Climate averages 1991–2020
Taiping weather
in October.
A hot, very wet month: the 10th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a hot month in Taiping: daytime highs average 29.1°C and nights cool to about 23.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 298 mm of rain on roughly 28 days, which makes October a very wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 01 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Ipoh (49 km away). In October its highs average 29.1°C, about as warm as Taiping, with 243 mm of rain.
Among the 72 cities listed in Malaysia, Taiping ranks joint 36th of 72 for the warmest October highs and 55th of 72 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 72 cities is 29.2°C; Taiping is 0.1°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 0.2°C to 28.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 298 mm to 331 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
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 | 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Ipoh in OctoberMalaysia · 49 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 22.8°C · 243 mm rain
- Val Dor in OctoberMalaysia · 52 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 23.7°C · 338 mm rain
- Kulim in OctoberMalaysia · 60 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 23.1°C · 338 mm rain
- Bukit Mertajam in OctoberMalaysia · 64 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 23.7°C · 338 mm rain
- Sitiawan in OctoberMalaysia · 71 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 24.7°C · 282 mm rain
- Butterworth in OctoberMalaysia · 74 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 24.1°C · 334 mm rain
- Kampung Sungai Ara in OctoberMalaysia · 74 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 24.3°C · 331 mm rain
- Tasek Glugor in OctoberMalaysia · 75 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 23.7°C · 326 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.