Langkawi weather in July

In July, Langkawi sees average daytime highs of 30°C and overnight lows near 26°C, with 181 mm of rain across 22 wet days and about 12.3 hours of daylight. It is the 7th-warmest and 6th-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 4% of the time in July, and the air most often feels miserable.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 24 min at the start of July to 12 h 18 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, July is Langkawi's 7th-clearest and 9th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Langkawi's year-round climate.

Daytime high
30°
7th warmest
Overnight low
26°
9th coldest
Rainfall
181 mm
22 wet days
Daylight
12 h 18 min
7:16 AM – 7:36 PM
Cloud cover
84%
7th clearest
Wind
10 km/h
9th windiest
Solar energy
5.36 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.6
out of 10

Langkawi is village in Malaysia.

Founded
1914

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 30°C through the month.

A typical July day in Langkawi reaches about 30°C in the afternoon and slips back to 26°C overnight — a 3°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, July runs on par with June and on par with August.

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How July really feels in Langkawi

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.

Langkawi weather by month

How July compares with the rest of the year at a glance. July is the 7th-warmest and 6th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan31° / 26°467.911.74.8
Feb31° / 26°427.411.84.5
Mar31° / 26°10915.4123.9
Apr30° / 26°17123.412.13.2
May30° / 27°21325.312.33.1
Jun30° / 27°16821.512.43.4
Jul30° / 26°1812212.33.6
Aug29° / 26°21423.112.23.5
Sep29° / 26°23125123.3
Oct29° / 26°30628.411.93.1
Nov29° / 26°23825.111.73.3
Dec29° / 26°12115.411.64.4

Cloud cover in July

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 4% of the time in July.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 10% of July, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 86%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
11486
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Chance of precipitation in July

Any precipitation

Langkawi gets around 181 mm of rain over 22 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 71% and peaks near 74% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

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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 73% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

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Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
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22476
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Wind in July

Winds average 10 km/h in July.

Across July, daily wind ranges from about 9 km/h on the calmest days to 10 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Sunrise & sunset in July

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 24 min at the start of July to 12 h 18 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 7:13 AM to 7:18 AM, and sunset from 7:35 PM to 7:35 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.47:137:35
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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 5.36 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.86 kWh/m² to a high of 6.43 kWh/m² in March across the year — July's 5.36 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Planning a trip in July

Hazard calendar for Langkawi

In seasonPeak

None of Langkawi's seasonal hazards are active in July. The full-year calendar below shows when the rainy season, cyclone risk and dust haze do peak.

Langkawi sits in the North Indian Ocean cyclone zone; the season peaks May and October–November.

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

Is July a good time to visit Langkawi?

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

3.6
Sightseeing
5th-best month of the year
4.8
Beach & pool
5th-best month of the year

July is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Langkawi.

What to pack for Langkawi in July

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

In July, Langkawi sees daytime highs around 30°C and nights near 26°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 22 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

Sea temperature near Langkawi 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 May at about 31°C and coldest in January near 28°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
Feb29Tropical
Mar30Tropical
Apr30Tropical
May31Tropical
Jun31Tropical
Jul30Tropical
Aug30Tropical
Sep30Tropical
Oct29Tropical
Nov29Tropical
Dec29Tropical

UV index in Langkawi 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 Langkawi peaks around February 19 at about 14 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near November 21 at about 10 (extreme).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeFeb 19UV 14Nov 21UV 10
UV index (midday)Level
Jan12Extreme
Feb14Extreme
Mar13Extreme
Apr13Extreme
May12Extreme
Jun12Extreme
Jul11Extreme
Aug12Extreme
Sep13Extreme
Oct12Extreme
Nov10Extreme
Dec11Extreme

Air quality in Langkawi 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 Langkawi is worst in July — around 18 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), and holds fairly steady the rest of the year.

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

01020JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateJul 1517 µg/m³Nov 1712 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan15Moderate
Feb14Moderate
Mar16Moderate
Apr16Moderate
May14Moderate
Jun17Moderate
Jul18Moderate
Aug16Moderate
Sep16Moderate
Oct13Moderate
Nov12Moderate
Dec13Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Langkawi?

Langkawi sits at 6.3°N, 99.8°E, 11 m above sea level, in Malaysia. The nearest listed city is Kampung Baru Ulu Melaka, 7.0 km away.

Topography around Langkawi

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Langkawi has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 452 m around an average of 57 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 874 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 874 m.

The land around Langkawi is covered by trees (52%) and water (28%) within 3 km, water (53%) and trees (35%) within 16 km, and water (63%) and trees (26%) within 80 km.

3 km
452 m
16 km
874 m
80 km
874 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswatermangroves
July weather nearby: Kampung Baru Ulu Melaka 7.0 km · Satun 41 km · Kangar 41 km · Kampung Hutan Arau 50 km · Padang Besar 51 km · Kuala Kedah 56 km · Anak Bukit 61 km · Alor Setar 62 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 Langkawi (6.3265°, 99.8432°, elevation 11 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).