5:46	5:46	5:46	5:46	5:46	5:46	5:47	5:47	5:47	5:47	5:47	5:47	5:48	5:48	5:48	5:48	5:48	5:49	5:49	5:49	5:49	5:49	5:50	5:50

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.3	5:28	5:45
2	12.3	5:28	5:45
3	12.3	5:28	5:45
4	12.3	5:27	5:45
5	12.3	5:27	5:45
6	12.3	5:27	5:46
7	12.3	5:26	5:46
8	12.3	5:26	5:46
9	12.3	5:26	5:46
10	12.3	5:26	5:46
11	12.3	5:25	5:46
12	12.3	5:25	5:46
13	12.4	5:25	5:46
14	12.4	5:25	5:47
15	12.4	5:25	5:47
16	12.4	5:25	5:47
17	12.4	5:24	5:47
18	12.4	5:24	5:47
19	12.4	5:24	5:47
20	12.4	5:24	5:48
21	12.4	5:24	5:48
22	12.4	5:24	5:48
23	12.4	5:24	5:48
24	12.4	5:24	5:48
25	12.4	5:24	5:49
26	12.4	5:24	5:49
27	12.4	5:24	5:49
28	12.4	5:24	5:49
29	12.4	5:24	5:49
30	12.4	5:24	5:50
31	12.4	5:24	5:50

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 5.36 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.11 kWh/m² to a high of 5.81 kWh/m² in April across the year — May's 5.36 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)	5.6	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.3
Level	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	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	5.6	Bright
2	5.5	Bright
3	5.5	Bright
4	5.5	Bright
5	5.5	Bright
6	5.4	Bright
7	5.4	Bright
8	5.4	Bright
9	5.4	Bright
10	5.3	Bright
11	5.3	Bright
12	5.3	Bright
13	5.3	Bright
14	5.3	Bright
15	5.3	Bright
16	5.3	Bright
17	5.3	Bright
18	5.3	Bright
19	5.3	Bright
20	5.3	Bright
21	5.4	Bright
22	5.4	Bright
23	5.4	Bright
24	5.4	Bright
25	5.4	Bright
26	5.4	Bright
27	5.4	Bright
28	5.4	Bright
29	5.4	Bright
30	5.4	Bright
31	5.3	Bright

Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit Malaybalay?

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

3.3

Sightseeing

11th-best month of the year

4.0

Beach & pool

7th-best month of the year

May is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Malaybalay.

What to pack for Malaybalay in May

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

In May, Malaybalay sees daytime highs around 28°C and nights near 20°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 28 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Malaybalay 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 Malaybalay peaks around March 20 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 14 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)	13	14	15	15	13	12	13	13	14	13	11	10
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	13	Extreme
Feb	14	Extreme
Mar	15	Extreme
Apr	15	Extreme
May	13	Extreme
Jun	12	Extreme
Jul	13	Extreme
Aug	13	Extreme
Sep	14	Extreme
Oct	13	Extreme
Nov	11	Extreme
Dec	10	Extreme

Air quality in Malaybalay 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 Malaybalay is worst in September — around 16 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), and holds fairly steady the rest of the year.

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	13	13	14	14	14	13	14	15	16	15	13	13
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	13	Moderate
Feb	13	Moderate
Mar	14	Moderate
Apr	14	Moderate
May	14	Moderate
Jun	13	Moderate
Jul	14	Moderate
Aug	15	Moderate
Sep	16	Moderate
Oct	15	Moderate
Nov	13	Moderate
Dec	13	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Malaybalay?

Malaybalay sits at 8.2°N, 125.1°E, 629 m above sea level, in Philippines. The nearest listed city is Impasugong, 22 km away.

Topography around Malaybalay

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Malaybalay has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 368 m around an average of 665 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,700 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,883 m.

The land around Malaybalay is covered by trees (74%) within 3 km, trees (69%) within 16 km, and trees (84%) within 80 km.

3 km

368 m

trees 74%

16 km

1,700 m

trees 69%

80 km

2,883 m

trees 84%

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

May weather nearby: Impasugong 22 km · NIA Valencia 28 km · Dologon 36 km · Manolo Fortich 37 km · Maramag 46 km · Quezon 48 km · Don Carlos 55 km · Bugo 56 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 Malaybalay (8.1575°, 125.1278°, elevation 629 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	28	20
2	28	20
3	28	20
4	28	20
5	28	20
6	28	20
7	28	20
8	28	20
9	28	20
10	28	20
11	28	20
12	28	20
13	28	20
14	28	20
15	28	20
16	28	20
17	28	20
18	28	20
19	28	20
20	29	20
21	29	20
22	29	20
23	29	20
24	29	20
25	29	20
26	29	20
27	28	20
28	28	20
29	28	20
30	28	20
31	28	20

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	25	75
2	24	76
3	23	77
4	21	79
5	21	79
6	18	82
7	17	83
8	17	83
9	15	85
10	15	85
11	14	86
12	13	87
13	13	87
14	12	88
15	12	88
16	12	88
17	11	89
18	11	89
19	11	89
20	12	88
21	12	88
22	12	88
23	11	89
24	11	89
25	11	89
26	11	89
27	11	89
28	11	89
29	10	90
30	10	90
31	10	90

	Rain chance (%)
1	80
2	81
3	82
4	83
5	85
6	86
7	87
8	88
9	89
10	90
11	91
12	91
13	92
14	92
15	92
16	92
17	92
18	92
19	92
20	91
21	91
22	90
23	90
24	90
25	90
26	90
27	90
28	90
29	90
30	90
31	91

	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	1	52	47
2	1	51	48
3	1	50	49
4	1	49	50
5	1	48	51
6	1	47	52
7	1	46	53
8	1	45	54
9	1	45	54
10	1	44	55
11	1	44	55
12	0	43	57
13	0	43	57
14	0	43	57
15	0	42	58
16	0	42	58
17	0	42	58
18	0	42	58
19	0	42	58
20	0	42	58
21	0	42	58
22	0	42	58
23	0	42	58
24	0	42	58
25	0	41	59
26	0	41	59
27	0	41	59
28	0	40	60
29	0	40	60
30	0	40	60
31	0	39	61

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	25	75
2	24	76
3	23	77
4	21	79
5	21	79
6	18	82
7	17	83
8	17	83
9	15	85
10	15	85
11	14	86
12	13	87
13	13	87
14	12	88
15	12	88
16	12	88
17	11	89
18	11	89
19	11	89
20	12	88
21	12	88
22	12	88
23	11	89
24	11	89
25	11	89
26	11	89
27	11	89
28	11	89
29	10	90
30	10	90
31	10	90

	Rain chance (%)
1	80
2	81
3	82
4	83
5	85
6	86
7	87
8	88
9	89
10	90
11	91
12	91
13	92
14	92
15	92
16	92
17	92
18	92
19	92
20	91
21	91
22	90
23	90
24	90
25	90
26	90
27	90
28	90
29	90
30	90
31	91

	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	1	52	47
2	1	51	48
3	1	50	49
4	1	49	50
5	1	48	51
6	1	47	52
7	1	46	53
8	1	45	54
9	1	45	54
10	1	44	55
11	1	44	55
12	0	43	57
13	0	43	57
14	0	43	57
15	0	42	58
16	0	42	58
17	0	42	58
18	0	42	58
19	0	42	58
20	0	42	58
21	0	42	58
22	0	42	58
23	0	42	58
24	0	42	58
25	0	41	59
26	0	41	59
27	0	41	59
28	0	40	60
29	0	40	60
30	0	40	60
31	0	39	61

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	25	75
2	24	76
3	23	77
4	21	79
5	21	79
6	18	82
7	17	83
8	17	83
9	15	85
10	15	85
11	14	86
12	13	87
13	13	87
14	12	88
15	12	88
16	12	88
17	11	89
18	11	89
19	11	89
20	12	88
21	12	88
22	12	88
23	11	89
24	11	89
25	11	89
26	11	89
27	11	89
28	11	89
29	10	90
30	10	90
31	10	90

	Rain chance (%)
1	80
2	81
3	82
4	83
5	85
6	86
7	87
8	88
9	89
10	90
11	91
12	91
13	92
14	92
15	92
16	92
17	92
18	92
19	92
20	91
21	91
22	90
23	90
24	90
25	90
26	90
27	90
28	90
29	90
30	90
31	91

	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	1	52	47
2	1	51	48
3	1	50	49
4	1	49	50
5	1	48	51
6	1	47	52
7	1	46	53
8	1	45	54
9	1	45	54
10	1	44	55
11	1	44	55
12	0	43	57
13	0	43	57
14	0	43	57
15	0	42	58
16	0	42	58
17	0	42	58
18	0	42	58
19	0	42	58
20	0	42	58
21	0	42	58
22	0	42	58
23	0	42	58
24	0	42	58
25	0	41	59
26	0	41	59
27	0	41	59
28	0	40	60
29	0	40	60
30	0	40	60
31	0	39	61