Climate averages 1991–2020
Taiping weather
in January.
A hot, very wet month: the 9th warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a hot month in Taiping: daytime highs average 29.3°C and nights cool to about 23.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 185 mm of rain on roughly 24 days, which makes January a very wet month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 52 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Ipoh (49 km away). In January its highs average 29.4°C, about as warm as Taiping, with 195 mm of rain.
Among the 72 cities listed in Malaysia, Taiping ranks joint 20th of 72 for the warmest January highs and 34th of 72 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 72 cities is 28.9°C; Taiping is 0.4°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 0.6°C to 29.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 185 mm to 145 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
Taiping climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 29.3°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 185 | 23.5 | 11.912 h |
| February | 29.9°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 145 | 20.9 | 12.012 h |
| March | 30.1°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 215 | 26.6 | 12.112 h |
| April | 30.1°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 236 | 28.5 | 12.212 h |
| May | 30.3°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 210 | 26.2 | 12.312 h |
| June | 30.4°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 137 | 19.9 | 12.412 h |
| July | 30.2°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 136 | 20.6 | 12.412 h |
| August | 30.2°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 178 | 22.6 | 12.312 h |
| September | 29.7°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 219 | 25.0 | 12.112 h |
| October | 29.1°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 298 | 28.1 | 12.012 h |
| November | 28.9°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 331 | 28.6 | 11.912 h |
| December | 28.9°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 258 | 26.3 | 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
- Ipoh in JanuaryMalaysia · 49 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 21.9°C · 195 mm rain
- Val Dor in JanuaryMalaysia · 52 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 23.1°C · 163 mm rain
- Kulim in JanuaryMalaysia · 60 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 22.5°C · 163 mm rain
- Bukit Mertajam in JanuaryMalaysia · 64 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 23.0°C · 163 mm rain
- Sitiawan in JanuaryMalaysia · 71 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 24.2°C · 211 mm rain
- Butterworth in JanuaryMalaysia · 74 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 23.4°C · 96 mm rain
- Kampung Sungai Ara in JanuaryMalaysia · 74 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 24.2°C · 127 mm rain
- Tasek Glugor in JanuaryMalaysia · 75 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 23.0°C · 108 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 Taiping) is explained once on the Taiping year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.