Climate averages 1991–2020
Kota Bharu weather
in July.
A hot, very wet month: the joint 4th warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
July is a hot month in Kota Bharu: daytime highs average 30.7°C and nights cool to about 24.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 185 mm of rain on roughly 25 days, which makes July a very wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 26 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Pasir Mas (14 km away). In July its highs average 31.1°C, about as warm as Kota Bharu, with 185 mm of rain.
Among the 72 cities listed in Malaysia, Kota Bharu ranks joint 5th of 72 for the warmest July highs and joint 61st of 72 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 72 cities is 29.8°C; Kota Bharu is 0.9°C warmer than that mean.
From July to August, average highs rise by 0.1°C to 30.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 185 mm to 213 mm.
The annual picture
July 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
Kota Bharu climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 27.7°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 173 | 20.3 | 11.812 h |
| February | 28.6°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 83 | 13.5 | 11.912 h |
| March | 30.0°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 114 | 15.7 | 12.112 h |
| April | 31.1°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 118 | 18.6 | 12.312 h |
| May | 31.3°C25.3°C | 25.3°C | 178 | 26.0 | 12.412 h |
| June | 31.0°C25.1°C | 25.1°C | 183 | 24.9 | 12.512 h |
| July, selected | 30.7°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 185 | 25.3 | 12.412 h |
| August | 30.7°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 213 | 26.0 | 12.312 h |
| September | 30.3°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 244 | 27.6 | 12.212 h |
| October | 29.3°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 310 | 29.1 | 12.012 h |
| November | 28.2°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 384 | 27.9 | 11.812 h |
| December | 27.5°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 412 | 26.0 | 11.812 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
July in nearby cities
- Pasir Mas in JulyMalaysia · 14 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 23.8°C · 185 mm rain
- Pasir Puteh in JulyMalaysia · 37 kmHigh 30.8°C · Low 24.4°C · 178 mm rain
- Kuala Krai in JulyMalaysia · 66 kmHigh 31.3°C · Low 23.4°C · 198 mm rain
- Yala in JulyThailand · 116 kmHigh 32.2°C · Low 23.5°C · 114 mm rain
- Kuala Nerus in JulyMalaysia · 120 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 23.7°C · 229 mm rain
- Kuala Terengganu in JulyMalaysia · 133 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 24.3°C · 137 mm rain
- Pendang in JulyMalaysia · 196 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 24.1°C · 174 mm rain
- Sungai Petani in JulyMalaysia · 201 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 24.4°C · 152 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 Kota Bharu) is explained once on the Kota Bharu year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.
Pasir Mas lies in the same rainfall cell, so its rainfall figures are identical to these; temperatures differ because they come from smaller 0.1° cells.