Kajang climate
Kajang is warmest in March, with average highs of 31 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 22 °C. November is the wettest month (415 mm) and June the driest (151 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.
Across a full year Kajang averages 2,909 mm of rain and 365 days above 25 °C.
Malaysia · population 236,240 · 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 March 31 °C
- Coldest month January 22 °C
- Driest month June 151 mm
- Wettest month November 415 mm
- Least cloud February 76 % cloud
- Hottest on record February 37 °C
- Coldest on record January 19 °C
What to expectKajang through the year
Kajang changes little through the year. Average daily highs stay between 30 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, 168 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 37 °C, in February.
Rain is strongly seasonal. November averages 415 mm against 151 mm in June — 2.7 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.
Month by month
| Month | Avg high | Rainfall | Cloud |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.7 °C | 222 mm | 81 % |
| February | 30.7 °C | 181 mm | 76 % |
| March | 30.8 °C | 256 mm | 78 % |
| April | 30.5 °C | 290 mm | 84 % |
| May | 30.3 °C | 220 mm | 85 % |
| June | 30.1 °C | 151 mm | 80 % |
| July | 29.9 °C | 162 mm | 80 % |
| August | 29.8 °C | 189 mm | 83 % |
| September | 29.8 °C | 216 mm | 84 % |
| October | 29.7 °C | 292 mm | 88 % |
| November | 29.2 °C | 415 mm | 92 % |
| December | 29.1 °C | 315 mm | 89 % |
Temperature month by month
| Month | Avg high | Avg low | Mean | Record high | Record low | Days above 25 °C | Days above 30 °C | Days below 0 °C |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.7 °C | 21.9 °C | 25.4 °C | 34.0 °C | 18.8 °C | 31 | 12 | 0 |
| February | 30.7 °C | 22.1 °C | 26.0 °C | 36.5 °C | 18.9 °C | 28 | 18 | 0 |
| March | 30.8 °C | 22.8 °C | 26.3 °C | 35.9 °C | 19.1 °C | 31 | 21 | 0 |
| April | 30.5 °C | 23.3 °C | 26.3 °C | 35.8 °C | 20.6 °C | 30 | 19 | 0 |
| May | 30.3 °C | 23.5 °C | 26.5 °C | 33.3 °C | 21.4 °C | 31 | 18 | 0 |
| June | 30.1 °C | 23.3 °C | 26.4 °C | 33.2 °C | 21.0 °C | 30 | 17 | 0 |
| July | 29.9 °C | 22.9 °C | 26.1 °C | 33.2 °C | 20.6 °C | 31 | 14 | 0 |
| August | 29.8 °C | 22.9 °C | 26.0 °C | 33.1 °C | 20.7 °C | 31 | 13 | 0 |
| September | 29.8 °C | 22.9 °C | 26.0 °C | 35.0 °C | 20.5 °C | 30 | 12 | 0 |
| October | 29.7 °C | 22.9 °C | 25.8 °C | 33.4 °C | 20.5 °C | 31 | 12 | 0 |
| November | 29.2 °C | 22.7 °C | 25.3 °C | 31.5 °C | 20.6 °C | 30 | 6 | 0 |
| December | 29.1 °C | 22.3 °C | 25.2 °C | 31.5 °C | 19.1 °C | 31 | 6 | 0 |
Rain, sun and wind month by month
| Month | Rainfall | Wet days | Daylight | Cloud cover | Humidity | Wind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 222 mm | 20 | 12 h/day | 81 % | 85 % | 9.0 km/h |
| February | 181 mm | 17 | 12 h/day | 76 % | 83 % | 9.5 km/h |
| March | 256 mm | 24 | 12 h/day | 78 % | 85 % | 9.4 km/h |
| April | 290 mm | 27 | 12 h/day | 84 % | 88 % | 8.9 km/h |
| May | 220 mm | 25 | 12 h/day | 85 % | 88 % | 9.4 km/h |
| June | 151 mm | 21 | 12 h/day | 80 % | 86 % | 9.7 km/h |
| July | 162 mm | 21 | 12 h/day | 80 % | 86 % | 10 km/h |
| August | 189 mm | 24 | 12 h/day | 83 % | 86 % | 11 km/h |
| September | 216 mm | 24 | 12 h/day | 84 % | 86 % | 10 km/h |
| October | 292 mm | 26 | 12 h/day | 88 % | 87 % | 10.0 km/h |
| November | 415 mm | 28 | 12 h/day | 92 % | 90 % | 8.7 km/h |
| December | 315 mm | 25 | 12 h/day | 89 % | 89 % | 8.6 km/h |
How Kajang 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kajang | 31 °C | 22 °C | 2,909 mm | 365 |
| Bukit Jalil · Malaysia | 30 °C | 22 °C | 2,960 mm | 365 |
| Kuala Lumpur · Malaysia | 30 °C | 22 °C | 2,905 mm | 365 |
| Wangsa Maju · Malaysia | 30 °C | 21 °C | 2,938 mm | 364 |
| Petaling Jaya · Malaysia | 30 °C | 22 °C | 2,186 mm | 365 |
Planning a trip? See the best time to visit Kajang.
QuestionsCommon questions about Kajang’s climate
When is the best time to visit Kajang?
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, March is the warmest month and June the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.
How hot does Kajang get?
In March, the warmest month, daily highs average 31 °C. About 168 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 37 °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 Kajang?
November, averaging 415 mm over 28 days with rain. The driest month is June with 151 mm. The year as a whole averages 2,909 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 Kajang 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
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.