Climate averages 1991–2020
Ipoh weather
in March.
A hot, very wet month: the joint 3rd warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a hot month in Ipoh: daytime highs average 30.3°C and nights cool to about 22.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 197 mm of rain on roughly 25 days, which makes March a very 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 Taiping (49 km away). In March its highs average 30.1°C, about as warm as Ipoh, with 215 mm of rain.
Among the 72 cities listed in Malaysia, Ipoh ranks joint 27th of 72 for the warmest March highs and joint 41st of 72 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 72 cities is 30.1°C; Ipoh is 0.2°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 0.3°C to 30.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 197 mm to 227 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
Ipoh climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.4°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 195 | 22.3 | 11.912 h |
| February | 30.2°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 143 | 19.1 | 12.012 h |
| March, selected | 30.3°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 197 | 24.7 | 12.112 h |
| April | 30.0°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 227 | 27.5 | 12.212 h |
| May | 30.0°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 178 | 23.9 | 12.312 h |
| June | 30.3°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 90 | 16.5 | 12.412 h |
| July | 30.6°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 91 | 15.9 | 12.412 h |
| August | 30.7°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 110 | 17.9 | 12.312 h |
| September | 30.1°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 163 | 20.8 | 12.112 h |
| October | 29.1°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 243 | 26.0 | 12.012 h |
| November | 28.7°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 319 | 28.0 | 11.912 h |
| December | 28.7°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 261 | 25.8 | 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
- Taiping in MarchMalaysia · 49 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 24.1°C · 215 mm rain
- Sitiawan in MarchMalaysia · 59 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 24.9°C · 213 mm rain
- Teluk Intan in MarchMalaysia · 63 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 23.9°C · 147 mm rain
- Val Dor in MarchMalaysia · 99 kmHigh 30.8°C · Low 24.1°C · 198 mm rain
- Kulim in MarchMalaysia · 104 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 23.4°C · 198 mm rain
- Bukit Mertajam in MarchMalaysia · 110 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 24.0°C · 198 mm rain
- Tasek Glugor in MarchMalaysia · 119 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 24.1°C · 172 mm rain
- Butterworth in MarchMalaysia · 121 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 24.5°C · 161 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 Ipoh) is explained once on the Ipoh year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.