Ipoh climate

Name: Ipoh
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Ipoh is warmest in August, with average highs of 31 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 22 °C. November is the wettest month (336 mm) and July the driest (109 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Ipoh averages 2,376 mm of rain and 365 days above 25 °C.

Malaysia · population 759,952 · 1991–2020 normals

Temperature below 0 °C to above 30 °C Rain band height is that month’s share of the wettest month

Warmest month August 31 °C
Coldest month January 22 °C
Driest month July 109 mm
Wettest month November 336 mm
Least cloud February 72 % cloud
Hottest on record September 36 °C
Coldest on record February 17 °C

What to expectIpoh through the year

Ipoh changes little through the year. Average daily highs stay between 29 and 31 °C, so no month stands out as a season in the way it would further from the equator.

Counted across a normal year, 365 days a year reach 25 °C, 153 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 36 °C, in September.

Rain is strongly seasonal. November averages 336 mm against 109 mm in July — 3.1 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	29.3 °C	198 mm	77 %
February	30.1 °C	144 mm	72 %
March	30.3 °C	204 mm	75 %
April	30.0 °C	239 mm	82 %
May	30.1 °C	198 mm	86 %
June	30.3 °C	111 mm	82 %
July	30.5 °C	109 mm	83 %
August	30.5 °C	128 mm	85 %
September	30.0 °C	185 mm	87 %
October	29.2 °C	260 mm	90 %
November	28.7 °C	336 mm	90 %
December	28.7 °C	266 mm	86 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	29.3 °C	21.5 °C	25.3 °C	32.6 °C	17.6 °C	31	9
February	30.1 °C	21.8 °C	25.7 °C	33.6 °C	16.7 °C	28	14
March	30.3 °C	22.6 °C	26.1 °C	34.9 °C	18.5 °C	31	17
April	30.0 °C	23.1 °C	26.1 °C	34.0 °C	20.7 °C	30	14
May	30.1 °C	23.3 °C	26.3 °C	33.0 °C	20.0 °C	31	15
June	30.3 °C	23.2 °C	26.5 °C	34.4 °C	20.8 °C	30	18
July	30.5 °C	23.2 °C	26.5 °C	35.2 °C	20.3 °C	31	19
August	30.5 °C	23.2 °C	26.5 °C	35.4 °C	20.2 °C	31	18
September	30.0 °C	23.0 °C	26.1 °C	35.5 °C	20.3 °C	30	14
October	29.2 °C	22.8 °C	25.5 °C	34.0 °C	20.2 °C	31	7
November	28.7 °C	22.4 °C	25.1 °C	31.4 °C	19.2 °C	30	2
December	28.7 °C	22.0 °C	25.0 °C	32.3 °C	17.5 °C	31	4

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	198 mm	22	12 h/day	77 %	86 %	6.3 km/h
February	144 mm	18	12 h/day	72 %	84 %	6.8 km/h
March	204 mm	25	12 h/day	75 %	86 %	6.9 km/h
April	239 mm	27	12 h/day	82 %	88 %	6.6 km/h
May	198 mm	24	12 h/day	86 %	87 %	6.9 km/h
June	111 mm	17	12 h/day	82 %	84 %	7.6 km/h
July	109 mm	17	12 h/day	83 %	81 %	8.5 km/h
August	128 mm	19	12 h/day	85 %	81 %	8.4 km/h
September	185 mm	21	12 h/day	87 %	83 %	8.0 km/h
October	260 mm	26	12 h/day	90 %	87 %	7.3 km/h
November	336 mm	28	12 h/day	90 %	90 %	6.4 km/h
December	266 mm	26	12 h/day	86 %	88 %	6.2 km/h

How Ipoh compares

The same four figures for nearby destinations, so the numbers above have something to be read against. Summer high is the warmest month's average high; winter low is the coldest month's average low.

Destination	Summer high	Winter low	Rain per year	Days above 25 °C
Ipoh	31 °C	22 °C	2,376 mm	365
Bercham · Malaysia	30 °C	21 °C	2,446 mm	364
Taiping · Malaysia	30 °C	23 °C	2,686 mm	365
Sitiawan · Malaysia	30 °C	24 °C	2,756 mm	365
Teluk Intan · Malaysia	30 °C	23 °C	2,323 mm	365
Kulim · Malaysia	30 °C	22 °C	2,776 mm	365
Bukit Mertajam · Malaysia	31 °C	23 °C	2,589 mm	365

Planning a trip? See the best time to visit Ipoh.

QuestionsCommon questions about Ipoh’s climate

When is the best time to visit Ipoh?

That depends on what you want, so the honest answer is a comparison rather than a single month. January, November, December sit closest to 20 °C on average, August is the warmest month and July the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.

How hot does Ipoh get?

In August, the warmest month, daily highs average 31 °C. About 153 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 36 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 22 °C in January, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.

Which month is wettest in Ipoh?

November, averaging 336 mm over 28 days with rain. The driest month is July with 109 mm. The year as a whole averages 2,376 mm.

Are these figures a forecast?

No. They are 1991–2020 climate normals: the average of thirty years, which describes what a month is usually like in Ipoh rather than what any particular week will bring. Individual years can differ substantially from the normal.

Data sources and method

ERA5 / ERA5-Land reanalysis — Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), ECMWF. Copernicus Licence
Open-Meteo — Open-Meteo.com. CC BY 4.0
NOAA OISST v2.1 — NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Public domain
GeoNames — GeoNames.org. CC BY 4.0

Normal period: 1991–2020
Dataset version: era5-1991-2020-scores1.1
Last processed: 1 August 2026

Measured values come from ERA5 reanalysis and are reproduced unchanged. Calculated by us: monthly rankings, daylight hours, beach and comfort scores. 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.