Climate averages 1991–2020
Malacca weather
in October.
A hot, very wet month: the joint 8th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a hot month in Malacca: daytime highs average 28.7°C and nights cool to about 24.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 221 mm of rain on roughly 26 days, which makes October a very wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 04 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Muar (40 km away). In October its highs average 28.8°C, about as warm as Malacca, with 220 mm of rain.
Among the 72 cities listed in Malaysia, Malacca ranks joint 61st of 72 for the warmest October highs and 14th of 72 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 72 cities is 29.2°C; Malacca is 0.5°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 0.2°C to 28.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 221 mm to 271 mm.
The annual picture
October 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Muar in OctoberMalaysia · 40 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 24.6°C · 220 mm rain
- Pagoh in OctoberMalaysia · 59 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 23.9°C · 206 mm rain
- Port Dickson in OctoberMalaysia · 61 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 24.6°C · 236 mm rain
- Seremban in OctoberMalaysia · 68 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 23.6°C · 269 mm rain
- Parit Sulung in OctoberMalaysia · 76 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 23.9°C · 239 mm rain
- Sepang in OctoberMalaysia · 78 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 24.3°C · 235 mm rain
- Batu Pahat in OctoberMalaysia · 86 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 24.3°C · 232 mm rain
- Kajang in OctoberMalaysia · 102 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 22.9°C · 292 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.