Climate averages 1991–2020
Pasir Puteh weather
in December.
A warm, very wet month: the coolest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a warm month in Pasir Puteh: daytime highs average 27.5°C and nights cool to about 23.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 471 mm of rain on roughly 25 days, which makes December a very wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 47 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kota Bharu (37 km away). In December its highs average 27.5°C, about as warm as Pasir Puteh, with 412 mm of rain.
Among the 72 cities listed in Malaysia, Pasir Puteh ranks joint 67th of 72 for the warmest December highs and 70th of 72 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 72 cities is 28.5°C; Pasir Puteh is 1.0°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs rise by 0.2°C to 27.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 471 mm to 223 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
Pasir Puteh climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 27.7°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 223 | 20.0 | 11.812 h |
| February | 28.8°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 94 | 13.3 | 11.912 h |
| March | 30.2°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 117 | 14.5 | 12.112 h |
| April | 31.2°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 112 | 16.6 | 12.212 h |
| May | 31.4°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 170 | 24.6 | 12.412 h |
| June | 31.0°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 171 | 24.2 | 12.512 h |
| July | 30.8°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 178 | 24.9 | 12.412 h |
| August | 30.8°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 204 | 25.7 | 12.312 h |
| September | 30.5°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 238 | 26.7 | 12.212 h |
| October | 29.6°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 307 | 28.7 | 12.012 h |
| November | 28.4°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 394 | 27.7 | 11.912 h |
| December, selected | 27.5°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 471 | 25.4 | 11.812 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
- Kota Bharu in DecemberMalaysia · 37 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 23.5°C · 412 mm rain
- Pasir Mas in DecemberMalaysia · 37 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 22.5°C · 412 mm rain
- Kuala Krai in DecemberMalaysia · 40 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 22.3°C · 381 mm rain
- Kuala Nerus in DecemberMalaysia · 86 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 22.6°C · 490 mm rain
- Kuala Terengganu in DecemberMalaysia · 99 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 23.3°C · 422 mm rain
- Yala in DecemberThailand · 147 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 22.3°C · 236 mm rain
- Ipoh in DecemberMalaysia · 201 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 22.1°C · 261 mm rain
- Cukai in DecemberMalaysia · 209 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 24.1°C · 585 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 Pasir Puteh) is explained once on the Pasir Puteh year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.