Climate averages 1991–2020

Cukai weather
in March.

A hot, wet month: the joint 7th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.

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

Average high 28.4°C Daytime mean, March

Average low 24.4°C Night-time mean, March

Rainfall 171 mm 20 days with ≥1 mm

Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

March is a hot month in Cukai: daytime highs average 28.4°C and nights cool to about 24.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 7th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 171 mm of rain on roughly 20 days, which makes March a wet month (the 8th 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 Kuantan (50 km away). In March its highs average 29.3°C, 1.0°C warmer than Cukai, with 143 mm of rain.

Among the 72 cities listed in Malaysia, Cukai ranks 71st of 72 for the warmest March highs and 32nd of 72 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 72 cities is 30.1°C; Cukai is 1.7°C cooler than that mean.

From March to April, average highs rise by 0.9°C to 29.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 171 mm to 143 mm.

The annual picture

March in context

30-year average

Average highAverage low°C

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm

Averages 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

1991–2020

Monthly climate averages for Cukai, 1991–2020
Month	Average highHigh / low	Average low	Rainfall mm/month	Rain days ≥1 mm/day	Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day
January	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, selected	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

March in nearby cities

Distance from Cukai

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 Cukai) is explained once on the Cukai year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.