Climate averages 1991–2020

Batu Pahat weather
in January.

A hot, wet month: the joint 10th warmest and the 2nd driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 28.8°C Daytime mean, January
Average low 23.5°C Night-time mean, January
Rainfall 150 mm 19 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
Every month in Batu Pahat · average highYear overview

January is a hot month in Batu Pahat: daytime highs average 28.8°C and nights cool to about 23.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 10th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 150 mm of rain on roughly 19 days, which makes January a wet month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 01 min on an average January day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Parit Sulung (15 km away). In January its highs average 28.9°C, about as warm as Batu Pahat, with 179 mm of rain.

Among the 72 cities listed in Malaysia, Batu Pahat ranks joint 39th of 72 for the warmest January highs and 16th of 72 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 72 cities is 28.9°C; Batu Pahat is 0.1°C cooler than that mean.

From January to February, average highs rise by 1.0°C to 29.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 150 mm to 96 mm.

The annual picture

January in context

30-year average
Average highAverage low°C
Average daily high and low temperatures by month The same values are available in the monthly table below. Lines show mean daily maxima and minima, not a forecast interval. 20253035 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm
Average monthly rainfall totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 3000

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Batu Pahat climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Batu Pahat, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January, selected 28.8°C23.5°C23.5°C15019.112.012 h
February 29.8°C23.7°C23.7°C9614.712.112 h
March 30.2°C24.2°C24.2°C16421.812.112 h
April 30.0°C24.5°C24.5°C21626.412.212 h
May 29.7°C24.9°C24.9°C23027.812.212 h
June 29.5°C24.9°C24.9°C19123.912.212 h
July 29.1°C24.7°C24.7°C19224.012.212 h
August 29.0°C24.5°C24.5°C20125.212.212 h
September 29.1°C24.3°C24.3°C19524.812.112 h
October 29.1°C24.3°C24.3°C23226.712.112 h
November 28.8°C24.0°C24.0°C27027.912.012 h
December 28.5°C23.8°C23.8°C24524.812.012 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

January in nearby cities

Distance from Batu Pahat

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 limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Batu Pahat) is explained once on the Batu Pahat year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.