Climate averages 1991–2020
Sungai Petani weather
in February.
A hot, moderately wet month: the warmest and the 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a hot month in Sungai Petani: daytime highs average 31.3°C and nights cool to about 23.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 85 mm of rain on roughly 13 days, which makes February a moderately wet month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 56 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kota Kuala Muda (14 km away). In February its highs average 31.3°C, about as warm as Sungai Petani, with 90 mm of rain.
Among the 72 cities listed in Malaysia, Sungai Petani ranks joint 3rd of 72 for the warmest February highs and 9th of 72 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 72 cities is 29.7°C; Sungai Petani is 1.6°C warmer than that mean.
From February to March, average highs fall by 0.1°C to 31.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 85 mm to 163 mm.
The annual picture
February 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, selected | 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 | 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
February in nearby cities
- Kota Kuala Muda in FebruaryMalaysia · 14 kmHigh 31.3°C · Low 24.2°C · 90 mm rain
- Tasek Glugor in FebruaryMalaysia · 19 kmHigh 30.8°C · Low 23.4°C · 99 mm rain
- Butterworth in FebruaryMalaysia · 31 kmHigh 30.8°C · Low 23.8°C · 90 mm rain
- Bukit Mertajam in FebruaryMalaysia · 32 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 23.3°C · 133 mm rain
- Kulim in FebruaryMalaysia · 32 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 22.7°C · 133 mm rain
- Paya Terubong in FebruaryMalaysia · 38 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 23.9°C · 102 mm rain
- Pendang in FebruaryMalaysia · 39 kmHigh 33.0°C · Low 23.5°C · 68 mm rain
- Kampung Sungai Ara in FebruaryMalaysia · 43 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 24.5°C · 102 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.