Climate averages 1991–2020
Kuantan 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 Kuantan: daytime highs average 27.4°C and nights cool to about 23.5°C. By daytime temperature it is one of the coolest months of the year.
Expect about 345 mm of rain on roughly 25 days, which makes December a very wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 54 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Cukai (50 km away). In December its highs average 26.9°C, 0.6°C cooler than Kuantan, with 585 mm of rain.
Among the 72 cities listed in Malaysia, Kuantan ranks 69th of 72 for the warmest December highs and 63rd of 72 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 72 cities is 28.5°C; Kuantan is 1.1°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 0.1°C to 27.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 345 mm to 193 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
Kuantan climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 27.4°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 193 | 19.5 | 11.912 h |
| February | 28.2°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 84 | 13.7 | 12.012 h |
| March | 29.3°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 143 | 18.5 | 12.112 h |
| April | 30.1°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 156 | 23.0 | 12.212 h |
| May | 30.4°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 195 | 26.1 | 12.312 h |
| June | 30.1°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 169 | 23.2 | 12.312 h |
| July | 29.7°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 164 | 23.2 | 12.312 h |
| August | 29.8°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 190 | 24.9 | 12.212 h |
| September | 29.7°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 214 | 24.2 | 12.112 h |
| October | 29.3°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 288 | 27.5 | 12.012 h |
| November | 28.1°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 331 | 28.7 | 11.912 h |
| December, selected | 27.4°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 345 | 25.0 | 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
December in nearby cities
- Cukai in DecemberMalaysia · 50 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 24.1°C · 585 mm rain
- Maran in DecemberMalaysia · 66 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 22.8°C · 273 mm rain
- Kuala Terengganu in DecemberMalaysia · 171 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 23.3°C · 422 mm rain
- Kuala Nerus in DecemberMalaysia · 177 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 22.6°C · 490 mm rain
- Kuala Kubu Baharu in DecemberMalaysia · 187 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 22.5°C · 249 mm rain
- Ampang in DecemberMalaysia · 188 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 22.7°C · 275 mm rain
- Bandar Mahkota Cheras in DecemberMalaysia · 189 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 22.2°C · 312 mm rain
- Setapak in DecemberMalaysia · 190 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 22.4°C · 275 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 Kuantan) is explained once on the Kuantan year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.