Malaysia weather by month
Average temperatures and rainfall across Malaysia, based on 30 years of climate data.
The average temperature in Malaysia is around 26° across the year, though it swings month to month and from region to region. The figures below show the monthly pattern for Kuala Lumpur.
- Hottest
- Mar
- 31°
- Coldest
- Dec
- 22°
- Wettest
- Nov
- 371 mm
- Driest
- Feb
- 164 mm
- Annual avg
- 26°
- year-round
- Rain / yr
- 2905 mm
- 295 wet days
- Largest city
- Kuala Lumpur
- 1,454k people
- Cities
- 358
- with climate data
Monthly climate (Kuala Lumpur)
Average highs, lows and rainfall through the year for Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia's largest city.
| Month | High / Low | Rainfall | Wet days |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 30° / 22° | 201 mm | 20.4 |
| Feb | 31° / 22° | 164 mm | 17.4 |
| Mar | 31° / 22° | 263 mm | 25.1 |
| Apr | 31° / 23° | 296 mm | 27.9 |
| May | 31° / 23° | 241 mm | 26.3 |
| Jun | 30° / 23° | 173 mm | 22.9 |
| Jul | 30° / 22° | 181 mm | 24.8 |
| Aug | 30° / 22° | 214 mm | 25.5 |
| Sep | 30° / 22° | 234 mm | 25.2 |
| Oct | 30° / 22° | 293 mm | 26.4 |
| Nov | 30° / 22° | 371 mm | 28 |
| Dec | 29° / 22° | 275 mm | 25.3 |
Weather across Malaysia
Climate varies from region to region. Kampung Baru Subang is the warmest of these cities, averaging 27°, close to Kuala Lumpur.
| City | Through the year | Avg | Warmest | Best month |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kuala Lumpur Kuala Lumpur | 26° | 26° (Feb) | Jan | |
| Johor Bahru Johor | 27° | 28° (May) | Jan | |
| Kampung Baru Subang Selangor | 27° | 28° (May) | Jan | |
| Ipoh Perak | 27° | 27° (Mar) | Jan | |
| Malacca Melaka | 27° | 28° (Apr) | Jan | |
| Kota Bharu Kelantan | 27° | 28° (Apr) | Feb |
Climate in Kuala Lumpur
Full Kuala Lumpur forecastKuala Lumpur is the largest city in Malaysia; its cloud cover, humidity, wind and sunshine are typical of the surrounding region.
Clouds and sunshine
How often the daytime sky is clear, partly cloudy or overcast through the year.
In Kuala Lumpur, the average share of the sky covered by clouds shows moderate seasonal variation over the course of the year.
The clearer part of the year begins around January 2 and lasts for 3.7 months, ending around April 24. The clearest month is February, when the sky is clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy 20% of the time on average.
The cloudier part of the year begins around August 8 and lasts for 4.8 months, ending around January 1. The cloudiest month is November, when it is overcast or mostly cloudy 97% of the time.
Humidity comfort
Share of days at each humidity comfort level, based on the dew point — the measure that tracks how muggy it actually feels.
Wind
Average wind speed through the year, banded into plain-language speed zones so a number reads as 'breezy' or 'calm' without knowing the scale.
This is the average sustained wind speed at the standard 10 metres above open ground — the steady flow a weather station reports, not the sharper gusts that come and go, which can run half again as fast. It's the number that says whether a place is generally breezy or calm.
Wind in Kuala Lumpur is steady company: average speeds sit near 5 km/h — calm — in every month of the year, with no meaningful windy or calm season.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wind speed (km/h) | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 |
| Feels | calm | calm | calm | calm | calm | calm | calm | calm | calm | calm | calm | calm |
| Wind speed (km/h) | Feels | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 5 | calm |
| Feb | 5 | calm |
| Mar | 4 | calm |
| Apr | 4 | calm |
| May | 4 | calm |
| Jun | 5 | calm |
| Jul | 5 | calm |
| Aug | 5 | calm |
| Sep | 5 | calm |
| Oct | 5 | calm |
| Nov | 4 | calm |
| Dec | 4 | calm |
Best time to visit Malaysia
A 0–10 score combining daytime comfort, chance of rain and cloud cover — the sweet spot runs early June to late October.
Solar energy
Average daily shortwave solar energy reaching the ground, banded into brightness zones so the number means something at a glance.
Solar energy is how much sunlight actually reaches the ground each day, measured in kilowatt-hours per square metre (kWh/m²) — the combined effect of how long the sun is up, how high it climbs, and how much cloud gets in the way. It's the raw fuel a solar panel has to work with: for scale, 1 kWh/m² a day is dim and wintry, while 7+ is desert-bright.
Kuala Lumpur receives about 5.0 kWh/m² a day of solar energy — bright — and it stays remarkably steady, holding between 4.3 and 5.7 kWh/m² all year. For solar panels, output here is a flat line, not a seasonal wave.
Where is Malaysia?
Malaysia sits around 3.1°N, 101.7°E. The marker shows Kuala Lumpur, its largest city, among 358 cities with climate data here.
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.
Largest cities in Malaysia
- 1Kuala Lumpur25°–26°1.5MJan
- 2Johor BahruJohor26°–28°858kJan
- 3Kampung Baru SubangSelangor26°–28°834kJan
- 4Petaling JayaSelangor27°–28°808kJan
- 5IpohPerak26°–27°760kJan
- 6Shah AlamSelangor27°–28°741kJan
- 7Subang JayaSelangor27°–28°708kJan
- 8Bukit Rahman PutraSelangor26°–28°607kJan
- 9PelentongJohor26°–28°584kJan
- 10MalaccaMelaka26°–28°579kJan
- 11Iskandar PuteriJohor26°–28°576kFeb
- 12Kota BharuKelantan26°–28°569kFeb
- 13KuantanPahang26°–28°548kFeb
- 14Kota Kuala MudaKedah27°–28°545kJan
- 15Sungai PetaniKedah27°–28°545kJan
- 16Selayang Baru UtaraSelangor25°–26°542kJan
- 17Pasir GudangJohor26°–28°535kFeb
- 18Mukim PulaiJohor26°–28°506kJan
- 19Kota KinabaluSabah26°–28°500kFeb
- 20Kampung Larkin LamaJohor26°–28°500kJan
- 21Kota DamansaraSelangor26°–28°500kJan
- 22SandakanSabah26°–28°439kFeb
- 23Kuala TerengganuTerengganu26°–28°427kFeb
- 24Taman PetalingKuala Lumpur25°–26°423kJan
- 25Alor SetarKedah27°–28°418kJan
- 26Kampung Kangkar TeberauJohor26°–28°412kJan
- 27KuchingSarawak26°–27°403kJul
- 28PuchongSelangor27°–28°375kJan
- 29SerembanNegeri Sembilan26°–27°373kJan
- 30TawauSabah26°–27°373kFeb
- 31SetapakSelangor25°–26°353kJan
- 32KluangJohor26°–27°324kJan
- 33MuarJohor26°–28°315kFeb
- 34MiriSarawak26°–28°301kMar
- 35KaparSelangor26°–28°270kJan
- 36Batu CavesSelangor25°–26°254kJan
- 37KlangSelangor27°–28°240kJan
- 38KajangSelangor26°–27°236kJan
- 39Teluk IntanPerak27°–28°233kJan
- 40Kampong Baharu Cheras Batu SebelasSelangor26°–27°232kJan
- 41Pasir MasKelantan26°–28°230kFeb
- 42Paya TerubongPenang27°–28°227kJan
- 43Sungai BulohSelangor26°–28°223kJan
- 44Bandar Seri AlamJohor26°–28°220kFeb
- 45TaipingPerak26°–28°218kJan
- 46Wangsa MajuKuala Lumpur25°–26°216kJan
- 47Bukit MertajamPenang27°–28°212kJan
- 48SepangSelangor26°–28°212kJan
- 49Bandar SunwaySelangor27°–28°200kJan
- 50Bandar UtamaKuala Lumpur26°–28°200kJan
- 51Bukit JalilKuala Lumpur26°–27°200kJan
- 52RawangSelangor26°–28°199kJan
- 53SibuSarawak26°–27°198kJul
- 54Kuala Kubu BaharuSelangor24°–26°194kJan
- 55KulimKedah27°–28°171kJan
- 56SkudaiJohor26°–28°160kJan
- 57George TownPenang27°–28°158kJan
- 58Batu PahatJohor26°–28°156kFeb
- 59SitiawanPerak27°–28°156kJul
- 60BintuluSarawak26°–28°152kFeb
- 61BerchamPerak23°–24°150kJan
- 62Setia AlamSelangor27°–28°150kJan
- 63Bandar Tasik PuteriSelangor26°–28°150kJan
- 64Bandar Bukit RajaSelangor27°–28°147kJan
- 65Kampung Pasir Gudang BaruJohor26°–28°146kFeb
- 66Kampung Sungai GlugurPenang27°–28°146kJan
- 67MasaiJohor26°–28°142kFeb
- 68Kampung Sungai AraPenang27°–28°141kJan
- 69Pasir PutehKelantan25°–27°137kFeb
- 70CherasSelangor26°–27°136kJan
- 71Tasek GlugorPenang27°–28°136kJan
- 72Bayan LepasPenang27°–28°130kJan
- 73Seri KembanganSelangor26°–27°130kJan
- 74AmpangKuala Lumpur25°–26°126kJan
- 75TitiwangsaKuala Lumpur25°–26°122kJan
- 76Bukit BintangKuala Lumpur25°–26°121kJan
- 77Port DicksonNegeri Sembilan27°–28°119kFeb
- 78MaranPahang26°–28°111kJan
- 79ButterworthPenang27°–28°108kJan
- 80Lahad DatuSabah26°–27°106kFeb
- 81Kuala KraiKelantan24°–26°105kFeb
- 82PerlingJohor26°–28°101kJan
- 83IjokSelangor26°–28°101kJan
- 84SentulKuala Lumpur25°–26°100kJan
- 85Seri ManjungPerak27°–28°100kJul
- 86Bandar Mahkota CherasSelangor26°–27°100kJan
- 87Taman MelawatiSelangor25°–26°99kJan
- 88PagohJohor26°–27°95kJan
- 89Labuan27°–28°95kFeb
- 90PendangKedah27°–28°94kDec
- 91Bandar KinraraSelangor26°–27°94kJan
- 92Kuala NerusTerengganu25°–27°93kFeb
- 93SemenyihSelangor26°–27°92kJan
- 94MarudiSarawak26°–27°90kJul
- 95Val DorPenang27°–28°89kJan
- 96Kampung ManjoiPerak26°–27°86kJan
- 97KepongKuala Lumpur25°–26°86kJan
- 98Damansara DamaiSelangor26°–28°85kJan
- 99Kampung Sungai KajangSelangor27°–29°84kJan
- 100CukaiTerengganu26°–28°82kFeb
- 101Parit SulungJohor26°–28°82kJan
- 102CyberjayaSelangor26°–27°79kJan
- 103PutatanSabah26°–28°78kFeb
- 104DonggongonSabah26°–28°78kFeb
- 105KeningauSabah24°–25°78kJan
- 106Ulu TiramJohor26°–28°75kJan
- 107Taman SenaiJohor26°–28°73kJan
- 108Bandar Saujana UtamaSelangor26°–28°72kJan
- 109SerendahSelangor26°–28°71kJan
- 110SegamatJohor26°–28°70kJan
- 111Kampung Baru BalakongSelangor26°–27°69kJan
- 112Yan BesarKedah27°–28°68kJan
- 113Tanjong MalimPerak25°–26°66kJan
- 114Johor JayaJohor26°–28°66kJan
- 115PeraiPenang27°–28°65kJan
- 116Taman Senawang IndahNegeri Sembilan26°–27°64kJan
- 117Gelang PatahJohor26°–28°64kFeb
- 118KangarPerlis26°–28°64kJan
- 119KulaiJohor26°–27°64kJan
- 120JelutongPenang27°–28°64kJan
- 121LangkawiKedah27°–28°30kJan
- 122Cameron Highlands22°–23°7kFeb
- 123Tioman26°–28°2kFeb
- 124Fraser's Hill24°–25°1kJan