Climate averages 1991–2020
Kota Bharu weather
in October.
A hot, very wet month: the 8th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a hot month in Kota Bharu: daytime highs average 29.3°C and nights cool to about 24.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 310 mm of rain on roughly 29 days, which makes October a very wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 59 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Pasir Mas (14 km away). In October its highs average 29.7°C, about as warm as Kota Bharu, with 310 mm of rain.
Among the 72 cities listed in Malaysia, Kota Bharu ranks joint 28th of 72 for the warmest October highs and joint 57th of 72 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 72 cities is 29.2°C; Kota Bharu is 0.1°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 1.1°C to 28.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 310 mm to 384 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
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 | 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Pasir Mas in OctoberMalaysia · 14 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 23.3°C · 310 mm rain
- Pasir Puteh in OctoberMalaysia · 37 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 23.8°C · 307 mm rain
- Kuala Krai in OctoberMalaysia · 66 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 23.0°C · 344 mm rain
- Yala in OctoberThailand · 116 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 22.9°C · 268 mm rain
- Kuala Nerus in OctoberMalaysia · 120 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 23.2°C · 387 mm rain
- Kuala Terengganu in OctoberMalaysia · 133 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 23.8°C · 271 mm rain
- Pendang in OctoberMalaysia · 196 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 23.5°C · 328 mm rain
- Sungai Petani in OctoberMalaysia · 201 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 23.9°C · 313 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.