Climate averages 1991–2020
Sungai Petani weather
in September.
A hot, very wet month: the 9th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
September is a hot month in Sungai Petani: daytime highs average 29.4°C and nights cool to about 24.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 231 mm of rain on roughly 27 days, which makes September a very wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 09 min on an average September day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kota Kuala Muda (14 km away). In September its highs average 29.5°C, about as warm as Sungai Petani, with 242 mm of rain.
Among the 72 cities listed in Malaysia, Sungai Petani ranks joint 41st of 72 for the warmest September highs and joint 55th of 72 for the driest September (rainfall, lowest first). The mean September high of those 72 cities is 29.6°C; Sungai Petani is 0.2°C cooler than that mean.
From September to October, average highs fall by 0.5°C to 28.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 231 mm to 313 mm.
The annual picture
September 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, selected | 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
September in nearby cities
- Kota Kuala Muda in SeptemberMalaysia · 14 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 24.6°C · 242 mm rain
- Tasek Glugor in SeptemberMalaysia · 19 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 23.9°C · 231 mm rain
- Butterworth in SeptemberMalaysia · 31 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 24.2°C · 242 mm rain
- Bukit Mertajam in SeptemberMalaysia · 32 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 23.8°C · 214 mm rain
- Kulim in SeptemberMalaysia · 32 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 23.3°C · 214 mm rain
- Paya Terubong in SeptemberMalaysia · 38 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 24.0°C · 228 mm rain
- Pendang in SeptemberMalaysia · 39 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 23.8°C · 254 mm rain
- Kampung Sungai Ara in SeptemberMalaysia · 43 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 24.6°C · 228 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.