Malaysia weather by month

Average temperatures and rainfall across Malaysia, based on 30 years of climate data.

Best: early June to late October

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.

MonthHigh / LowRainfallWet days
Jan30° / 22°201 mm20.4
Feb31° / 22°164 mm17.4
Mar31° / 22°263 mm25.1
Apr31° / 23°296 mm27.9
May31° / 23°241 mm26.3
Jun30° / 23°173 mm22.9
Jul30° / 22°181 mm24.8
Aug30° / 22°214 mm25.5
Sep30° / 22°234 mm25.2
Oct30° / 22°293 mm26.4
Nov30° / 22°371 mm28
Dec29° / 22°275 mm25.3

Weather across Malaysia

Climate varies from region to region. Kampung Baru Subang is the warmest of these cities, averaging 27°, close to Kuala Lumpur.

20°25°30°35°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecKampung Baru SubangMalaccaKota BharuJohor BahruIpohKuala Lumpur
CityThrough the yearAvgWarmestBest 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 forecast

Kuala Lumpur is the largest city in Malaysia; its cloud cover, humidity, wind and sunshine are typical of the surrounding region.

Clouds and sunshine

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

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.

0%100%10%90%20%80%30%70%40%60%50%50%60%40%70%30%80%20%90%10%100%0%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecFeb 11 · 20%Nov 2 · 2%partly cloudymostly cloudyovercastclearercloudier

Humidity comfort

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Share of days at each humidity comfort level, based on the dew point — the measure that tracks how muggy it actually feels.

0%25%50%75%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecHumidity comfort

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/hcalm — in every month of the year, with no meaningful windy or calm season.

0510JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDeccalmJul 31 · 5 km/hNov 16 · 4 km/h
Wind speed (km/h)Feels
Jan5calm
Feb5calm
Mar4calm
Apr4calm
May4calm
Jun5calm
Jul5calm
Aug5calm
Sep5calm
Oct5calm
Nov4calm
Dec4calm

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.

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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.

01234567JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdimmoderatebrightintenseMar 45.7 kWhDec 74.3 kWh

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
Muslim 64%Buddhist 19%Christian 9%Hindu 6%

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

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