Malaysia
Weather locations in Malaysia
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Malaysia illustrated weather map
19 mapped locations
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Climate of Malaysia
Country climate guideMalaysia lies just either side of the equator and receives enough rain to be classed as equatorial almost everywhere. The country is divided by the South China Sea into peninsular Malaysia and the Borneo states, but both halves share the same pattern: little seasonal change in temperature, heavy rain all year, and two distinct wet seasons as the monsoon swings round.
Main climate types
Every part of Malaysia falls in the tropical rainforest class under the conventional grouping. The west coast of the peninsula, from Penang to Singapore, is the wettest and most uniformly humid. The peninsula's east coast and the whole of the north-east are wetted by the north-east monsoon from December to February, while the Borneo side and the west coast receive rain from the south-west monsoon around May and from local thunderstorms at other times. Between them the inter-monsoon periods bring heavy showers of their own.
Temperatures
Kuala Lumpur has January means near 27 degrees Celsius and July about 27 as well, so the annual range in temperature is under three degrees. Humidity is very high through the year and often above 85 percent. High ground is cooler: at Genting Highlands, around 1,800 metres, January means fall to about 18 and July to about 20, so the distinction between the halves of the country is small.
Rainfall
Annual rainfall is around 1,700 to 2,000 millimetres in the lowlands, rising above 2,500 on the peninsula's mountain slopes and to more than 3,000 over parts of Borneo. There is no month that is reliably dry, and rain falls in localised showers, often very heavy and usually in the afternoon. The mountainous interior has the highest totals, and the city itself can record more rain in an hour than in a whole dry month.
When to go
Peninsular Malaysia is driest from March to June, while the east coast of the peninsula is at its best from June to August, when the wet season has moved round to the Borneo side. Generally, the least wet months are January to March in Borneo and June to August on the peninsula, and travellers should check the regional monsoon timing before booking.