Climate averages 1991–2020
Kuala Krai weather
in December.
A warm, very wet month: the coolest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a warm month in Kuala Krai: daytime highs average 27.6°C and nights cool to about 22.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 381 mm of rain on roughly 27 days, which makes December a very wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 48 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Pasir Puteh (40 km away). In December its highs average 27.5°C, about as warm as Kuala Krai, with 471 mm of rain.
Among the 72 cities listed in Malaysia, Kuala Krai ranks joint 65th of 72 for the warmest December highs and 65th of 72 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 72 cities is 28.5°C; Kuala Krai is 0.9°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs rise by 0.5°C to 28.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 381 mm to 206 mm.
The annual picture
December 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
Kuala Krai climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.0°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 206 | 22.0 | 11.812 h |
| February | 29.5°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 106 | 15.3 | 11.912 h |
| March | 31.1°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 159 | 17.2 | 12.112 h |
| April | 32.0°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 194 | 22.3 | 12.212 h |
| May | 31.8°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 225 | 26.6 | 12.412 h |
| June | 31.4°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 193 | 24.7 | 12.412 h |
| July | 31.3°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 198 | 24.2 | 12.412 h |
| August | 31.3°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 223 | 25.2 | 12.312 h |
| September | 30.9°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 263 | 27.4 | 12.212 h |
| October | 29.8°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 344 | 29.2 | 12.012 h |
| November | 28.4°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 387 | 28.4 | 11.912 h |
| December, selected | 27.6°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 381 | 26.5 | 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
December in nearby cities
- Pasir Puteh in DecemberMalaysia · 40 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 23.1°C · 471 mm rain
- Pasir Mas in DecemberMalaysia · 58 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 22.5°C · 412 mm rain
- Kota Bharu in DecemberMalaysia · 66 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 23.5°C · 412 mm rain
- Kuala Nerus in DecemberMalaysia · 93 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 22.6°C · 490 mm rain
- Kuala Terengganu in DecemberMalaysia · 107 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 23.3°C · 422 mm rain
- Yala in DecemberThailand · 151 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 22.3°C · 236 mm rain
- Ipoh in DecemberMalaysia · 162 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 22.1°C · 261 mm rain
- Taiping in DecemberMalaysia · 179 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 23.5°C · 258 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 Kuala Krai) is explained once on the Kuala Krai year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.