Climate averages 1991–2020
Malacca weather
in April.
A hot, very wet month: the 3rd warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a hot month in Malacca: daytime highs average 29.5°C and nights cool to about 25.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 206 mm of rain on roughly 26 days, which makes April a very wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 10 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Muar (40 km away). In April its highs average 29.6°C, about as warm as Malacca, with 203 mm of rain.
Among the 72 cities listed in Malaysia, Malacca ranks joint 62nd of 72 for the warmest April highs and joint 31st of 72 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 72 cities is 30.1°C; Malacca is 0.6°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs fall by 0.2°C to 29.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 206 mm to 217 mm.
The annual picture
April 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
Malacca climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.8°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 114 | 16.4 | 12.012 h |
| February | 29.6°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 77 | 12.8 | 12.012 h |
| March | 29.8°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 150 | 22.3 | 12.112 h |
| April, selected | 29.5°C25.2°C | 25.2°C | 206 | 26.3 | 12.212 h |
| May | 29.4°C25.6°C | 25.6°C | 217 | 26.2 | 12.212 h |
| June | 29.2°C25.6°C | 25.6°C | 181 | 23.0 | 12.212 h |
| July | 28.8°C25.3°C | 25.3°C | 185 | 23.8 | 12.212 h |
| August | 28.7°C25.1°C | 25.1°C | 193 | 24.8 | 12.212 h |
| September | 28.7°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 189 | 24.2 | 12.112 h |
| October | 28.7°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 221 | 25.9 | 12.112 h |
| November | 28.5°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 271 | 27.8 | 12.012 h |
| December | 28.4°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 218 | 24.3 | 12.012 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
April in nearby cities
- Muar in AprilMalaysia · 40 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 24.9°C · 203 mm rain
- Pagoh in AprilMalaysia · 59 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 24.2°C · 205 mm rain
- Port Dickson in AprilMalaysia · 61 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 25.0°C · 192 mm rain
- Seremban in AprilMalaysia · 68 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 24.0°C · 261 mm rain
- Parit Sulung in AprilMalaysia · 76 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 24.2°C · 222 mm rain
- Sepang in AprilMalaysia · 78 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 24.7°C · 224 mm rain
- Batu Pahat in AprilMalaysia · 86 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 24.5°C · 216 mm rain
- Kajang in AprilMalaysia · 102 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 23.3°C · 294 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 Malacca) is explained once on the Malacca year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.