Climate averages 1991–2020
Kuala Lumpur weather
in April.
A hot, very wet month: the 3rd warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a hot month in Kuala Lumpur: daytime highs average 30.1°C and nights cool to about 23.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 296 mm of rain on roughly 28 days, which makes April a very wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 11 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Setapak (9 km away). In April its highs average 30.3°C, about as warm as Kuala Lumpur, with 296 mm of rain.
Among the 72 cities listed in Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur ranks joint 31st of 72 for the warmest April highs and joint 69th of 72 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 72 cities is 30.1°C; Kuala Lumpur is level with that mean.
From April to May, average highs fall by 0.1°C to 30.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 296 mm to 241 mm.
The annual picture
April 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 Lumpur climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.3°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 201 | 20.4 | 12.012 h |
| February | 30.2°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 166 | 17.6 | 12.012 h |
| March | 30.4°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 263 | 25.1 | 12.112 h |
| April, selected | 30.1°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 296 | 27.8 | 12.212 h |
| May | 30.0°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 241 | 26.3 | 12.312 h |
| June | 30.0°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 173 | 22.8 | 12.312 h |
| July | 29.8°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 181 | 24.7 | 12.312 h |
| August | 29.7°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 214 | 25.5 | 12.212 h |
| September | 29.6°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 234 | 25.2 | 12.112 h |
| October | 29.4°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 293 | 26.4 | 12.012 h |
| November | 28.9°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 371 | 28.0 | 12.012 h |
| December | 28.7°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 275 | 25.3 | 11.912 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
April in nearby cities
- Setapak in AprilMalaysia · 9 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 23.3°C · 296 mm rain
- Ampang in AprilMalaysia · 9 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 23.6°C · 296 mm rain
- Petaling Jaya in AprilMalaysia · 10 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 23.6°C · 188 mm rain
- Bukit Jalil in AprilMalaysia · 10 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 23.1°C · 294 mm rain
- Selayang Baru Utara in AprilMalaysia · 13 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 23.6°C · 296 mm rain
- Bandar Mahkota Cheras in AprilMalaysia · 16 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 23.1°C · 294 mm rain
- Bukit Rahman Putra in AprilMalaysia · 16 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 23.2°C · 251 mm rain
- Kampung Baru Subang in AprilMalaysia · 17 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 23.8°C · 251 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 Lumpur) is explained once on the Kuala Lumpur year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.
Selayang Baru Utara, Setapak and Ampang lie in the same rainfall cell, so their rainfall figures are identical to these; temperatures differ because they come from smaller 0.1° cells.