Climate averages 1991–2020
Sungai Petani weather
in October.
A hot, very wet month: the coolest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a hot month in Sungai Petani: daytime highs average 28.8°C and nights cool to about 23.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 313 mm of rain on roughly 29 days, which makes October a very wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 00 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kota Kuala Muda (14 km away). In October its highs average 29.0°C, about as warm as Sungai Petani, with 334 mm of rain.
Among the 72 cities listed in Malaysia, Sungai Petani ranks joint 56th of 72 for the warmest October highs and 59th of 72 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 72 cities is 29.2°C; Sungai Petani is 0.4°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs rise by 0.1°C to 28.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 313 mm to 277 mm.
The annual picture
October 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Kota Kuala Muda in OctoberMalaysia · 14 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 24.3°C · 334 mm rain
- Tasek Glugor in OctoberMalaysia · 19 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 23.7°C · 326 mm rain
- Butterworth in OctoberMalaysia · 31 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 24.1°C · 334 mm rain
- Bukit Mertajam in OctoberMalaysia · 32 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 23.7°C · 338 mm rain
- Kulim in OctoberMalaysia · 32 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 23.1°C · 338 mm rain
- Paya Terubong in OctoberMalaysia · 38 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 23.7°C · 331 mm rain
- Pendang in OctoberMalaysia · 39 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 23.5°C · 328 mm rain
- Kampung Sungai Ara in OctoberMalaysia · 43 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 24.3°C · 331 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.