Climate averages 1991–2020
Kuala Krai weather
in January.
A hot, very wet month: the 11th warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a hot month in Kuala Krai: daytime highs average 28.0°C and nights cool to about 21.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 206 mm of rain on roughly 22 days, which makes January a very wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 50 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Pasir Puteh (40 km away). In January its highs average 27.7°C, about as warm as Kuala Krai, with 223 mm of rain.
Among the 72 cities listed in Malaysia, Kuala Krai ranks joint 64th of 72 for the warmest January highs and 50th of 72 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 72 cities is 28.9°C; Kuala Krai is 0.8°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 1.5°C to 29.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 206 mm to 106 mm.
The annual picture
January 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, selected | 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 | 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
January in nearby cities
- Pasir Puteh in JanuaryMalaysia · 40 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 22.7°C · 223 mm rain
- Pasir Mas in JanuaryMalaysia · 58 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 21.9°C · 173 mm rain
- Kota Bharu in JanuaryMalaysia · 66 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 23.1°C · 173 mm rain
- Kuala Nerus in JanuaryMalaysia · 93 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 22.2°C · 285 mm rain
- Kuala Terengganu in JanuaryMalaysia · 107 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 22.8°C · 208 mm rain
- Yala in JanuaryThailand · 151 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 21.8°C · 79 mm rain
- Ipoh in JanuaryMalaysia · 162 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 21.9°C · 195 mm rain
- Taiping in JanuaryMalaysia · 179 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 23.4°C · 185 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.