Climate averages 1991–2020
Kuala Nerus weather
in March.
A hot, very wet month: the 7th warmest and the 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a hot month in Kuala Nerus: daytime highs average 28.3°C and nights cool to about 22.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 187 mm of rain on roughly 19 days, which makes March a very wet month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 05 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kuala Terengganu (14 km away). In March its highs average 29.1°C, 0.9°C warmer than Kuala Nerus, with 130 mm of rain.
Among the 72 cities listed in Malaysia, Kuala Nerus ranks 72nd of 72 for the warmest March highs and joint 38th of 72 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 72 cities is 30.1°C; Kuala Nerus is 1.9°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 1.1°C to 29.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 187 mm to 175 mm.
The annual picture
March 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, selected | 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 | 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
March in nearby cities
- Kuala Terengganu in MarchMalaysia · 14 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 23.4°C · 130 mm rain
- Pasir Puteh in MarchMalaysia · 86 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 23.5°C · 117 mm rain
- Kuala Krai in MarchMalaysia · 93 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 22.9°C · 159 mm rain
- Kota Bharu in MarchMalaysia · 120 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 24.0°C · 114 mm rain
- Pasir Mas in MarchMalaysia · 123 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 22.8°C · 114 mm rain
- Cukai in MarchMalaysia · 132 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 24.4°C · 171 mm rain
- Kuantan in MarchMalaysia · 177 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 24.0°C · 143 mm rain
- Maran in MarchMalaysia · 201 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 23.5°C · 175 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.