Climate averages 1991–2020
Sungai Petani weather
in December.
A hot, wet month: the 10th warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a hot month in Sungai Petani: daytime highs average 29.1°C and nights cool to about 23.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 161 mm of rain on roughly 18 days, which makes December a wet month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 48 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kota Kuala Muda (14 km away). In December its highs average 29.2°C, about as warm as Sungai Petani, with 167 mm of rain.
Among the 72 cities listed in Malaysia, Sungai Petani ranks joint 7th of 72 for the warmest December highs and 3rd of 72 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 72 cities is 28.5°C; Sungai Petani is 0.6°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs rise by 1.2°C to 30.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 161 mm to 82 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
Sungai Petani climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 30.2°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 82 | 11.9 | 11.812 h |
| February | 31.3°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 85 | 12.5 | 11.912 h |
| March | 31.2°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 163 | 21.1 | 12.112 h |
| April | 30.4°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 212 | 26.5 | 12.212 h |
| May | 30.2°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 215 | 27.1 | 12.412 h |
| June | 30.2°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 153 | 21.8 | 12.412 h |
| July | 30.0°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 152 | 22.0 | 12.412 h |
| August | 29.9°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 192 | 24.4 | 12.312 h |
| September | 29.4°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 231 | 26.5 | 12.212 h |
| October | 28.8°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 313 | 29.2 | 12.012 h |
| November | 28.9°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 277 | 26.1 | 11.912 h |
| December, selected | 29.1°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 161 | 17.8 | 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 Kuala Muda in DecemberMalaysia · 14 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 23.8°C · 167 mm rain
- Tasek Glugor in DecemberMalaysia · 19 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 23.2°C · 190 mm rain
- Butterworth in DecemberMalaysia · 31 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 23.6°C · 167 mm rain
- Bukit Mertajam in DecemberMalaysia · 32 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 23.1°C · 261 mm rain
- Kulim in DecemberMalaysia · 32 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 22.6°C · 261 mm rain
- Paya Terubong in DecemberMalaysia · 38 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 23.7°C · 214 mm rain
- Pendang in DecemberMalaysia · 39 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 23.0°C · 160 mm rain
- Kampung Sungai Ara in DecemberMalaysia · 43 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 24.3°C · 214 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 Sungai Petani) is explained once on the Sungai Petani year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.