Climate averages 1991–2020
Taiping weather
in March.
A hot, very wet month: the joint 5th warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a hot month in Taiping: daytime highs average 30.1°C and nights cool to about 24.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 215 mm of rain on roughly 27 days, which makes March a very wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 05 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Ipoh (49 km away). In March its highs average 30.3°C, about as warm as Taiping, with 197 mm of rain.
Among the 72 cities listed in Malaysia, Taiping ranks joint 35th of 72 for the warmest March highs and 53rd of 72 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 72 cities is 30.1°C; Taiping is level with that mean.
From March to April, average highs stay level at 30.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 215 mm to 236 mm.
The annual picture
March 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 | 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, selected | 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
March in nearby cities
- Ipoh in MarchMalaysia · 49 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 22.8°C · 197 mm rain
- Val Dor in MarchMalaysia · 52 kmHigh 30.8°C · Low 24.1°C · 198 mm rain
- Kulim in MarchMalaysia · 60 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 23.4°C · 198 mm rain
- Bukit Mertajam in MarchMalaysia · 64 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 24.0°C · 198 mm rain
- Sitiawan in MarchMalaysia · 71 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 24.9°C · 213 mm rain
- Butterworth in MarchMalaysia · 74 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 24.5°C · 161 mm rain
- Kampung Sungai Ara in MarchMalaysia · 74 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 24.9°C · 170 mm rain
- Tasek Glugor in MarchMalaysia · 75 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 24.1°C · 172 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.