Climate averages 1991–2020
Alor Setar weather
in April.
A hot, very wet month: the joint 3rd warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a hot month in Alor Setar: daytime highs average 31.3°C and nights cool to about 24.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 193 mm of rain on roughly 26 days, which makes April a very wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 15 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Pendang (19 km away). In April its highs average 31.3°C, about as warm as Alor Setar, with 220 mm of rain.
Among the 72 cities listed in Malaysia, Alor Setar ranks joint 4th of 72 for the warmest April highs and 24th of 72 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 72 cities is 30.1°C; Alor Setar is 1.2°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs fall by 0.8°C to 30.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 193 mm to 243 mm.
The annual picture
April in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Alor Setar climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 31.3°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 53 | 9.2 | 11.812 h |
| February | 33.1°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 60 | 9.8 | 11.912 h |
| March | 32.7°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 132 | 18.4 | 12.112 h |
| April, selected | 31.3°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 193 | 25.7 | 12.312 h |
| May | 30.5°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 243 | 25.9 | 12.412 h |
| June | 30.2°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 184 | 21.3 | 12.512 h |
| July | 29.8°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 190 | 22.2 | 12.412 h |
| August | 29.7°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 232 | 23.6 | 12.312 h |
| September | 29.4°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 259 | 26.0 | 12.212 h |
| October | 29.1°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 320 | 28.6 | 12.012 h |
| November | 29.1°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 234 | 25.0 | 11.812 h |
| December | 29.3°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 129 | 15.6 | 11.812 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
April in nearby cities
- Pendang in AprilMalaysia · 19 kmHigh 31.3°C · Low 24.3°C · 220 mm rain
- Sungai Petani in AprilMalaysia · 55 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 24.6°C · 212 mm rain
- Kota Kuala Muda in AprilMalaysia · 59 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 25.1°C · 204 mm rain
- Tasek Glugor in AprilMalaysia · 73 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 24.4°C · 217 mm rain
- Butterworth in AprilMalaysia · 80 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 24.8°C · 204 mm rain
- Paya Terubong in AprilMalaysia · 84 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 24.4°C · 206 mm rain
- Bukit Mertajam in AprilMalaysia · 85 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 24.3°C · 238 mm rain
- Kulim in AprilMalaysia · 87 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 23.7°C · 238 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Alor Setar) is explained once on the Alor Setar year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.