Climate averages 1991–2020

Kuantan weather
in February.

A hot, moderately wet month: the 9th warmest and the driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 28.2°C Daytime mean, February

Average low 23.5°C Night-time mean, February

Rainfall 84 mm 14 days with ≥1 mm

Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

February is a hot month in Kuantan: daytime highs average 28.2°C and nights cool to about 23.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 84 mm of rain on roughly 14 days, which makes February a moderately wet month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 00 min on an average February day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Cukai (50 km away). In February its highs average 27.4°C, 0.8°C cooler than Kuantan, with 140 mm of rain.

Among the 72 cities listed in Malaysia, Kuantan ranks 68th of 72 for the warmest February highs and 8th of 72 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 72 cities is 29.7°C; Kuantan is 1.4°C cooler than that mean.

From February to March, average highs rise by 1.1°C to 29.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 84 mm to 143 mm.

The annual picture

February in context

30-year average

Average highAverage low°C

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm

Averages 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

1991–2020

Monthly climate averages for Kuantan, 1991–2020
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, selected	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	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

February in nearby cities

Distance from Kuantan

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 limits

How 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.