Malacca climate

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Malacca is warmest in March, with average highs of 30 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 24 °C. November is the wettest month (276 mm) and February the driest (83 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Malacca averages 2,283 mm of rain and 365 days above 25 °C.

Malaysia · population 579,000 · 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 24 °C
Driest month February 83 mm
Wettest month November 276 mm
Least cloud February 76 % cloud
Hottest on record March 36 °C
Coldest on record January 22 °C
Warmest sea May 30 °C

What to expectMalacca through the year

Malacca 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, 50 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 36 °C, in March.

Rain is strongly seasonal. November averages 276 mm against 83 mm in February — 3.3 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

The sea off Malacca is warmest in May at 30 °C and coldest in January at 28 °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	28.8 °C	120 mm	81 %
February	29.7 °C	83 mm	76 %
March	29.9 °C	162 mm	78 %
April	29.6 °C	220 mm	82 %
May	29.4 °C	221 mm	82 %
June	29.2 °C	181 mm	78 %
July	28.9 °C	187 mm	78 %
August	28.7 °C	194 mm	80 %
September	28.7 °C	193 mm	82 %
October	28.7 °C	222 mm	86 %
November	28.5 °C	276 mm	91 %
December	28.4 °C	227 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	28.8 °C	24.0 °C	26.0 °C	33.2 °C	21.7 °C	31	4
February	29.7 °C	24.2 °C	26.6 °C	34.7 °C	22.0 °C	28	10
March	29.9 °C	24.7 °C	27.0 °C	35.7 °C	22.8 °C	31	12
April	29.6 °C	25.1 °C	27.1 °C	32.8 °C	23.6 °C	30	8
May	29.4 °C	25.4 °C	27.3 °C	31.9 °C	23.7 °C	31	6
June	29.2 °C	25.4 °C	27.3 °C	31.2 °C	23.5 °C	30	4
July	28.9 °C	25.1 °C	27.0 °C	30.9 °C	22.8 °C	31	1
August	28.7 °C	24.9 °C	26.8 °C	30.8 °C	23.2 °C	31	0
September	28.7 °C	24.8 °C	26.8 °C	31.7 °C	23.4 °C	30	1
October	28.7 °C	24.8 °C	26.7 °C	31.6 °C	22.1 °C	31	1
November	28.5 °C	24.6 °C	26.2 °C	31.1 °C	23.3 °C	30	1
December	28.4 °C	24.3 °C	26.0 °C	31.3 °C	22.5 °C	31	1

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind	Sea temp
January	120 mm	16	12 h/day	81 %	81 %	18 km/h	28.3 °C
February	83 mm	13	12 h/day	76 %	78 %	17 km/h	28.3 °C
March	162 mm	23	12 h/day	78 %	81 %	14 km/h	28.9 °C
April	220 mm	27	12 h/day	82 %	84 %	12 km/h	29.7 °C
May	221 mm	27	12 h/day	82 %	85 %	12 km/h	30.3 °C
June	181 mm	23	12 h/day	78 %	83 %	13 km/h	30.3 °C
July	187 mm	24	12 h/day	78 %	83 %	14 km/h	29.9 °C
August	194 mm	25	12 h/day	80 %	84 %	14 km/h	29.7 °C
September	193 mm	24	12 h/day	82 %	84 %	13 km/h	29.6 °C
October	222 mm	26	12 h/day	86 %	84 %	13 km/h	29.5 °C
November	276 mm	28	12 h/day	91 %	85 %	13 km/h	29.4 °C
December	227 mm	24	12 h/day	89 %	84 %	16 km/h	29.0 °C

How Malacca 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
Malacca	30 °C	24 °C	2,283 mm	365
Muar · Malaysia	30 °C	24 °C	2,198 mm	364
Seremban · Malaysia	30 °C	23 °C	2,642 mm	365
Sepang · Malaysia	30 °C	23 °C	2,514 mm	365
Batu Pahat · Malaysia	30 °C	23 °C	2,439 mm	364
Kajang · Malaysia	31 °C	22 °C	2,909 mm	365
Dumai · Indonesia	30 °C	23 °C	2,861 mm	365

Where Malacca ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
Warmest sea temperatures in Asia in May	19th of 50	30 °C
Warmest sea temperatures in Asia year-round	20th of 50	29 °C
Warmest sea temperatures in the world in May	21st of 50	30 °C
Warmest sea temperatures in the world year-round	21st of 50	29 °C
Warmest sea temperatures in Asia in June	23rd of 50	30 °C
Warmest sea temperatures in the world in June	25th of 50	30 °C

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QuestionsCommon questions about Malacca’s climate

When is the best time to visit Malacca?

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 February the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.

How hot does Malacca get?

In March, the warmest month, daily highs average 30 °C. About 50 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 24 °C in January, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.

Which month is wettest in Malacca?

November, averaging 276 mm over 28 days with rain. The driest month is February with 83 mm. The year as a whole averages 2,283 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 Malacca 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: 2.196°, 102.240° (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.