Kuala Penyu weather in October

In October, Kuala Penyu sees average daytime highs of 30°C and overnight lows near 25°C, with 264 mm of rain across 26.2 wet days and about 11.9 hours of daylight. It is the 8th-warmest and 1st-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 30°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 3% of the time in October, and the air most often feels miserable.

Daylight stretches from about 12 hours at the start of October to 11 h 48 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, October is Kuala Penyu's 12th-clearest and 3rd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Kuala Penyu's year-round climate.

Daytime high
30°
8th warmest
Overnight low
25°
4th coldest
Rainfall
264 mm
26.2 wet days
Daylight
11 h 54 min
6:06 AM – 5:59 PM
Cloud cover
86%
12th clearest
Wind
9 km/h
3rd windiest
Solar energy
5.36 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.0
out of 10

Kuala Penyu is human settlement in Malaysia.

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

Temperature in October

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 30°C through the month.

A typical October day in Kuala Penyu reaches about 30°C in the afternoon and slips back to 25°C overnight — a 5°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, October runs on par with September and on par with November.

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How October really feels in Kuala Penyu

Once humidity and wind are folded in, October 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 October is heat — humidity pushes the afternoon "feels like" well above the raw temperature.

Kuala Penyu weather by month

How October compares with the rest of the year at a glance. October is the 8th-warmest and 1st-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 October

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 3% of the time in October, the cloudiest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 8% of October, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 89%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
11288
21288
31288
41288
51288
61288
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311189

Chance of precipitation in October

Any precipitation

Kuala Penyu gets around 264 mm of rain over 26.2 wet days in October, the wettest month. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 84% and peaks near 84% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
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Humidity in October

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, October lands in the miserable band about 84% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

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Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
11882
21882
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Wind in October

Winds average 9 km/h in October.

Across October, 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
19calm
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Sunrise & sunset in October

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 hours at the start of October to 11 h 48 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 12 minutes over October. Sunrise moves from 6:08 AM to 6:07 AM, and sunset from 6:05 PM to 5:55 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.06:086:05
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411.96:086:04
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Solar energy in October

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in October, about 5.36 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 — October's 5.36 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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Planning a trip in October

Hazard calendar for Kuala Penyu

In seasonPeak

In October, 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 October a good time to visit Kuala Penyu?

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

3.0
Sightseeing
11th-best month of the year
4.2
Beach & pool
11th-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Kuala Penyu in October

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

In October, Kuala Penyu sees daytime highs around 30°C and nights near 25°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 26 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

Sea temperature near Kuala Penyu in October

The nearest coast averages about 30°C in October — 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 October

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in October 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 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 October

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where October 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
October 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).