Kuah climate by month
What the weather is like
Kuah has a tropical monsoon climate (Köppen Am): .
The warmest month is February, when afternoons average 31° and nights 25°. October is the coolest month, with highs of 28° and lows of 25°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 2°, a small seasonal swing typical of places tempered by the sea.
About 2,419 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. October is the wettest month (349 mm, 29 wet days) and February the driest (39 mm, 7 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 37% in February to 68% in October.
The sea reaches about 31° in May. Sea temperatures lag the air by a month or two, so late summer is usually warmer for swimming than early summer.
Compared with Kuala Lumpur, the capital, Kuah is 0.3° warmer on a February afternoon and receives less precipitation over the year.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 31° · February
- Coldest nights
- 25° · January
- Wettest month
- October
- Driest month
- February
- Clearest skies
- February · 37% cloud
- Warmest sea
- 31° · May
- Longest day
- 12 h 29 min
- Shortest day
- 11 h 45 min
Twelve months at a glance
Temperature and precipitation
Daily high/low range bars, monthly precipitation columns, sea temperature lineTemperature curve
Average high, low and seaDaylight
Hours between sunrise and sunset on the 15th of each monthClimate normals month by month
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average high | 30° | 31° | 31° | 30° | 29° | 29° | 29° | 29° | 28° | 28° | 28° | 29° |
| Average low | 25° | 25° | 26° | 26° | 26° | 26° | 26° | 26° | 25° | 25° | 25° | 25° |
| Precipitation | 27 mm | 39 mm | 124 mm | 210 mm | 237 mm | 225 mm | 267 mm | 290 mm | 347 mm | 349 mm | 220 mm | 84 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 8.8 | 7.3 | 13.2 | 24.8 | 27.5 | 26.8 | 24.2 | 28 | 26.5 | 28.7 | 28.7 | 18.2 |
| Cloud cover | 40% | 37% | 44% | 52% | 63% | 59% | 60% | 60% | 65% | 68% | 62% | 51% |
| Sea temperature | 28° | 29° | 30° | 30° | 31° | 31° | 30° | 30° | 30° | 29° | 29° | 29° |
| Daylight | 11h 47 | 11h 55 | 12h 05 | 12h 15 | 12h 24 | 12h 29 | 12h 27 | 12h 20 | 12h 10 | 11h 59 | 11h 50 | 11h 45 |
| Month score | 53 | 55 | 39 | 37 | 35 | 36 | 38 | 39 | 39 | 38 | 39 | 43 |