Climate averages 1991–2020
Cukai weather
in January.
A warm, very wet month: the coolest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a warm month in Cukai: daytime highs average 26.8°C and nights cool to about 23.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 324 mm of rain on roughly 23 days, which makes January a very wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 54 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kuantan (50 km away). In January its highs average 27.4°C, 0.6°C warmer than Cukai, with 193 mm of rain.
Among the 72 cities listed in Malaysia, Cukai ranks 71st of 72 for the warmest January highs and 71st of 72 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 72 cities is 28.9°C; Cukai is 2.1°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 0.6°C to 27.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 324 mm to 140 mm.
The annual picture
January 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
Cukai climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 26.8°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 324 | 23.4 | 11.912 h |
| February | 27.4°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 140 | 17.8 | 12.012 h |
| March | 28.4°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 171 | 20.2 | 12.112 h |
| April | 29.3°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 143 | 23.0 | 12.212 h |
| May | 29.6°C25.3°C | 25.3°C | 135 | 23.8 | 12.312 h |
| June | 29.4°C25.2°C | 25.2°C | 103 | 20.5 | 12.412 h |
| July | 29.0°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 102 | 21.2 | 12.312 h |
| August | 29.0°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 107 | 21.7 | 12.312 h |
| September | 28.9°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 121 | 21.0 | 12.112 h |
| October | 28.4°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 218 | 26.5 | 12.012 h |
| November | 27.5°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 461 | 28.4 | 11.912 h |
| December | 26.9°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 585 | 26.1 | 11.912 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
- Kuantan in JanuaryMalaysia · 50 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 23.3°C · 193 mm rain
- Maran in JanuaryMalaysia · 103 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 22.4°C · 159 mm rain
- Kuala Terengganu in JanuaryMalaysia · 124 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 22.8°C · 208 mm rain
- Kuala Nerus in JanuaryMalaysia · 132 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 22.2°C · 285 mm rain
- Kuala Krai in JanuaryMalaysia · 196 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 21.9°C · 206 mm rain
- Pasir Puteh in JanuaryMalaysia · 209 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 22.7°C · 223 mm rain
- Kuala Kubu Baharu in JanuaryMalaysia · 209 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 22.3°C · 177 mm rain
- Ampang in JanuaryMalaysia · 220 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 22.4°C · 201 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 Cukai) is explained once on the Cukai year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.