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Best time to visit Sungai Petani

January is the best time to visit Sungai Petani for general sightseeing, with average highs of 30 °C and about 12 wet days. The comfortable season runs roughly December to February.

It depends what you are going for

One month rarely wins on everything. These are the best months on each measure taken on its own.

If you want Best month On that measure
Sightseeing and walking January comfort 60/100
A beach holiday January sea 29 °C
The least cloud February 66 % average cloud cover
The least rain January 90 mm
Warmth February 31 °C
Cooler weather October 29 °C

Ranked by comfort

# Month Comfort / 100 Avg high Wet days Beach
1 January 60 30 °C 12 73
2 February 56 31 °C 13 66
3 December 53 29 °C 18 69
4 November 50 29 °C 26 68
5 October 50 29 °C 29 67
6 September 49 29 °C 27 65
7 August 47 30 °C 25 63
8 July 47 30 °C 22 62
9 June 46 30 °C 23 61
10 May 45 30 °C 27 61
11 April 45 30 °C 27 61
12 March 45 31 °C 21 61

For a beach holiday

January scores highest, with a sea temperature of 29 °C and air temperatures around 30 °C. The sea never reaches 20 °C here.

Month Sea Air Sunshine Beach score
January 29 °C 30 °C 71 % 73
February 29 °C 31 °C 66 % 66
March 30 °C 31 °C 71 % 61
April 30 °C 30 °C 79 % 61
May 31 °C 30 °C 86 % 61
June 31 °C 30 °C 84 % 61
July 30 °C 30 °C 85 % 62
August 30 °C 30 °C 86 % 63
September 30 °C 29 °C 88 % 65
October 30 °C 29 °C 90 % 67
November 29 °C 29 °C 87 % 68
December 29 °C 29 °C 81 % 69

When to think twice

March scores lowest with about 21 wet days and highs near 31 °C. That does not make it a bad month — it depends entirely on what you are travelling for. The numbers are all here; the judgement is yours.

The full year

Month Avg high Rainfall Cloud
January 30.3 °C 90 mm 71 %
February 31.4 °C 92 mm 66 %
March 31.3 °C 174 mm 71 %
April 30.5 °C 226 mm 79 %
May 30.2 °C 238 mm 86 %
June 30.1 °C 165 mm 84 %
July 29.9 °C 168 mm 85 %
August 29.9 °C 211 mm 86 %
September 29.3 °C 250 mm 88 %
October 28.9 °C 320 mm 90 %
November 29.0 °C 292 mm 87 %
December 29.2 °C 170 mm 81 %

Data sources and method

Normal period
1991–2020
Dataset version
era5-1991-2020-scores1.1
Last processed

Measured values come from ERA5 reanalysis and are reproduced unchanged. Calculated by us: comfort score, beach score, season boundaries. 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.