Kota Kuala Muda climate

Name: Kota Kuala Muda
Address: MY

Kota Kuala Muda is warmest in February, with average highs of 31 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 23 °C. October is the wettest month (325 mm) and February the driest (96 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Kota Kuala Muda averages 2,419 mm of rain and 365 days above 25 °C.

Malaysia · population 544,984 · 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 February 31 °C
Coldest month January 23 °C
Driest month February 96 mm
Wettest month October 325 mm
Least cloud February 68 % cloud
Hottest on record March 37 °C
Coldest on record January 19 °C
Warmest sea May 31 °C

What to expectKota Kuala Muda through the year

Kota Kuala Muda 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, 173 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 37 °C, in March.

Rain is strongly seasonal. October averages 325 mm against 96 mm in February — 3.4 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

The sea off Kota Kuala Muda is warmest in May at 31 °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	30.3 °C	112 mm	72 %
February	31.3 °C	96 mm	68 %
March	31.3 °C	173 mm	72 %
April	30.6 °C	217 mm	80 %
May	30.3 °C	231 mm	86 %
June	30.2 °C	158 mm	83 %
July	30.0 °C	157 mm	85 %
August	29.9 °C	205 mm	85 %
September	29.4 °C	244 mm	88 %
October	29.0 °C	325 mm	90 %
November	29.0 °C	314 mm	88 %
December	29.2 °C	188 mm	82 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	30.3 °C	23.5 °C	26.6 °C	34.3 °C	19.1 °C	31	17
February	31.3 °C	24.0 °C	27.4 °C	36.1 °C	20.5 °C	28	22
March	31.3 °C	24.7 °C	27.7 °C	37.2 °C	22.0 °C	31	23
April	30.6 °C	25.0 °C	27.5 °C	35.6 °C	23.2 °C	30	20
May	30.3 °C	25.2 °C	27.5 °C	33.4 °C	23.7 °C	31	19
June	30.2 °C	25.1 °C	27.5 °C	32.9 °C	23.5 °C	30	18
July	30.0 °C	24.8 °C	27.3 °C	32.6 °C	23.4 °C	31	16
August	29.9 °C	24.7 °C	27.1 °C	33.4 °C	22.9 °C	31	15
September	29.4 °C	24.5 °C	26.7 °C	32.5 °C	23.3 °C	30	8
October	29.0 °C	24.3 °C	26.3 °C	31.8 °C	22.9 °C	31	4
November	29.0 °C	24.0 °C	26.1 °C	31.2 °C	22.3 °C	30	4
December	29.2 °C	23.7 °C	26.1 °C	32.1 °C	21.3 °C	31	7

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind	Sea temp
January	112 mm	15	12 h/day	72 %	79 %	9.2 km/h	28.7 °C
February	96 mm	15	12 h/day	68 %	76 %	10 km/h	29.0 °C
March	173 mm	22	12 h/day	72 %	79 %	10 km/h	29.6 °C
April	217 mm	27	12 h/day	80 %	83 %	9.2 km/h	30.3 °C
May	231 mm	26	12 h/day	86 %	85 %	9.2 km/h	30.5 °C
June	158 mm	21	12 h/day	83 %	84 %	9.6 km/h	30.5 °C
July	157 mm	21	12 h/day	85 %	83 %	10 km/h	30.3 °C
August	205 mm	24	12 h/day	85 %	84 %	10 km/h	30.1 °C
September	244 mm	26	12 h/day	88 %	85 %	10 km/h	29.8 °C
October	325 mm	29	12 h/day	90 %	87 %	9.7 km/h	29.5 °C
November	314 mm	27	12 h/day	88 %	87 %	8.4 km/h	29.3 °C
December	188 mm	20	12 h/day	82 %	84 %	9.1 km/h	28.9 °C

How Kota Kuala Muda 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 Kuala Muda	31 °C	23 °C	2,419 mm	365
Sungai Petani · Malaysia	31 °C	23 °C	2,396 mm	365
George Town · Malaysia	30 °C	24 °C	2,487 mm	365
Paya Terubong · Malaysia	30 °C	24 °C	2,477 mm	365
Bukit Mertajam · Malaysia	31 °C	23 °C	2,589 mm	365
Kulim · Malaysia	30 °C	22 °C	2,776 mm	365
Alor Setar · Malaysia	33 °C	23 °C	2,232 mm	365

Where Kota Kuala Muda ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
Warmest sea temperatures in Asia in April	6thof 50	30 °C
Warmest sea temperatures in the world in April	6thof 50	30 °C
Warmest sea temperatures in Asia year-round	7thof 50	30 °C
Warmest sea temperatures in the world year-round	7thof 50	30 °C
Warmest sea temperatures in Asia in May	10thof 50	31 °C
Warmest sea temperatures in Asia in March	11thof 50	30 °C

Planning a trip? See the best time to visit Kota Kuala Muda.

QuestionsCommon questions about Kota Kuala Muda’s climate

When is the best time to visit Kota Kuala Muda?

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

How hot does Kota Kuala Muda get?

In February, the warmest month, daily highs average 31 °C. About 173 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 23 °C in January, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.

Which month is wettest in Kota Kuala Muda?

October, averaging 325 mm over 29 days with rain. The driest month is February with 96 mm. The year as a whole averages 2,419 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 Kuala Muda 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.