Climate averages 1991–2020
Cukai weather
in October.
A hot, very wet month: the joint 7th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October 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 218 mm of rain on roughly 27 days, which makes October a very wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 02 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kuantan (50 km away). In October its highs average 29.3°C, 0.8°C warmer than Cukai, with 288 mm of rain.
Among the 72 cities listed in Malaysia, Cukai ranks joint 68th of 72 for the warmest October highs and 12th of 72 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 72 cities is 29.2°C; Cukai is 0.7°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 1.0°C to 27.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 218 mm to 461 mm.
The annual picture
October 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 | 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Kuantan in OctoberMalaysia · 50 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 23.9°C · 288 mm rain
- Maran in OctoberMalaysia · 103 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 23.5°C · 248 mm rain
- Kuala Terengganu in OctoberMalaysia · 124 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 23.8°C · 271 mm rain
- Kuala Nerus in OctoberMalaysia · 132 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 23.2°C · 387 mm rain
- Kuala Krai in OctoberMalaysia · 196 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 23.0°C · 344 mm rain
- Pasir Puteh in OctoberMalaysia · 209 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 23.8°C · 307 mm rain
- Kuala Kubu Baharu in OctoberMalaysia · 209 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 22.9°C · 269 mm rain
- Ampang in OctoberMalaysia · 220 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 23.1°C · 293 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.