Kuala Penyu weather in July

In July, Kuala Penyu sees average daytime highs of 31°C and overnight lows near 26°C, with 177 mm of rain across 19.4 wet days and about 12.3 hours of daylight. It is the 6th-warmest and 6th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 31°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 6% of the time in July, and the air most often feels miserable.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 18 min at the start of July to 12 h 12 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, July is Kuala Penyu's 8th-clearest and 8th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Kuala Penyu's year-round climate.

Daytime high
31°
6th warmest
Overnight low
26°
9th coldest
Rainfall
177 mm
19.4 wet days
Daylight
12 h 18 min
6:14 AM – 6:32 PM
Cloud cover
82%
8th clearest
Wind
8 km/h
8th windiest
Solar energy
5.62 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.5
out of 10

Kuala Penyu is human settlement in Malaysia.

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

Temperature in July

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 31°C through the month.

A typical July day in Kuala Penyu reaches about 31°C in the afternoon and slips back to 26°C overnight — a 5°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 29°C and 32°C. Set against its neighbours, July runs on par with June and on par with August.

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How July really feels in Kuala Penyu

Once humidity and wind are folded in, July 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
31
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
wind chill below the day's low

The story in July is heat — humidity pushes the afternoon "feels like" well above the raw temperature.

Kuala Penyu weather by month

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

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan30° / 25°14617.411.74.1
Feb30° / 25°9912.111.84.5
Mar31° / 26°8014.3124.0
Apr32° / 26°11117.412.13.4
May31° / 26°15821.212.23.1
Jun31° / 26°18919.212.33.3
Jul31° / 26°17719.412.33.5
Aug31° / 26°17519.312.23.4
Sep31° / 26°19021.7123.2
Oct30° / 25°26426.211.93.0
Nov30° / 26°23325.411.73.0
Dec30° / 25°21123.411.73.3

Cloud cover in July

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 6% of the time in July.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 11% of July, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 83%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
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Chance of precipitation in July

Any precipitation

Kuala Penyu gets around 177 mm of rain over 19.4 wet days in July. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 62% and peaks near 65% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
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Humidity in July

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, July lands in the miserable band about 80% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

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Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
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22080
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Wind in July

Winds average 8 km/h in July.

Across July, daily wind ranges from about 8 km/h on the calmest days to 9 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 18 min at the start of July to 12 h 12 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 6 minutes over July. Sunrise moves from 6:11 AM to 6:16 AM, and sunset from 6:31 PM to 6:31 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.36:116:31
212.36:126:31
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512.36:126:31
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Solar energy in July

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in July, about 5.62 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5 kWh/m² to a high of 6.29 kWh/m² in April across the year — July's 5.62 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Planning a trip in July

Hazard calendar for Kuala Penyu

In seasonPeak

In July, Kuala Penyu sits inside its pacific typhoon season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

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

Pacific typhoon
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Is July a good time to visit Kuala Penyu?

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

3.5
Sightseeing
4th-best month of the year
5.1
Beach & pool
5th-best month of the year

July is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Kuala Penyu.

What to pack for Kuala Penyu in July

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

In July, Kuala Penyu sees daytime highs around 31°C and nights near 26°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 19 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

Sea temperature near Kuala Penyu in July

The nearest coast averages about 30°C in July — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea offshore is warmest in June 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.

26°28°30°32°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecwarmtropicalcomfortable to swim
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan28Tropical
Feb27Warm
Mar28Tropical
Apr29Tropical
May30Tropical
Jun30Tropical
Jul30Tropical
Aug30Tropical
Sep30Tropical
Oct30Tropical
Nov29Tropical
Dec29Tropical

UV index in Kuala Penyu in July

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in July peaks around 11 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Kuala Penyu peaks around April 18 at about 14 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 11 at about 11 (extreme).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — every month of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeApr 18UV 14Dec 11UV 11
UV index (midday)Level
Jan12Extreme
Feb14Extreme
Mar13Extreme
Apr14Extreme
May14Extreme
Jun12Extreme
Jul11Extreme
Aug13Extreme
Sep13Extreme
Oct13Extreme
Nov11Extreme
Dec11Extreme

Air quality in Kuala Penyu in July

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where July falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Kuala Penyu is worst in March — around 33 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.9× the cleanest month (November, 11 µg/m³).

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

010203040JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateGoodMar 2032 µg/m³Nov 2211 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan16Moderate
Feb17Moderate
Mar33Moderate
Apr27Moderate
May19Moderate
Jun16Moderate
Jul14Moderate
Aug15Moderate
Sep19Moderate
Oct14Moderate
Nov11Good
Dec12Good
Location & terrain

Where is Kuala Penyu?

Kuala Penyu sits at 5.6°N, 115.6°E, 12 m above sea level, in Malaysia. The nearest listed city is Beaufort, 30 km away.

Topography around Kuala Penyu

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Kuala Penyu has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 65 m around an average of 13 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 86 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,799 m.

The land around Kuala Penyu is covered by trees (58%) and water (30%) within 3 km, water (63%) and trees (23%) within 16 km, and water (55%) and trees (41%) within 80 km.

3 km
65 m
16 km
86 m
80 km
1,799 m
treesshrubsgrasslandartificial surfaceswatermangroves
July weather nearby: Beaufort 30 km · Papar 41 km · Bandar Labuan 50 km · Labuan 51 km · Sipitang 55 km · Kinarut 57 km · Petagas 63 km · Putatan 65 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
Muslim 64%Buddhist 19%Christian 9%Hindu 6%

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 Kuala Penyu (5.5714°, 115.5984°, elevation 12 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. 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).