Climate averages 1991–2020
Sungai Petani weather
in January.
A hot, moderately wet month: the joint 4th warmest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a hot month in Sungai Petani: daytime highs average 30.2°C and nights cool to about 23.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 82 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes January a moderately wet month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 50 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kota Kuala Muda (14 km away). In January its highs average 30.3°C, about as warm as Sungai Petani, with 96 mm of rain.
Among the 72 cities listed in Malaysia, Sungai Petani ranks 4th of 72 for the warmest January highs and 3rd of 72 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 72 cities is 28.9°C; Sungai Petani is 1.4°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 1.0°C to 31.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 82 mm to 85 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
Sungai Petani climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 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 | 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
January in nearby cities
- Kota Kuala Muda in JanuaryMalaysia · 14 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 23.7°C · 96 mm rain
- Tasek Glugor in JanuaryMalaysia · 19 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 23.0°C · 108 mm rain
- Butterworth in JanuaryMalaysia · 31 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 23.4°C · 96 mm rain
- Bukit Mertajam in JanuaryMalaysia · 32 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 23.0°C · 163 mm rain
- Kulim in JanuaryMalaysia · 32 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 22.5°C · 163 mm rain
- Paya Terubong in JanuaryMalaysia · 38 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 23.6°C · 127 mm rain
- Pendang in JanuaryMalaysia · 39 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 23.0°C · 67 mm rain
- Kampung Sungai Ara in JanuaryMalaysia · 43 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 24.2°C · 127 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.