Pakan weather in April

In April, Pakan sees average daytime highs of 31°C and overnight lows near 24°C, with 234 mm of rain across 26.7 wet days and about 12 hours of daylight. It is the 4th-warmest and 7th-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 1% of the time in April, and the air most often feels miserable.

Daylight stretches from about 12 hours at the start of April to 12 h 06 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, April is Pakan's 5th-clearest and 11th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Pakan's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 31°; 4th warmest
Overnight low: 24°; 11th coldest
Rainfall: 234 mm; 26.7 wet days
Daylight: 12 hours; 6:32 AM – 6:35 PM
Cloud cover: 85%; 5th clearest
Wind: 4 km/h; 11th windiest
Solar energy: 4.83 kWh/m²
Travel score: 2.5; out of 10

Pakan is human settlement in Malaysia.

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

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Temperature in April

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

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

A typical April day in Pakan reaches about 31°C in the afternoon and slips back to 24°C overnight — a 8°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 29°C and 33°C. Set against its neighbours, April runs on par with March and on par with May.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Avg high (°C)	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31
Avg low (°C)	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	31	23
2	31	23
3	31	23
4	31	23
5	31	23
6	31	23
7	31	23
8	31	23
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27	31	24
28	31	24
29	31	24
30	31	24

How April really feels in Pakan

Once humidity and wind are folded in, April averages 30 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

heat index over the day's high

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

wind chill below the day's low

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

Pakan weather by month

How April compares with the rest of the year at a glance. April is the 4th-warmest and 7th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	30° / 23°	317	27.7	11.9	2.9
Feb	30° / 23°	250	23.9	11.9	2.9
Mar	31° / 23°	234	26.2	12	2.8
Apr	31° / 24°	234	26.7	12	2.5
May	31° / 24°	213	25.7	12.1	2.7
Jun	31° / 24°	177	21.9	12.1	3.0
Jul	31° / 23°	168	20.5	12.1	3.2
Aug	31° / 23°	193	21.4	12.1	3.1
Sep	31° / 23°	247	24.8	12	2.8
Oct	31° / 23°	279	28.2	12	2.6
Nov	30° / 23°	302	28.7	11.9	2.5
Dec	30° / 23°	336	28.8	11.9	2.7

Cloud cover in April

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 1% of the time in April.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 9% of April, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 90%.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Clearer (%)	7	7	6	7	8	8	8	9	9	9	10	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	10	10	10	10	10	10
Cloudier (%)	93	93	94	93	92	92	92	91	91	91	90	89	89	88	88	88	88	88	88	88	88	88	88	89	90	90	90	90	90	90

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	7	93
2	7	93
3	6	94
4	7	93
5	8	92
6	8	92
7	8	92
8	9	91
9	9	91
10	9	91
11	10	90
12	11	89
13	11	89
14	12	88
15	12	88
16	12	88
17	12	88
18	12	88
19	12	88
20	12	88
21	12	88
22	12	88
23	12	88
24	11	89
25	10	90
26	10	90
27	10	90
28	10	90
29	10	90
30	10	90

Chance of precipitation in April

Any precipitation

Pakan gets around 234 mm of rain over 26.7 wet days in April. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 89% and peaks near 91% on the wettest days.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Rain chance (%)	91	91	91	91	90	90	89	89	89	88	88	88	87	87	87	87	87	87	88	88	88	89	89	90	90	90	90	90	90	90

	Rain chance (%)
1	91
2	91
3	91
4	91
5	90
6	90
7	89
8	89
9	89
10	88
11	88
12	88
13	87
14	87
15	87
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25	90
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29	90
30	90

Humidity in April

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, April lands in the miserable band about 77% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Oppressive (%)	38	37	36	35	34	33	32	31	30	29	28	27	26	26	24	23	22	21	20	18	17	16	14	14	13	12	11	11	10	10
Miserable (%)	62	63	64	65	66	67	68	69	70	71	72	73	74	74	76	77	78	79	80	82	83	84	86	86	87	88	89	89	90	90

	Oppressive (%)	Miserable (%)
1	38	62
2	37	63
3	36	64
4	35	65
5	34	66
6	33	67
7	32	68
8	31	69
9	30	70
10	29	71
11	28	72
12	27	73
13	26	74
14	26	74
15	24	76
16	23	77
17	22	78
18	21	79
19	20	80
20	18	82
21	17	83
22	16	84
23	14	86
24	14	86
25	13	87
26	12	88
27	11	89
28	11	89
29	10	90
30	10	90

Wind in April

Winds average 4 km/h in April.

Across April, daily wind ranges from about 4 km/h on the calmest days to 4 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Wind speed (km/h)	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
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	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	4	calm
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27	4	calm
28	4	calm
29	4	calm
30	4	calm

Sunrise & sunset in April

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 hours at the start of April to 12 h 06 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 6 minutes over April. Sunrise moves from 6:37 AM to 6:29 AM, and sunset from 6:38 PM to 6:33 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Daylight (h)	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1
Sunrise (AM)	6:37	6:37	6:37	6:36	6:36	6:36	6:35	6:35	6:35	6:34	6:34	6:34	6:33	6:33	6:33	6:32	6:32	6:32	6:31	6:31	6:31	6:31	6:30	6:30	6:30	6:30	6:29	6:29	6:29	6:29
Sunset (PM)	6:38	6:38	6:38	6:38	6:37	6:37	6:37	6:37	6:36	6:36	6:36	6:36	6:35	6:35	6:35	6:35	6:35	6:34	6:34	6:34	6:34	6:34	6:33	6:33	6:33	6:33	6:33	6:33	6:33	6:33

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.0	6:37	6:38
2	12.0	6:37	6:38
3	12.0	6:37	6:38
4	12.0	6:36	6:38
5	12.0	6:36	6:37
6	12.0	6:36	6:37
7	12.0	6:35	6:37
8	12.0	6:35	6:37
9	12.0	6:35	6:36
10	12.0	6:34	6:36
11	12.0	6:34	6:36
12	12.0	6:34	6:36
13	12.0	6:33	6:35
14	12.0	6:33	6:35
15	12.0	6:33	6:35
16	12.0	6:32	6:35
17	12.0	6:32	6:35
18	12.0	6:32	6:34
19	12.0	6:31	6:34
20	12.0	6:31	6:34
21	12.0	6:31	6:34
22	12.1	6:31	6:34
23	12.1	6:30	6:33
24	12.1	6:30	6:33
25	12.1	6:30	6:33
26	12.1	6:30	6:33
27	12.1	6:29	6:33
28	12.1	6:29	6:33
29	12.1	6:29	6:33
30	12.1	6:29	6:33

Solar energy in April

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in April, about 4.83 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4 kWh/m² to a high of 5.08 kWh/m² in August across the year — April's 4.83 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8
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	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	4.8	Bright
2	4.8	Bright
3	4.8	Bright
4	4.8	Bright
5	4.8	Bright
6	4.8	Bright
7	4.8	Bright
8	4.8	Bright
9	4.8	Bright
10	4.9	Bright
11	4.9	Bright
12	4.9	Bright
13	4.9	Bright
14	4.9	Bright
15	4.9	Bright
16	4.9	Bright
17	4.9	Bright
18	4.9	Bright
19	4.8	Bright
20	4.8	Bright
21	4.8	Bright
22	4.8	Bright
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25	4.8	Bright
26	4.8	Bright
27	4.8	Bright
28	4.8	Bright
29	4.8	Bright
30	4.8	Bright

Planning a trip in April

Is April a good time to visit Pakan?

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

2.5

Sightseeing

11th-best month of the year

3.8

Beach & pool

9th-best month of the year

April is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Pakan.

What to pack for Pakan in April

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

In April, Pakan sees daytime highs around 31°C and nights near 24°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 27 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

Sea temperature near Pakan in April

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

The sea at the nearest coast (about 62 km away) is warmest in May at about 30°C and coldest in February near 28°C.

The water stays above 20°C all year — warm enough for a swim any month.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Sea temperature (°C)	28	28	29	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	29
Comfort	Tropical	Tropical	Tropical	Tropical	Tropical	Tropical	Tropical	Tropical	Tropical	Tropical	Tropical	Tropical

	Sea temperature (°C)	Comfort
Jan	28	Tropical
Feb	28	Tropical
Mar	29	Tropical
Apr	30	Tropical
May	30	Tropical
Jun	30	Tropical
Jul	30	Tropical
Aug	30	Tropical
Sep	30	Tropical
Oct	30	Tropical
Nov	30	Tropical
Dec	29	Tropical

UV index in Pakan in April

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in April peaks around 15 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Pakan peaks around March 15 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near July 14 at about 11 (extreme).

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	14	15	15	15	14	12	11	13	13	14	12	11
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	14	Extreme
Feb	15	Extreme
Mar	15	Extreme
Apr	15	Extreme
May	14	Extreme
Jun	12	Extreme
Jul	11	Extreme
Aug	13	Extreme
Sep	13	Extreme
Oct	14	Extreme
Nov	12	Extreme
Dec	11	Extreme

Air quality in Pakan in April

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

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

Air quality in Pakan is worst in September — around 26 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.4× the cleanest month (December, 11 µg/m³).

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	12	12	13	14	13	14	16	22	26	17	11	11
Level	Good	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Good	Good

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	12	Good
Feb	12	Moderate
Mar	13	Moderate
Apr	14	Moderate
May	13	Moderate
Jun	14	Moderate
Jul	16	Moderate
Aug	22	Moderate
Sep	26	Moderate
Oct	17	Moderate
Nov	11	Good
Dec	11	Good

Location & terrain

Where is Pakan?

Pakan sits at 1.9°N, 111.7°E, 63 m above sea level, in Malaysia. The nearest listed city is Maradong, 23 km away.

Topography around Pakan

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Pakan has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 112 m around an average of 65 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 385 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,255 m.

The land around Pakan is covered by trees (99%) within 3 km, trees (100%) within 16 km, and trees (84%) within 80 km.

3 km

112 m

trees 99%

16 km

385 m

trees 100%

80 km

1,255 m

trees 84%

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← March Pakan year-round climate May →Best places to visit in April

April weather nearby: Maradong 23 km · Julau 30 km · Sarikei 32 km · Saratok 42 km · Sibu 49 km · Sibu Jaya 51 km · Betong 57 km · Kanowit 57 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

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 Pakan (1.8833°, 111.6833°, elevation 63 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. 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).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	31	23
2	31	23
3	31	23
4	31	23
5	31	23
6	31	23
7	31	23
8	31	23
9	31	24
10	31	24
11	31	24
12	31	24
13	31	24
14	31	24
15	31	24
16	31	24
17	31	24
18	31	24
19	31	24
20	31	24
21	31	24
22	31	24
23	31	24
24	31	24
25	31	24
26	31	24
27	31	24
28	31	24
29	31	24
30	31	24

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	7	93
2	7	93
3	6	94
4	7	93
5	8	92
6	8	92
7	8	92
8	9	91
9	9	91
10	9	91
11	10	90
12	11	89
13	11	89
14	12	88
15	12	88
16	12	88
17	12	88
18	12	88
19	12	88
20	12	88
21	12	88
22	12	88
23	12	88
24	11	89
25	10	90
26	10	90
27	10	90
28	10	90
29	10	90
30	10	90

	Rain chance (%)
1	91
2	91
3	91
4	91
5	90
6	90
7	89
8	89
9	89
10	88
11	88
12	88
13	87
14	87
15	87
16	87
17	87
18	87
19	88
20	88
21	88
22	89
23	89
24	90
25	90
26	90
27	90
28	90
29	90
30	90

	Oppressive (%)	Miserable (%)
1	38	62
2	37	63
3	36	64
4	35	65
5	34	66
6	33	67
7	32	68
8	31	69
9	30	70
10	29	71
11	28	72
12	27	73
13	26	74
14	26	74
15	24	76
16	23	77
17	22	78
18	21	79
19	20	80
20	18	82
21	17	83
22	16	84
23	14	86
24	14	86
25	13	87
26	12	88
27	11	89
28	11	89
29	10	90
30	10	90

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	31	23
2	31	23
3	31	23
4	31	23
5	31	23
6	31	23
7	31	23
8	31	23
9	31	24
10	31	24
11	31	24
12	31	24
13	31	24
14	31	24
15	31	24
16	31	24
17	31	24
18	31	24
19	31	24
20	31	24
21	31	24
22	31	24
23	31	24
24	31	24
25	31	24
26	31	24
27	31	24
28	31	24
29	31	24
30	31	24

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	7	93
2	7	93
3	6	94
4	7	93
5	8	92
6	8	92
7	8	92
8	9	91
9	9	91
10	9	91
11	10	90
12	11	89
13	11	89
14	12	88
15	12	88
16	12	88
17	12	88
18	12	88
19	12	88
20	12	88
21	12	88
22	12	88
23	12	88
24	11	89
25	10	90
26	10	90
27	10	90
28	10	90
29	10	90
30	10	90

	Rain chance (%)
1	91
2	91
3	91
4	91
5	90
6	90
7	89
8	89
9	89
10	88
11	88
12	88
13	87
14	87
15	87
16	87
17	87
18	87
19	88
20	88
21	88
22	89
23	89
24	90
25	90
26	90
27	90
28	90
29	90
30	90

	Oppressive (%)	Miserable (%)
1	38	62
2	37	63
3	36	64
4	35	65
5	34	66
6	33	67
7	32	68
8	31	69
9	30	70
10	29	71
11	28	72
12	27	73
13	26	74
14	26	74
15	24	76
16	23	77
17	22	78
18	21	79
19	20	80
20	18	82
21	17	83
22	16	84
23	14	86
24	14	86
25	13	87
26	12	88
27	11	89
28	11	89
29	10	90
30	10	90

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	31	23
2	31	23
3	31	23
4	31	23
5	31	23
6	31	23
7	31	23
8	31	23
9	31	24
10	31	24
11	31	24
12	31	24
13	31	24
14	31	24
15	31	24
16	31	24
17	31	24
18	31	24
19	31	24
20	31	24
21	31	24
22	31	24
23	31	24
24	31	24
25	31	24
26	31	24
27	31	24
28	31	24
29	31	24
30	31	24

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	7	93
2	7	93
3	6	94
4	7	93
5	8	92
6	8	92
7	8	92
8	9	91
9	9	91
10	9	91
11	10	90
12	11	89
13	11	89
14	12	88
15	12	88
16	12	88
17	12	88
18	12	88
19	12	88
20	12	88
21	12	88
22	12	88
23	12	88
24	11	89
25	10	90
26	10	90
27	10	90
28	10	90
29	10	90
30	10	90

	Rain chance (%)
1	91
2	91
3	91
4	91
5	90
6	90
7	89
8	89
9	89
10	88
11	88
12	88
13	87
14	87
15	87
16	87
17	87
18	87
19	88
20	88
21	88
22	89
23	89
24	90
25	90
26	90
27	90
28	90
29	90
30	90

	Oppressive (%)	Miserable (%)
1	38	62
2	37	63
3	36	64
4	35	65
5	34	66
6	33	67
7	32	68
8	31	69
9	30	70
10	29	71
11	28	72
12	27	73
13	26	74
14	26	74
15	24	76
16	23	77
17	22	78
18	21	79
19	20	80
20	18	82
21	17	83
22	16	84
23	14	86
24	14	86
25	13	87
26	12	88
27	11	89
28	11	89
29	10	90
30	10	90