Climate averages 1991–2020
Kuala Nerus weather
in December.
A warm, very wet month: one of the coolest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a warm month in Kuala Nerus: daytime highs average 26.2°C and nights cool to about 22.6°C. By daytime temperature it is one of the coolest months of the year.
Expect about 490 mm of rain on roughly 27 days, which makes December a very wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 49 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kuala Terengganu (14 km away). In December its highs average 27.0°C, 0.9°C warmer than Kuala Nerus, with 422 mm of rain.
Among the 72 cities listed in Malaysia, Kuala Nerus ranks 72nd of 72 for the warmest December highs and 71st of 72 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 72 cities is 28.5°C; Kuala Nerus is 2.3°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs rise by 0.1°C to 26.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 490 mm to 285 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 Nerus climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 26.2°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 285 | 23.6 | 11.812 h |
| February | 27.1°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 146 | 17.5 | 11.912 h |
| March | 28.3°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 187 | 18.9 | 12.112 h |
| April | 29.3°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 175 | 22.3 | 12.212 h |
| May | 29.7°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 225 | 26.2 | 12.412 h |
| June | 29.5°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 227 | 25.8 | 12.412 h |
| July | 29.3°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 229 | 26.2 | 12.412 h |
| August | 29.2°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 275 | 27.6 | 12.312 h |
| September | 29.0°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 327 | 27.7 | 12.212 h |
| October | 28.1°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 387 | 29.8 | 12.012 h |
| November | 26.9°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 444 | 28.8 | 11.912 h |
| December, selected | 26.2°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 490 | 26.7 | 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
- Kuala Terengganu in DecemberMalaysia · 14 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 23.3°C · 422 mm rain
- Pasir Puteh in DecemberMalaysia · 86 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 23.1°C · 471 mm rain
- Kuala Krai in DecemberMalaysia · 93 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 22.3°C · 381 mm rain
- Kota Bharu in DecemberMalaysia · 120 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 23.5°C · 412 mm rain
- Pasir Mas in DecemberMalaysia · 123 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 22.5°C · 412 mm rain
- Cukai in DecemberMalaysia · 132 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 24.1°C · 585 mm rain
- Kuantan in DecemberMalaysia · 177 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 23.5°C · 345 mm rain
- Maran in DecemberMalaysia · 201 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 22.8°C · 273 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 Nerus) is explained once on the Kuala Nerus year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.