Paya Terubong climate

Name: Paya Terubong
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Paya Terubong is warmest in March, with average highs of 30 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 24 °C. October is the wettest month (336 mm) and February the driest (101 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Paya Terubong averages 2,477 mm of rain and 365 days above 25 °C.

Malaysia · population 226,712 · 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 101 mm
Wettest month October 336 mm
Least cloud February 68 % cloud
Hottest on record February 33 °C
Coldest on record January 21 °C
Warmest sea June 31 °C

What to expectPaya Terubong through the year

Paya Terubong 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, 42 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 33 °C, in February.

Rain is strongly seasonal. October averages 336 mm against 101 mm in February — 3.3 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

The sea off Paya Terubong is warmest in June 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	28.6 °C	113 mm	72 %
February	29.3 °C	101 mm	68 %
March	29.5 °C	182 mm	72 %
April	29.3 °C	228 mm	80 %
May	29.2 °C	238 mm	87 %
June	29.2 °C	159 mm	83 %
July	28.9 °C	157 mm	85 %
August	28.8 °C	204 mm	86 %
September	28.4 °C	247 mm	88 %
October	27.9 °C	336 mm	90 %
November	28.0 °C	321 mm	88 %
December	28.1 °C	190 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	28.6 °C	23.6 °C	25.9 °C	32.0 °C	21.1 °C	31	2
February	29.3 °C	23.9 °C	26.5 °C	33.3 °C	21.6 °C	28	7
March	29.5 °C	24.4 °C	26.8 °C	33.2 °C	22.8 °C	31	10
April	29.3 °C	24.6 °C	26.8 °C	32.5 °C	23.0 °C	30	5
May	29.2 °C	24.8 °C	26.9 °C	31.5 °C	23.3 °C	31	5
June	29.2 °C	24.9 °C	27.0 °C	31.6 °C	23.1 °C	30	5
July	28.9 °C	24.6 °C	26.7 °C	31.5 °C	23.0 °C	31	3
August	28.8 °C	24.4 °C	26.5 °C	31.8 °C	22.8 °C	31	3
September	28.4 °C	24.1 °C	26.2 °C	31.1 °C	22.9 °C	30	1
October	27.9 °C	23.9 °C	25.7 °C	31.1 °C	22.6 °C	31	0
November	28.0 °C	23.9 °C	25.6 °C	30.1 °C	22.5 °C	30	0
December	28.1 °C	23.8 °C	25.7 °C	30.7 °C	21.6 °C	31	0

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind	Sea temp
January	113 mm	15	12 h/day	72 %	80 %	8.7 km/h	29.0 °C
February	101 mm	15	12 h/day	68 %	79 %	9.5 km/h	29.3 °C
March	182 mm	23	12 h/day	72 %	81 %	9.6 km/h	29.8 °C
April	228 mm	27	12 h/day	80 %	84 %	8.8 km/h	30.1 °C
May	238 mm	26	12 h/day	87 %	84 %	8.8 km/h	30.4 °C
June	159 mm	21	12 h/day	83 %	83 %	9.5 km/h	30.5 °C
July	157 mm	21	12 h/day	85 %	82 %	10 km/h	30.2 °C
August	204 mm	24	12 h/day	86 %	83 %	10 km/h	30.0 °C
September	247 mm	26	12 h/day	88 %	84 %	9.7 km/h	29.7 °C
October	336 mm	29	12 h/day	90 %	86 %	9.2 km/h	29.4 °C
November	321 mm	27	12 h/day	88 %	86 %	8.1 km/h	29.3 °C
December	190 mm	21	12 h/day	82 %	83 %	8.7 km/h	29.1 °C

How Paya Terubong 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
Paya Terubong	30 °C	24 °C	2,477 mm	365
George Town · Malaysia	30 °C	24 °C	2,487 mm	365
Bukit Mertajam · Malaysia	31 °C	23 °C	2,589 mm	365
Kota Kuala Muda · Malaysia	31 °C	23 °C	2,419 mm	365
Kulim · Malaysia	30 °C	22 °C	2,776 mm	365
Sungai Petani · Malaysia	31 °C	23 °C	2,396 mm	365
Taiping · Malaysia	30 °C	23 °C	2,686 mm	365

Where Paya Terubong ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
Warmest sea temperatures in Asia year-round	4th of 50	30 °C
Warmest sea temperatures in the world year-round	4th of 50	30 °C
Warmest sea temperatures in Asia in March	6th of 50	30 °C
Warmest sea temperatures in the world in March	6th of 50	30 °C
Warmest sea temperatures in Asia in February	9th of 50	29 °C
Warmest sea temperatures in Asia in June	10th of 50	31 °C

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QuestionsCommon questions about Paya Terubong’s climate

When is the best time to visit Paya Terubong?

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

How hot does Paya Terubong get?

In March, the warmest month, daily highs average 30 °C. About 42 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 33 °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 Paya Terubong?

October, averaging 336 mm over 29 days with rain. The driest month is February with 101 mm. The year as a whole averages 2,477 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 Paya Terubong 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: 5.373°, 100.280° (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.