Climate averages 1991–2020
Sitiawan weather
in December.
A hot, very wet month: the coolest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a hot month in Sitiawan: daytime highs average 28.2°C and nights cool to about 24.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 297 mm of rain on roughly 28 days, which makes December a very wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 53 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Teluk Intan (42 km away). In December its highs average 28.6°C, about as warm as Sitiawan, with 236 mm of rain.
Among the 72 cities listed in Malaysia, Sitiawan ranks joint 59th of 72 for the warmest December highs and 44th of 72 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 72 cities is 28.5°C; Sitiawan is 0.3°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs rise by 0.2°C to 28.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 297 mm to 211 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
Sitiawan climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.4°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 211 | 25.8 | 11.912 h |
| February | 29.0°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 156 | 22.3 | 12.012 h |
| March | 29.4°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 213 | 27.2 | 12.112 h |
| April | 29.5°C25.2°C | 25.2°C | 235 | 28.4 | 12.212 h |
| May | 29.7°C25.4°C | 25.4°C | 204 | 25.9 | 12.312 h |
| June | 29.6°C25.4°C | 25.4°C | 133 | 19.9 | 12.412 h |
| July | 29.3°C25.1°C | 25.1°C | 136 | 20.8 | 12.312 h |
| August | 29.2°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 163 | 22.4 | 12.312 h |
| September | 29.0°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 209 | 24.1 | 12.112 h |
| October | 28.6°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 282 | 27.6 | 12.012 h |
| November | 28.4°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 356 | 28.8 | 11.912 h |
| December, selected | 28.2°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 297 | 27.8 | 11.912 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
- Teluk Intan in DecemberMalaysia · 42 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 23.1°C · 236 mm rain
- Ipoh in DecemberMalaysia · 59 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 22.1°C · 261 mm rain
- Taiping in DecemberMalaysia · 71 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 23.5°C · 258 mm rain
- Kampung Sungai Kajang in DecemberMalaysia · 103 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 23.9°C · 236 mm rain
- Val Dor in DecemberMalaysia · 117 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 23.2°C · 261 mm rain
- Ijok in DecemberMalaysia · 127 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 23.3°C · 300 mm rain
- Kulim in DecemberMalaysia · 129 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 22.6°C · 261 mm rain
- Kuala Kubu Baharu in DecemberMalaysia · 129 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 22.5°C · 249 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 Sitiawan) is explained once on the Sitiawan year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.