Sepang climate
Sepang is warmest in March, with average highs of 30 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 23 °C. November is the wettest month (350 mm) and February the driest (137 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.
Across a full year Sepang averages 2,514 mm of rain and 365 days above 25 °C.
Malaysia · population 212,050 · 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 23 °C
- Driest month February 137 mm
- Wettest month November 350 mm
- Least cloud February 76 % cloud
- Hottest on record March 34 °C
- Coldest on record July 20 °C
- Warmest sea May 30 °C
What to expectSepang through the year
Sepang 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, 56 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 34 °C, in March.
Rain is strongly seasonal. November averages 350 mm against 137 mm in February — 2.6 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.
The sea off Sepang is warmest in May at 30 °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 | 28.7 °C | 185 mm | 81 % |
| February | 29.4 °C | 137 mm | 76 % |
| March | 29.7 °C | 201 mm | 78 % |
| April | 29.5 °C | 236 mm | 83 % |
| May | 29.5 °C | 206 mm | 84 % |
| June | 29.4 °C | 151 mm | 79 % |
| July | 29.1 °C | 160 mm | 79 % |
| August | 29.0 °C | 177 mm | 81 % |
| September | 29.0 °C | 193 mm | 83 % |
| October | 28.8 °C | 244 mm | 88 % |
| November | 28.4 °C | 350 mm | 92 % |
| December | 28.3 °C | 275 mm | 89 % |
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 | 28.7 °C | 23.3 °C | 25.7 °C | 32.3 °C | 20.6 °C | 31 | 3 | 0 |
| February | 29.4 °C | 23.4 °C | 26.2 °C | 33.6 °C | 21.0 °C | 28 | 7 | 0 |
| March | 29.7 °C | 24.1 °C | 26.6 °C | 34.2 °C | 20.8 °C | 31 | 10 | 0 |
| April | 29.5 °C | 24.5 °C | 26.7 °C | 32.7 °C | 22.7 °C | 30 | 7 | 0 |
| May | 29.5 °C | 24.8 °C | 27.0 °C | 32.1 °C | 22.8 °C | 31 | 8 | 0 |
| June | 29.4 °C | 24.8 °C | 27.0 °C | 31.6 °C | 21.9 °C | 30 | 7 | 0 |
| July | 29.1 °C | 24.4 °C | 26.7 °C | 31.6 °C | 20.4 °C | 31 | 3 | 0 |
| August | 29.0 °C | 24.3 °C | 26.6 °C | 31.8 °C | 22.5 °C | 31 | 3 | 0 |
| September | 29.0 °C | 24.2 °C | 26.4 °C | 33.6 °C | 22.3 °C | 30 | 3 | 0 |
| October | 28.8 °C | 24.1 °C | 26.3 °C | 31.9 °C | 21.7 °C | 31 | 3 | 0 |
| November | 28.4 °C | 23.9 °C | 25.8 °C | 31.5 °C | 22.4 °C | 30 | 1 | 0 |
| December | 28.3 °C | 23.6 °C | 25.7 °C | 31.2 °C | 21.7 °C | 31 | 1 | 0 |
Rain, sun and wind month by month
| Month | Rainfall | Wet days | Daylight | Cloud cover | Humidity | Wind | Sea temp |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 185 mm | 19 | 12 h/day | 81 % | 84 % | 9.9 km/h | 28.5 °C |
| February | 137 mm | 17 | 12 h/day | 76 % | 82 % | 11 km/h | 28.5 °C |
| March | 201 mm | 23 | 12 h/day | 78 % | 84 % | 11 km/h | 29.1 °C |
| April | 236 mm | 26 | 12 h/day | 83 % | 86 % | 10 km/h | 29.8 °C |
| May | 206 mm | 26 | 12 h/day | 84 % | 86 % | 11 km/h | 30.3 °C |
| June | 151 mm | 22 | 12 h/day | 79 % | 84 % | 11 km/h | 30.3 °C |
| July | 160 mm | 22 | 12 h/day | 79 % | 84 % | 12 km/h | 30.0 °C |
| August | 177 mm | 24 | 12 h/day | 81 % | 84 % | 12 km/h | 29.8 °C |
| September | 193 mm | 25 | 12 h/day | 83 % | 85 % | 11 km/h | 29.6 °C |
| October | 244 mm | 27 | 12 h/day | 88 % | 85 % | 11 km/h | 29.6 °C |
| November | 350 mm | 28 | 12 h/day | 92 % | 88 % | 10 km/h | 29.4 °C |
| December | 275 mm | 25 | 12 h/day | 89 % | 87 % | 10.0 km/h | 29.1 °C |
How Sepang 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sepang | 30 °C | 23 °C | 2,514 mm | 365 |
| Seremban · Malaysia | 30 °C | 23 °C | 2,642 mm | 365 |
| Kajang · Malaysia | 31 °C | 22 °C | 2,909 mm | 365 |
| Bukit Jalil · Malaysia | 30 °C | 22 °C | 2,960 mm | 365 |
| Petaling Jaya · Malaysia | 30 °C | 22 °C | 2,186 mm | 365 |
| Shah Alam · Malaysia | 30 °C | 22 °C | 2,272 mm | 365 |
| Kuala Lumpur · Malaysia | 30 °C | 22 °C | 2,905 mm | 365 |
Where Sepang ranks
| Ranking | Position | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Warmest sea temperatures in Asia year-round | 15th of 50 | 30 °C |
| Warmest sea temperatures in the world year-round | 15th of 50 | 30 °C |
| Warmest sea temperatures in Asia in May | 21st of 50 | 30 °C |
| Warmest sea temperatures in Asia in October | 21st of 50 | 30 °C |
| Warmest sea temperatures in the world in May | 23rd of 50 | 30 °C |
| Warmest sea temperatures in Asia in June | 25th of 50 | 30 °C |
Planning a trip? See the best time to visit Sepang.
QuestionsCommon questions about Sepang’s climate
When is the best time to visit Sepang?
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 Sepang get?
In March, the warmest month, daily highs average 30 °C. About 56 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 34 °C.
How cold does it get in winter?
Nights average 23 °C in January, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.
Which month is wettest in Sepang?
November, averaging 350 mm over 28 days with rain. The driest month is February with 137 mm. The year as a whole averages 2,514 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 Sepang 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
- 2.693°, 101.750° (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.