Climate averages 1991–2020
Kuala Terengganu weather
in January.
A warm, very wet month: the 11th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a warm month in Kuala Terengganu: daytime highs average 27.1°C and nights cool to about 22.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 208 mm of rain on roughly 22 days, which makes January a very wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 51 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kuala Nerus (14 km away). In January its highs average 26.2°C, 0.8°C cooler than Kuala Terengganu, with 285 mm of rain.
Among the 72 cities listed in Malaysia, Kuala Terengganu ranks 70th of 72 for the warmest January highs and 51st of 72 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 72 cities is 28.9°C; Kuala Terengganu is 1.8°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 0.9°C to 27.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 208 mm to 97 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 Terengganu climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 27.1°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 208 | 21.9 | 11.812 h |
| February | 27.9°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 97 | 15.7 | 11.912 h |
| March | 29.1°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 130 | 17.0 | 12.112 h |
| April | 30.2°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 104 | 18.2 | 12.212 h |
| May | 30.6°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 129 | 21.5 | 12.412 h |
| June | 30.4°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 135 | 21.9 | 12.412 h |
| July | 30.1°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 137 | 22.0 | 12.412 h |
| August | 30.1°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 155 | 23.1 | 12.312 h |
| September | 29.8°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 194 | 24.8 | 12.212 h |
| October | 28.9°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 271 | 28.4 | 12.012 h |
| November | 27.8°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 399 | 28.0 | 11.912 h |
| December | 27.0°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 422 | 25.8 | 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
- Kuala Nerus in JanuaryMalaysia · 14 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 22.2°C · 285 mm rain
- Pasir Puteh in JanuaryMalaysia · 99 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 22.7°C · 223 mm rain
- Kuala Krai in JanuaryMalaysia · 107 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 21.9°C · 206 mm rain
- Cukai in JanuaryMalaysia · 124 kmHigh 26.8°C · Low 23.8°C · 324 mm rain
- Kota Bharu in JanuaryMalaysia · 133 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 23.1°C · 173 mm rain
- Pasir Mas in JanuaryMalaysia · 137 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 21.9°C · 173 mm rain
- Kuantan in JanuaryMalaysia · 171 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 23.3°C · 193 mm rain
- Maran in JanuaryMalaysia · 198 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 22.4°C · 159 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 Terengganu) is explained once on the Kuala Terengganu year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.