Kota Damansara climate
Kota Damansara is warmest in March, with average highs of 30 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 22 °C. November is the wettest month (376 mm) and June the driest (120 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.
Across a full year Kota Damansara averages 2,541 mm of rain and 365 days above 25 °C.
Malaysia · population 500,000 · 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 30 °C
- Coldest month January 22 °C
- Driest month June 120 mm
- Wettest month November 376 mm
- Least cloud February 75 % cloud
- Hottest on record March 35 °C
- Coldest on record February 19 °C
- Warmest sea May 30 °C
What to expectKota Damansara through the year
Kota Damansara changes little through the year. Average daily highs stay between 29 and 30 °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, 160 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 35 °C, in March.
Rain is strongly seasonal. November averages 376 mm against 120 mm in June — 3.1 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.
The sea off Kota Damansara is warmest in May at 30 °C and coldest in January at 29 °C. Sea temperature lags the air by a month or two, which is why late summer swims warmer than early summer at the same air temperature.
Month by month
| Month | Avg high | Rainfall | Cloud |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.4 °C | 225 mm | 80 % |
| February | 30.2 °C | 163 mm | 75 % |
| March | 30.4 °C | 226 mm | 78 % |
| April | 30.2 °C | 253 mm | 83 % |
| May | 30.3 °C | 192 mm | 85 % |
| June | 30.3 °C | 120 mm | 80 % |
| July | 30.2 °C | 123 mm | 80 % |
| August | 30.2 °C | 135 mm | 82 % |
| September | 30.0 °C | 178 mm | 84 % |
| October | 29.7 °C | 248 mm | 89 % |
| November | 29.1 °C | 376 mm | 91 % |
| December | 28.9 °C | 303 mm | 88 % |
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 | 29.4 °C | 22.3 °C | 25.5 °C | 33.2 °C | 19.4 °C | 31 | 8 | 0 |
| February | 30.2 °C | 22.4 °C | 25.9 °C | 34.6 °C | 19.3 °C | 28 | 15 | 0 |
| March | 30.4 °C | 23.1 °C | 26.3 °C | 35.1 °C | 19.4 °C | 31 | 18 | 0 |
| April | 30.2 °C | 23.5 °C | 26.4 °C | 34.4 °C | 21.4 °C | 30 | 17 | 0 |
| May | 30.3 °C | 23.8 °C | 26.6 °C | 33.3 °C | 21.6 °C | 31 | 18 | 0 |
| June | 30.3 °C | 23.5 °C | 26.6 °C | 34.1 °C | 21.4 °C | 30 | 18 | 0 |
| July | 30.2 °C | 23.3 °C | 26.5 °C | 33.9 °C | 20.9 °C | 31 | 17 | 0 |
| August | 30.2 °C | 23.3 °C | 26.4 °C | 33.7 °C | 21.2 °C | 31 | 17 | 0 |
| September | 30.0 °C | 23.2 °C | 26.2 °C | 34.5 °C | 20.8 °C | 30 | 14 | 0 |
| October | 29.7 °C | 23.2 °C | 26.0 °C | 34.4 °C | 21.1 °C | 31 | 11 | 0 |
| November | 29.1 °C | 23.0 °C | 25.5 °C | 31.4 °C | 21.1 °C | 30 | 4 | 0 |
| December | 28.9 °C | 22.7 °C | 25.4 °C | 31.4 °C | 19.6 °C | 31 | 3 | 0 |
Rain, sun and wind month by month
| Month | Rainfall | Wet days | Daylight | Cloud cover | Humidity | Wind | Sea temp |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 225 mm | 21 | 12 h/day | 80 % | 86 % | 8.9 km/h | 28.9 °C |
| February | 163 mm | 18 | 12 h/day | 75 % | 84 % | 10 km/h | 28.9 °C |
| March | 226 mm | 24 | 12 h/day | 78 % | 86 % | 10 km/h | 29.5 °C |
| April | 253 mm | 26 | 12 h/day | 83 % | 88 % | 9.9 km/h | 30.0 °C |
| May | 192 mm | 23 | 12 h/day | 85 % | 87 % | 9.9 km/h | 30.3 °C |
| June | 120 mm | 18 | 12 h/day | 80 % | 85 % | 10 km/h | 30.2 °C |
| July | 123 mm | 18 | 12 h/day | 80 % | 84 % | 11 km/h | 30.0 °C |
| August | 135 mm | 19 | 12 h/day | 82 % | 83 % | 11 km/h | 29.8 °C |
| September | 178 mm | 21 | 12 h/day | 84 % | 85 % | 11 km/h | 29.7 °C |
| October | 248 mm | 24 | 12 h/day | 89 % | 87 % | 11 km/h | 29.6 °C |
| November | 376 mm | 27 | 12 h/day | 91 % | 90 % | 9.7 km/h | 29.4 °C |
| December | 303 mm | 26 | 12 h/day | 88 % | 88 % | 9.0 km/h | 29.2 °C |
How Kota Damansara 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kota Damansara | 30 °C | 22 °C | 2,541 mm | 365 |
| Kampung Baru Subang · Malaysia | 30 °C | 23 °C | 2,641 mm | 365 |
| Petaling Jaya · Malaysia | 30 °C | 22 °C | 2,186 mm | 365 |
| Shah Alam · Malaysia | 30 °C | 22 °C | 2,272 mm | 365 |
| Kuala Lumpur · Malaysia | 30 °C | 22 °C | 2,905 mm | 365 |
| Selayang Baru Utara · Malaysia | 30 °C | 22 °C | 3,001 mm | 365 |
| Bukit Jalil · Malaysia | 30 °C | 22 °C | 2,960 mm | 365 |
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QuestionsCommon questions about Kota Damansara’s climate
When is the best time to visit Kota Damansara?
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 Kota Damansara get?
In March, the warmest month, daily highs average 30 °C. About 160 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 35 °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 Kota Damansara?
November, averaging 376 mm over 27 days with rain. The driest month is June with 120 mm. The year as a whole averages 2,541 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 Kota Damansara 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.