Climate averages 1991–2020

Ipoh weather
in October.

A hot, very wet month: the 10th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.

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

Average high 29.1°C Daytime mean, October
Average low 22.8°C Night-time mean, October
Rainfall 243 mm 26 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
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October is a hot month in Ipoh: daytime highs average 29.1°C and nights cool to about 22.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 243 mm of rain on roughly 26 days, which makes October a very wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 01 min on an average October day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Taiping (49 km away). In October its highs average 29.1°C, about as warm as Ipoh, with 298 mm of rain.

Among the 72 cities listed in Malaysia, Ipoh ranks joint 36th of 72 for the warmest October highs and 33rd of 72 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 72 cities is 29.2°C; Ipoh is 0.1°C cooler than that mean.

From October to November, average highs fall by 0.4°C to 28.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 243 mm to 319 mm.

The annual picture

October in context

30-year average
Average highAverage low°C
Average daily high and low temperatures by month The same values are available in the monthly table below. Lines show mean daily maxima and minima, not a forecast interval. 1520253035 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm
Average monthly rainfall totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 3500

Averages 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

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Ipoh, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 29.4°C21.9°C21.9°C19522.311.912 h
February 30.2°C22.1°C22.1°C14319.112.012 h
March 30.3°C22.8°C22.8°C19724.712.112 h
April 30.0°C23.2°C23.2°C22727.512.212 h
May 30.0°C23.4°C23.4°C17823.912.312 h
June 30.3°C23.3°C23.3°C9016.512.412 h
July 30.6°C23.3°C23.3°C9115.912.412 h
August 30.7°C23.4°C23.4°C11017.912.312 h
September 30.1°C23.1°C23.1°C16320.812.112 h
October, selected 29.1°C22.8°C22.8°C24326.012.012 h
November 28.7°C22.5°C22.5°C31928.011.912 h
December 28.7°C22.1°C22.1°C26125.811.912 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

Distance from Ipoh

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