Climate averages 1991–2020
Kuala Nerus weather
in October.
A hot, very wet month: the 8th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a hot month in Kuala Nerus: daytime highs average 28.1°C and nights cool to about 23.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 387 mm of rain on roughly 30 days, which makes October a very wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 00 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kuala Terengganu (14 km away). In October its highs average 28.9°C, 0.8°C warmer than Kuala Nerus, with 271 mm of rain.
Among the 72 cities listed in Malaysia, Kuala Nerus ranks 71st of 72 for the warmest October highs and 72nd of 72 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 72 cities is 29.2°C; Kuala Nerus is 1.1°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 1.1°C to 26.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 387 mm to 444 mm.
The annual picture
October 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Kuala Terengganu in OctoberMalaysia · 14 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 23.8°C · 271 mm rain
- Pasir Puteh in OctoberMalaysia · 86 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 23.8°C · 307 mm rain
- Kuala Krai in OctoberMalaysia · 93 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 23.0°C · 344 mm rain
- Kota Bharu in OctoberMalaysia · 120 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 24.2°C · 310 mm rain
- Pasir Mas in OctoberMalaysia · 123 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 23.3°C · 310 mm rain
- Cukai in OctoberMalaysia · 132 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 24.4°C · 218 mm rain
- Kuantan in OctoberMalaysia · 177 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 23.9°C · 288 mm rain
- Maran in OctoberMalaysia · 201 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 23.5°C · 248 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.