Climate averages 1991–2020
Butterworth weather
in February.
A hot, wet month: the 2nd warmest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a hot month in Butterworth: daytime highs average 30.8°C and nights cool to about 23.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 90 mm of rain on roughly 16 days, which makes February a wet month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 57 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Paya Terubong (10 km away). In February its highs average 29.1°C, 1.8°C cooler than Butterworth, with 102 mm of rain.
Among the 72 cities listed in Malaysia, Butterworth ranks joint 5th of 72 for the warmest February highs and joint 12th of 72 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 72 cities is 29.7°C; Butterworth is 1.2°C warmer than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 0.3°C to 31.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 90 mm to 161 mm.
The annual picture
February 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
Butterworth climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.8°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 96 | 16.0 | 11.812 h |
| February, selected | 30.8°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 90 | 15.8 | 11.912 h |
| March | 31.2°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 161 | 22.2 | 12.112 h |
| April | 30.7°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 204 | 27.6 | 12.212 h |
| May | 30.4°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 231 | 26.3 | 12.412 h |
| June | 30.5°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 166 | 20.6 | 12.412 h |
| July | 30.4°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 173 | 21.0 | 12.412 h |
| August | 30.3°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 217 | 23.5 | 12.312 h |
| September | 29.7°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 242 | 25.6 | 12.212 h |
| October | 29.1°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 334 | 29.0 | 12.012 h |
| November | 29.0°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 292 | 27.0 | 11.912 h |
| December | 29.1°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 167 | 20.1 | 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
February in nearby cities
- Paya Terubong in FebruaryMalaysia · 10 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 23.9°C · 102 mm rain
- Bukit Mertajam in FebruaryMalaysia · 12 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 23.3°C · 133 mm rain
- Kampung Sungai Ara in FebruaryMalaysia · 13 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 24.5°C · 102 mm rain
- Tasek Glugor in FebruaryMalaysia · 17 kmHigh 30.8°C · Low 23.4°C · 99 mm rain
- Kota Kuala Muda in FebruaryMalaysia · 21 kmHigh 31.3°C · Low 24.2°C · 90 mm rain
- Val Dor in FebruaryMalaysia · 22 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 23.4°C · 133 mm rain
- Kulim in FebruaryMalaysia · 22 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 22.7°C · 133 mm rain
- Sungai Petani in FebruaryMalaysia · 31 kmHigh 31.3°C · Low 23.6°C · 85 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 Butterworth) is explained once on the Butterworth year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.
Kota Kuala Muda lies in the same rainfall cell, so its rainfall figures are identical to these; temperatures differ because they come from smaller 0.1° cells.