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Best time to visit Alor Setar

January is the best time to visit Alor Setar for general sightseeing, with average highs of 31 °C and about 8 wet days. The comfortable season runs roughly December to February.

It depends what you are going for

One month rarely wins on everything. These are the best months on each measure taken on its own.

If you want Best month On that measure
Sightseeing and walking January comfort 62/100
A beach holiday January sea 28 °C
The least cloud February 62 % average cloud cover
The least rain January 51 mm
Warmth February 33 °C
Cooler weather October 29 °C

Ranked by comfort

# Month Comfort / 100 Avg high Wet days Beach
1 January 62 31 °C 8 78
2 February 57 33 °C 9 70
3 December 56 29 °C 15 69
4 November 49 29 °C 24 67
5 October 48 29 °C 28 67
6 September 47 29 °C 26 65
7 August 47 30 °C 25 63
8 July 46 30 °C 24 62
9 March 45 33 °C 17 55
10 June 45 30 °C 23 60
11 May 43 31 °C 26 59
12 April 42 31 °C 25 57

For a beach holiday

January scores highest, with a sea temperature of 28 °C and air temperatures around 31 °C. The sea never reaches 20 °C here.

Month Sea Air Sunshine Beach score
January 28 °C 31 °C 67 % 78
February 29 °C 33 °C 62 % 70
March 30 °C 33 °C 66 % 55
April 30 °C 31 °C 76 % 57
May 31 °C 31 °C 85 % 59
June 31 °C 30 °C 83 % 60
July 30 °C 30 °C 84 % 62
August 30 °C 30 °C 85 % 63
September 30 °C 29 °C 88 % 65
October 30 °C 29 °C 89 % 67
November 29 °C 29 °C 85 % 67
December 29 °C 29 °C 79 % 69

When to think twice

April scores lowest with about 25 wet days and highs near 31 °C. That does not make it a bad month — it depends entirely on what you are travelling for. The numbers are all here; the judgement is yours.

The full year

Month Avg high Rainfall Cloud
January 31.5 °C 51 mm 67 %
February 33.2 °C 56 mm 62 %
March 32.8 °C 137 mm 66 %
April 31.4 °C 205 mm 76 %
May 30.6 °C 256 mm 85 %
June 30.2 °C 190 mm 83 %
July 29.8 °C 196 mm 84 %
August 29.7 °C 235 mm 85 %
September 29.4 °C 259 mm 88 %
October 29.2 °C 305 mm 89 %
November 29.2 °C 218 mm 85 %
December 29.4 °C 123 mm 79 %

Data sources and method

Normal period
1991–2020
Dataset version
era5-1991-2020-scores1.1
Last processed

Measured values come from ERA5 reanalysis and are reproduced unchanged. Calculated by us: comfort score, beach score, season boundaries. Full formulas are on the methodology page.

Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026. Neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use that may be made of the Copernicus information or data it contains.