Climate averages 1991–2020
Pasir Puteh weather
in January.
A warm, very wet month: the 11th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a warm month in Pasir Puteh: daytime highs average 27.7°C and nights cool to about 22.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 223 mm of rain on roughly 20 days, which makes January a very wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 49 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kota Bharu (37 km away). In January its highs average 27.7°C, about as warm as Pasir Puteh, with 173 mm of rain.
Among the 72 cities listed in Malaysia, Pasir Puteh ranks joint 67th of 72 for the warmest January highs and joint 58th of 72 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 72 cities is 28.9°C; Pasir Puteh is 1.1°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 1.0°C to 28.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 223 mm to 94 mm.
The annual picture
January 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, selected | 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 | 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
January in nearby cities
- Kota Bharu in JanuaryMalaysia · 37 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 23.1°C · 173 mm rain
- Pasir Mas in JanuaryMalaysia · 37 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 21.9°C · 173 mm rain
- Kuala Krai in JanuaryMalaysia · 40 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 21.9°C · 206 mm rain
- Kuala Nerus in JanuaryMalaysia · 86 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 22.2°C · 285 mm rain
- Kuala Terengganu in JanuaryMalaysia · 99 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 22.8°C · 208 mm rain
- Yala in JanuaryThailand · 147 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 21.8°C · 79 mm rain
- Ipoh in JanuaryMalaysia · 201 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 21.9°C · 195 mm rain
- Cukai in JanuaryMalaysia · 209 kmHigh 26.8°C · Low 23.8°C · 324 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.