Rawang climate
Rawang is warmest in March, with average highs of 30 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 22 °C. November is the wettest month (396 mm) and June the driest (127 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.
Across a full year Rawang averages 2,686 mm of rain and 365 days above 25 °C.
Malaysia · population 199,095 · 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 22 °C
- Driest month June 127 mm
- Wettest month November 396 mm
- Least cloud February 75 % cloud
- Hottest on record March 35 °C
- Coldest on record February 19 °C
What to expectRawang through the year
Rawang 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, 162 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 35 °C, in March.
Rain is strongly seasonal. November averages 396 mm against 127 mm in June — 3.1 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.
Month by month
| Month | Avg high | Rainfall | Cloud |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.4 °C | 239 mm | 80 % |
| February | 30.3 °C | 167 mm | 75 % |
| March | 30.4 °C | 237 mm | 78 % |
| April | 30.2 °C | 261 mm | 83 % |
| May | 30.3 °C | 209 mm | 85 % |
| June | 30.3 °C | 127 mm | 80 % |
| July | 30.2 °C | 132 mm | 80 % |
| August | 30.2 °C | 144 mm | 83 % |
| September | 30.0 °C | 189 mm | 84 % |
| October | 29.7 °C | 265 mm | 89 % |
| November | 29.1 °C | 396 mm | 91 % |
| December | 28.9 °C | 321 mm | 88 % |
Temperature month by month
| Month | Avg high | Avg low | Mean | Record high | Record low | Days above 25 °C | Days above 30 °C | Days below 0 °C |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.4 °C | 22.3 °C | 25.5 °C | 32.6 °C | 19.6 °C | 31 | 9 | 0 |
| February | 30.3 °C | 22.4 °C | 26.0 °C | 34.8 °C | 19.3 °C | 28 | 15 | 0 |
| March | 30.4 °C | 23.1 °C | 26.3 °C | 35.2 °C | 19.6 °C | 31 | 19 | 0 |
| April | 30.2 °C | 23.5 °C | 26.3 °C | 34.7 °C | 21.5 °C | 30 | 18 | 0 |
| May | 30.3 °C | 23.8 °C | 26.6 °C | 33.2 °C | 21.6 °C | 31 | 18 | 0 |
| June | 30.3 °C | 23.5 °C | 26.6 °C | 34.3 °C | 21.4 °C | 30 | 18 | 0 |
| July | 30.2 °C | 23.3 °C | 26.4 °C | 34.1 °C | 20.9 °C | 31 | 17 | 0 |
| August | 30.2 °C | 23.3 °C | 26.4 °C | 34.1 °C | 21.2 °C | 31 | 17 | 0 |
| September | 30.0 °C | 23.1 °C | 26.2 °C | 34.9 °C | 20.9 °C | 30 | 14 | 0 |
| October | 29.7 °C | 23.1 °C | 25.9 °C | 34.9 °C | 21.1 °C | 31 | 11 | 0 |
| November | 29.1 °C | 23.0 °C | 25.4 °C | 31.2 °C | 21.1 °C | 30 | 4 | 0 |
| December | 28.9 °C | 22.7 °C | 25.3 °C | 31.4 °C | 19.5 °C | 31 | 4 | 0 |
Rain, sun and wind month by month
| Month | Rainfall | Wet days | Daylight | Cloud cover | Humidity | Wind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 239 mm | 21 | 12 h/day | 80 % | 86 % | 8.7 km/h |
| February | 167 mm | 18 | 12 h/day | 75 % | 84 % | 9.7 km/h |
| March | 237 mm | 24 | 12 h/day | 78 % | 86 % | 10.0 km/h |
| April | 261 mm | 27 | 12 h/day | 83 % | 88 % | 9.7 km/h |
| May | 209 mm | 23 | 12 h/day | 85 % | 88 % | 9.9 km/h |
| June | 127 mm | 18 | 12 h/day | 80 % | 86 % | 10 km/h |
| July | 132 mm | 18 | 12 h/day | 80 % | 84 % | 11 km/h |
| August | 144 mm | 19 | 12 h/day | 83 % | 84 % | 11 km/h |
| September | 189 mm | 21 | 12 h/day | 84 % | 85 % | 11 km/h |
| October | 265 mm | 25 | 12 h/day | 89 % | 87 % | 11 km/h |
| November | 396 mm | 27 | 12 h/day | 91 % | 90 % | 9.5 km/h |
| December | 321 mm | 26 | 12 h/day | 88 % | 89 % | 8.8 km/h |
How Rawang 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rawang | 30 °C | 22 °C | 2,686 mm | 365 |
| Selayang Baru Utara · Malaysia | 30 °C | 22 °C | 3,001 mm | 365 |
| Kota Damansara · Malaysia | 30 °C | 22 °C | 2,541 mm | 365 |
| Kampung Baru Subang · Malaysia | 30 °C | 23 °C | 2,641 mm | 365 |
| Wangsa Maju · Malaysia | 30 °C | 21 °C | 2,938 mm | 364 |
| Kuala Lumpur · Malaysia | 30 °C | 22 °C | 2,905 mm | 365 |
| Petaling Jaya · Malaysia | 30 °C | 22 °C | 2,186 mm | 365 |
Planning a trip? See the best time to visit Rawang.
QuestionsCommon questions about Rawang’s climate
When is the best time to visit Rawang?
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 June the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.
How hot does Rawang get?
In March, the warmest month, daily highs average 30 °C. About 162 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 35 °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 Rawang?
November, averaging 396 mm over 27 days with rain. The driest month is June with 127 mm. The year as a whole averages 2,686 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 Rawang 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
- 3.321°, 101.577° (the coordinates the reanalysis values are taken for)
- Dataset version
- era5-1991-2020-scores1.1
- Last processed
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.