 Weather
and Climate Information for Malaysia
Click on the TEXT name of the city below the weather
graphic to go to the 5 Star Malaysia Weather page for
those five cities. Each page usually includes a
weather overview for the city/area, a seven day forecast
by the Malaysian Meteorological Office and the current
up-to-the-moment weather at the airport.
The characteristic features of the climate of Malaysia
are uniform temperature, high humidity and copious
rainfall and they arise mainly from the maritime
exposure of the country.
Winds are generally light. Situated at the equatorial
doldrums area, it is extremely rare to have a full day
with a completely clear sky even in periods of severe
drought. On the other hand, it is also rare to have a
stretch of a few days with completely no sunshine except
during the northeast monsoon seasons.
Malaysia has uniform temperature throughout the year.
The annual variation is less than 2°C except for the
east coast areas of Peninsular Malaysia which are often
affected by cold surges originating from Siberia during
the northeast monsoon. Even there, the annual variation
is below 3°C.
The daily range of temperature is large, being from 5°C
to 10°C at the coastal stations and from 8°C to 12°C at
the inland stations but the excessive day temperatures
which are found in continental tropical areas are never
experienced. It may be noted that air temperature of
38°C has very rarely been recorded in Malaysia. Although
the days are frequently hot, the nights are reasonably
cool everywhere.
The seasonal variation of rainfall in Peninsular
Malaysia is of three main types:
(a) Over the east coast districts, November, December
and January are the months with maximum rainfall, while
June and July are the driest months in most districts.
(b) Over the rest of the Peninsula with the exception of
the southwest coastal area, the monthly rainfall pattern
shows two periods of maximum rainfall separated by two
periods of minimum rainfall. The primary maximum
generally occurs in October - November while the
secondary maximum generally occurs in April - May. Over
the northwestern region, the primary minimum occurs in
January - February with the secondary minimum in June -
July while elsewhere the primary minimum occurs in June
- July with the secondary minimum in February.
(c) The rainfall pattern over the southwest coastal area
is much affected by early morning "Sumatras" from May to
August with the result that the double maxima and minima
pattern is no longer discernible. October and November
are the months with maximum rainfall and February the
month with minimum rainfall. The March - April - May
maximum and the June -July minimum are absent or
indistinct.
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