Climate averages 1991–2020

Kuantan weather
in March.

A hot, wet month: the joint 7th warmest and the 2nd driest of the year.

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

Average high 29.3°C Daytime mean, March

Average low 24.0°C Night-time mean, March

Rainfall 143 mm 19 days with ≥1 mm

Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

March is a hot month in Kuantan: daytime highs average 29.3°C and nights cool to about 24.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 7th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 143 mm of rain on roughly 19 days, which makes March a wet month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 06 min on an average March day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Cukai (50 km away). In March its highs average 28.4°C, 1.0°C cooler than Kuantan, with 171 mm of rain.

Among the 72 cities listed in Malaysia, Kuantan ranks joint 62nd of 72 for the warmest March highs and 13th of 72 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 72 cities is 30.1°C; Kuantan is 0.8°C cooler than that mean.

From March to April, average highs rise by 0.8°C to 30.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 143 mm to 156 mm.

The annual picture

March 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	28.2°C23.5°C	23.5°C	84	13.7	12.012 h
March, selected	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

March 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.