Climate averages 1991–2020
Malacca weather
in December.
A hot, very wet month: the coolest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a hot month in Malacca: daytime highs average 28.4°C and nights cool to about 24.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 218 mm of rain on roughly 24 days, which makes December a very wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 00 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Muar (40 km away). In December its highs average 28.3°C, about as warm as Malacca, with 239 mm of rain.
Among the 72 cities listed in Malaysia, Malacca ranks joint 46th of 72 for the warmest December highs and 15th of 72 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 72 cities is 28.5°C; Malacca is 0.1°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs rise by 0.4°C to 28.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 218 mm to 114 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
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 | 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, selected | 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
December in nearby cities
- Muar in DecemberMalaysia · 40 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 24.2°C · 239 mm rain
- Pagoh in DecemberMalaysia · 59 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 23.4°C · 235 mm rain
- Port Dickson in DecemberMalaysia · 61 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 24.1°C · 244 mm rain
- Seremban in DecemberMalaysia · 68 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 23.1°C · 258 mm rain
- Parit Sulung in DecemberMalaysia · 76 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 23.4°C · 268 mm rain
- Sepang in DecemberMalaysia · 78 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 23.9°C · 262 mm rain
- Batu Pahat in DecemberMalaysia · 86 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 23.8°C · 245 mm rain
- Kajang in DecemberMalaysia · 102 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 22.4°C · 312 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.