Climate averages 1991–2020
Butterworth weather
in March.
A hot, wet month: the warmest and the 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a hot month in Butterworth: daytime highs average 31.2°C and nights cool to about 24.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 161 mm of rain on roughly 22 days, which makes March a wet month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 05 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Paya Terubong (10 km away). In March its highs average 29.3°C, 1.8°C cooler than Butterworth, with 170 mm of rain.
Among the 72 cities listed in Malaysia, Butterworth ranks joint 5th of 72 for the warmest March highs and joint 21st of 72 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 72 cities is 30.1°C; Butterworth is 1.0°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 0.5°C to 30.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 161 mm to 204 mm.
The annual picture
March 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 | 30.8°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 90 | 15.8 | 11.912 h |
| March, selected | 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
March in nearby cities
- Paya Terubong in MarchMalaysia · 10 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 24.3°C · 170 mm rain
- Bukit Mertajam in MarchMalaysia · 12 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 24.0°C · 198 mm rain
- Kampung Sungai Ara in MarchMalaysia · 13 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 24.9°C · 170 mm rain
- Tasek Glugor in MarchMalaysia · 17 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 24.1°C · 172 mm rain
- Kota Kuala Muda in MarchMalaysia · 21 kmHigh 31.3°C · Low 24.8°C · 161 mm rain
- Val Dor in MarchMalaysia · 22 kmHigh 30.8°C · Low 24.1°C · 198 mm rain
- Kulim in MarchMalaysia · 22 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 23.4°C · 198 mm rain
- Sungai Petani in MarchMalaysia · 31 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 24.3°C · 163 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.