Kuala Terengganu climate

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Kuala Terengganu is warmest in May, with average highs of 31 °C, and coldest in February, when nights average 23 °C. December is the wettest month (490 mm) and February the driest (136 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Kuala Terengganu averages 3,361 mm of rain and 361 days above 25 °C.

Malaysia · population 426,500 · 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 May 31 °C
Coldest month February 23 °C
Driest month February 136 mm
Wettest month December 490 mm
Least cloud March 72 % cloud
Hottest on record May 36 °C
Coldest on record January 19 °C
Warmest sea May 30 °C

What to expectKuala Terengganu through the year

Kuala Terengganu changes little through the year. Average daily highs stay between 28 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, 361 days a year reach 25 °C, 114 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 36 °C, in May.

Rain is strongly seasonal. December averages 490 mm against 136 mm in February — 3.6 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

The sea off Kuala Terengganu is warmest in May at 30 °C and coldest in January at 27 °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	27.1 °C	275 mm	83 %
February	27.9 °C	136 mm	76 %
March	29.1 °C	184 mm	72 %
April	30.2 °C	169 mm	73 %
May	30.6 °C	225 mm	80 %
June	30.4 °C	228 mm	81 %
July	30.1 °C	228 mm	81 %
August	30.1 °C	271 mm	82 %
September	29.8 °C	318 mm	82 %
October	28.9 °C	395 mm	88 %
November	27.8 °C	441 mm	89 %
December	27.1 °C	490 mm	89 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	27.1 °C	22.8 °C	24.8 °C	30.8 °C	19.1 °C	30	0
February	27.9 °C	22.8 °C	25.2 °C	32.0 °C	19.2 °C	28	1
March	29.1 °C	23.4 °C	26.0 °C	32.7 °C	19.6 °C	31	7
April	30.2 °C	24.3 °C	27.0 °C	34.4 °C	22.2 °C	30	15
May	30.6 °C	24.8 °C	27.3 °C	35.5 °C	23.1 °C	31	22
June	30.4 °C	24.6 °C	27.0 °C	32.8 °C	23.0 °C	30	20
July	30.1 °C	24.3 °C	26.7 °C	32.4 °C	22.7 °C	31	17
August	30.1 °C	24.2 °C	26.6 °C	32.5 °C	22.8 °C	31	16
September	29.8 °C	24.0 °C	26.4 °C	32.5 °C	22.8 °C	30	12
October	28.9 °C	23.8 °C	25.9 °C	31.6 °C	22.6 °C	31	4
November	27.8 °C	23.6 °C	25.3 °C	30.8 °C	22.0 °C	29	0
December	27.1 °C	23.3 °C	25.0 °C	30.4 °C	20.0 °C	29	0

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind	Sea temp
January	275 mm	23	12 h/day	83 %	86 %	14 km/h	27.4 °C
February	136 mm	17	12 h/day	76 %	84 %	14 km/h	27.6 °C
March	184 mm	19	12 h/day	72 %	84 %	12 km/h	28.6 °C
April	169 mm	22	12 h/day	73 %	84 %	11 km/h	29.7 °C
May	225 mm	26	12 h/day	80 %	85 %	9.1 km/h	30.1 °C
June	228 mm	25	12 h/day	81 %	85 %	8.4 km/h	29.9 °C
July	228 mm	26	12 h/day	81 %	86 %	8.4 km/h	29.6 °C
August	271 mm	28	12 h/day	82 %	86 %	8.6 km/h	29.3 °C
September	318 mm	27	12 h/day	82 %	86 %	8.5 km/h	29.3 °C
October	395 mm	30	12 h/day	88 %	88 %	9.1 km/h	29.3 °C
November	441 mm	29	12 h/day	89 %	90 %	11 km/h	28.7 °C
December	490 mm	26	12 h/day	89 %	88 %	13 km/h	27.9 °C

How Kuala Terengganu 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
Kuala Terengganu	31 °C	23 °C	3,361 mm	361
Kota Bharu · Malaysia	31 °C	23 °C	2,693 mm	363
Pasir Mas · Malaysia	32 °C	22 °C	2,758 mm	361
Kuantan · Malaysia	30 °C	23 °C	2,543 mm	362
Bercham · Malaysia	30 °C	21 °C	2,446 mm	364
Ipoh · Malaysia	31 °C	22 °C	2,376 mm	365
Kuala Kubu Baharu · Malaysia	31 °C	22 °C	2,531 mm	365

Where Kuala Terengganu ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
Warmest sea temperatures in Asia in May	43rd of 50	30 °C
Warmest sea temperatures in the world in May	45th of 50	30 °C

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QuestionsCommon questions about Kuala Terengganu’s climate

When is the best time to visit Kuala Terengganu?

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

How hot does Kuala Terengganu get?

In May, the warmest month, daily highs average 31 °C. About 114 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 23 °C in February, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.

Which month is wettest in Kuala Terengganu?

December, averaging 490 mm over 26 days with rain. The driest month is February with 136 mm. The year as a whole averages 3,361 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 Kuala Terengganu 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
Data point: 5.330°, 103.141° (the coordinates the reanalysis values are taken for)
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.