Pasir Mas climate

Name: Pasir Mas
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Pasir Mas is warmest in April, with average highs of 32 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 22 °C. December is the wettest month (426 mm) and February the driest (83 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Pasir Mas averages 2,758 mm of rain and 361 days above 25 °C.

Malaysia · population 230,424 · 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 April 32 °C
Coldest month January 22 °C
Driest month February 83 mm
Wettest month December 426 mm
Least cloud March 66 % cloud
Hottest on record May 38 °C
Coldest on record January 18 °C
Warmest sea May 30 °C

What to expectPasir Mas through the year

Pasir Mas changes little through the year. Average daily highs stay between 28 and 32 °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, 206 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 38 °C, in May.

Rain is strongly seasonal. December averages 426 mm against 83 mm in February — 5.2 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

The sea off Pasir Mas 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	28.0 °C	180 mm	78 %
February	29.2 °C	83 mm	69 %
March	30.7 °C	117 mm	66 %
April	31.9 °C	128 mm	70 %
May	31.8 °C	196 mm	81 %
June	31.3 °C	201 mm	81 %
July	31.0 °C	204 mm	82 %
August	31.1 °C	225 mm	82 %
September	30.7 °C	261 mm	83 %
October	29.7 °C	336 mm	87 %
November	28.4 °C	400 mm	88 %
December	27.6 °C	426 mm	87 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	28.0 °C	21.7 °C	24.6 °C	32.2 °C	17.6 °C	30	1
February	29.2 °C	21.8 °C	25.2 °C	34.5 °C	17.6 °C	28	7
March	30.7 °C	22.7 °C	26.3 °C	36.2 °C	18.3 °C	31	21
April	31.9 °C	23.8 °C	27.3 °C	36.7 °C	21.6 °C	30	26
May	31.8 °C	24.3 °C	27.3 °C	37.6 °C	21.1 °C	31	29
June	31.3 °C	24.0 °C	27.0 °C	34.8 °C	22.0 °C	30	27
July	31.0 °C	23.7 °C	26.7 °C	35.4 °C	21.9 °C	31	27
August	31.1 °C	23.6 °C	26.7 °C	35.2 °C	20.9 °C	31	28
September	30.7 °C	23.5 °C	26.4 °C	34.8 °C	21.9 °C	30	24
October	29.7 °C	23.2 °C	25.7 °C	33.1 °C	21.6 °C	31	14
November	28.4 °C	22.9 °C	25.1 °C	31.4 °C	20.6 °C	29	3
December	27.6 °C	22.4 °C	24.6 °C	31.3 °C	19.5 °C	29	1

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind	Sea temp
January	180 mm	19	12 h/day	78 %	87 %	14 km/h	27.6 °C
February	83 mm	12	12 h/day	69 %	84 %	14 km/h	27.8 °C
March	117 mm	15	12 h/day	66 %	83 %	14 km/h	28.6 °C
April	128 mm	18	12 h/day	70 %	82 %	13 km/h	29.8 °C
May	196 mm	26	12 h/day	81 %	85 %	10.0 km/h	30.4 °C
June	201 mm	25	12 h/day	81 %	86 %	8.7 km/h	30.4 °C
July	204 mm	26	12 h/day	82 %	86 %	8.7 km/h	30.0 °C
August	225 mm	26	12 h/day	82 %	86 %	8.9 km/h	29.8 °C
September	261 mm	27	12 h/day	83 %	87 %	9.2 km/h	29.6 °C
October	336 mm	29	12 h/day	87 %	90 %	10 km/h	29.3 °C
November	400 mm	28	12 h/day	88 %	92 %	11 km/h	28.7 °C
December	426 mm	26	12 h/day	87 %	90 %	13 km/h	28.0 °C

How Pasir Mas 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
Pasir Mas	32 °C	22 °C	2,758 mm	361
Kota Bharu · Malaysia	31 °C	23 °C	2,693 mm	363
Kuala Terengganu · Malaysia	31 °C	23 °C	3,361 mm	361
Sungai Petani · Malaysia	31 °C	23 °C	2,396 mm	365
Kulim · Malaysia	30 °C	22 °C	2,776 mm	365
Bercham · Malaysia	30 °C	21 °C	2,446 mm	364
Alor Setar · Malaysia	33 °C	23 °C	2,232 mm	365

Where Pasir Mas ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
Warmest sea temperatures in Asia in May	16thof 50	30 °C
Warmest sea temperatures in Asia in June	18thof 50	30 °C
Warmest sea temperatures in the world in May	18thof 50	30 °C
Warmest sea temperatures in the world in June	20thof 50	30 °C
Warmest sea temperatures in Asia in July	40thof 50	30 °C
Warmest sea temperatures in the world in July	43rdof 50	30 °C

Planning a trip? See the best time to visit Pasir Mas.

QuestionsCommon questions about Pasir Mas’s climate

When is the best time to visit Pasir Mas?

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, April is the warmest month and February the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.

How hot does Pasir Mas get?

In April, the warmest month, daily highs average 32 °C. About 206 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 38 °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 Pasir Mas?

December, averaging 426 mm over 26 days with rain. The driest month is February with 83 mm. The year as a whole averages 2,758 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 Pasir Mas 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.