Kuah climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Kuah?

Kuah has a tropical monsoon climate (Köppen Am). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 27.4 °C and it receives 1,986 mm of precipitation per year.

Q: What is the hottest day ever recorded in Kuah?

The hottest day measured in Kuah between 1940 and 2025 was 18 March 2010, reaching 34.9 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Kuah?

The coldest day measured in Kuah between 1940 and 2025 was 18 January 1967, at 22.2 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Kuah?

Almost never: Kuah sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.

Q: Has the climate of Kuah warmed?

Yes: Kuah warmed by +1.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Kuah?

The wettest day measured in Kuah between 1940 and 2025 was 10 April 1945, with 190 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Kuah?

The windiest day measured in Kuah between 1940 and 2025 was 17 September 2024, with winds reaching 37.4 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Kuah?

The warmest month in Kuah is March (28.0 °C on average); the coldest is October (26.7 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Kuah?

Kuah receives on average 1,986 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 248 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Kuah?

Kuah gets on average 10.3 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,760 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Kuah (Malaysia) has a tropical monsoon climate (Am) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 27.4 °C and it receives 1,986 mm of precipitation per year.

These figures are normals computed over 86 complete calendar years, from 1940 to 2025, using ERA5 reanalysis data from the Copernicus programme.

The warmest month is March (28.0 °C on average) and the coldest is October (26.7 °C). Rainfall peaks in October.

Kuah averages 0 frost days, 133 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 248 rainy days per year.

Kuah has warmed by +1.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.17 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 34.9 °C (on 18 March 2010) and the coldest 22.2 °C (on 18 January 1967).

Data from ERA5 reanalysis (Copernicus Climate Change Service), redistributed under a CC-BY 4.0 licence. Normals are recomputed whenever the archive is updated.

Climate normals · ERA5

KuahKedah

coords: 6.33°, 99.84°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

AmTropical monsoonWarmest monthMarchColdest monthOctoberWettest monthOctoberDriest monthFebruary

Mean daily temperature

27.4°C

Average daily high

29.6°C

Average daily low

25.7°C

Annual rainfall

1,986mm

Sunshine / day

10.3h

Mean relative humidity

79%

Average peak wind

16.6km/h

Seasonal range

1.3°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

133 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

248 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

35.1 °C

Average feels-like low

29.5 °C

Average peak gust

29.7 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

365 d/yr

Solar radiation

20.4 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+1.4 °C

since 1940

+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.72 · p = < 0.001

19402025

Trend fitted by linear regression (ordinary least squares) on annual means. A trend is shown only when it is statistically significant (p < 0.05).

A climograph overlays rainfall (bars) and temperature (line): the standard reading in climatology, where you can see at a glance whether the warm season is also the dry one.

Records for the period

Hottest day

34.9 °C

18 March 2010

Coldest day

22.2 °C

18 January 1967

Wettest day

190 mm

10 April 1945

Windiest day

37.4 km/h

17 September 2024

Strongest gust

71.3 km/h

18 December 2022

Hottest feels-like

41.7 °C

14 April 2010

Coldest feels-like

22.1 °C

15 January 1972

Sunniest day

12.4 h

21 June 1940

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	32.9 °C17 March 2025	23.9 °C31 January 2025	28.1 °C	2,171 mm	243
2024	34.2 °C26 February 2024	24.9 °C14 December 2024	28.6 °C	2,397 mm	261
2023	33.7 °C13 March 2023	24.7 °C13 January 2023	28.2 °C	2,316 mm	217
2022	32.5 °C12 January 2022	24.6 °C28 December 2022	27.8 °C	2,419 mm	165
2021	33.2 °C10 March 2021	24.3 °C23 February 2021	27.9 °C	2,127 mm	207
2020	33.6 °C20 February 2020	24.8 °C4 February 2020	28.1 °C	2,006 mm	208
2019	33.6 °C16 March 2019	24.3 °C4 January 2019	28.2 °C	1,480 mm	239
2018	33.2 °C10 March 2018	24.2 °C9 February 2018	28.0 °C	1,905 mm	209
2017	32.2 °C14 February 2017	24.6 °C23 December 2017	27.8 °C	2,367 mm	172
2016	34.1 °C17 February 2016	24.7 °C1 November 2016	28.4 °C	1,742 mm	224
2015	32.9 °C12 March 2015	24.2 °C12 February 2015	27.9 °C	1,892 mm	201
2014	33.6 °C11 March 2014	23.5 °C24 January 2014	27.8 °C	1,896 mm	197
2013	33.2 °C2 February 2013	24.5 °C21 November 2013	27.8 °C	2,109 mm	171
2012	32.5 °C9 February 2012	24.6 °C19 February 2012	27.6 °C	2,157 mm	149
2011	32.5 °C17 February 2011	24.0 °C21 January 2011	27.7 °C	2,133 mm	148
2010	34.9 °C18 March 2010	24.7 °C17 December 2010	28.0 °C	2,394 mm	190
2009	32.3 °C19 February 2009	23.9 °C12 January 2009	27.8 °C	2,006 mm	197
2008	33.2 °C5 February 2008	24.5 °C22 August 2008	27.5 °C	2,385 mm	121
2007	33.0 °C11 March 2007	23.6 °C31 January 2007	27.6 °C	2,404 mm	158
2006	33.3 °C24 February 2006	24.5 °C31 August 2006	27.8 °C	1,976 mm	155
2005	34.2 °C21 February 2005	24.1 °C23 December 2005	28.1 °C	1,966 mm	223
2004	33.2 °C25 January 2004	24.7 °C14 September 2004	28.1 °C	1,471 mm	232
2003	33.5 °C28 February 2003	24.6 °C15 October 2003	27.9 °C	1,839 mm	200
2002	33.3 °C15 February 2002	24.4 °C4 January 2002	28.0 °C	1,455 mm	215
2001	33.0 °C1 March 2001	24.4 °C31 December 2001	27.6 °C	2,271 mm	122
2000	32.4 °C21 January 2000	24.5 °C2 February 2000	27.5 °C	2,316 mm	129
1999	32.6 °C2 March 1999	22.9 °C26 December 1999	27.3 °C	2,405 mm	74
1998	34.2 °C29 March 1998	24.7 °C2 November 1998	28.1 °C	2,497 mm	175
1997	32.6 °C24 April 1997	22.8 °C3 January 1997	27.6 °C	1,799 mm	144
1996	32.4 °C2 March 1996	22.5 °C4 January 1996	27.3 °C	2,432 mm	118
1995	32.9 °C14 March 1995	24.1 °C31 December 1995	27.5 °C	2,421 mm	133
1994	33.4 °C27 February 1994	24.1 °C19 January 1994	27.4 °C	1,693 mm	102
1993	32.6 °C4 March 1993	24.1 °C31 January 1993	27.4 °C	2,257 mm	116
1992	32.8 °C26 February 1992	24.1 °C30 January 1992	27.5 °C	1,602 mm	119
1991	34.0 °C21 February 1991	24.0 °C20 October 1991	27.6 °C	1,827 mm	141
1990	33.4 °C19 March 1990	24.2 °C25 December 1990	27.7 °C	1,693 mm	160
1989	32.5 °C22 February 1989	24.1 °C1 April 1989	27.5 °C	2,075 mm	145
1988	33.0 °C29 February 1988	23.5 °C16 December 1988	27.6 °C	2,343 mm	139
1987	33.1 °C22 February 1987	24.0 °C15 January 1987	27.7 °C	2,422 mm	161
1986	33.3 °C10 February 1986	23.6 °C16 December 1986	27.3 °C	1,962 mm	121
1985	33.1 °C4 April 1985	23.9 °C24 July 1985	27.3 °C	2,165 mm	121
1984	31.8 °C4 March 1984	23.6 °C9 October 1984	27.1 °C	2,091 mm	80
1983	33.4 °C18 April 1983	24.0 °C14 September 1983	27.6 °C	1,745 mm	160
1982	32.7 °C30 January 1982	23.8 °C20 January 1982	27.4 °C	1,638 mm	129
1981	32.3 °C30 March 1981	23.3 °C13 January 1981	27.6 °C	1,624 mm	171
1980	33.3 °C18 February 1980	23.9 °C10 February 1980	27.5 °C	1,999 mm	131
1979	33.0 °C21 January 1979	23.9 °C16 December 1979	27.6 °C	1,770 mm	166
1978	32.5 °C24 February 1978	23.6 °C2 February 1978	27.6 °C	1,580 mm	170
1977	33.6 °C26 March 1977	23.6 °C16 January 1977	27.5 °C	1,553 mm	166
1976	33.1 °C1 April 1976	22.6 °C19 January 1976	27.1 °C	2,072 mm	103
1975	32.7 °C20 February 1975	23.2 °C22 December 1975	27.1 °C	1,844 mm	112
1974	32.6 °C14 March 1974	23.1 °C2 January 1974	27.2 °C	1,363 mm	127
1973	33.5 °C4 February 1973	23.1 °C30 December 1973	27.4 °C	1,889 mm	142
1972	32.5 °C5 March 1972	23.0 °C6 January 1972	27.1 °C	1,849 mm	86
1971	32.2 °C11 March 1971	23.4 °C15 January 1971	26.9 °C	1,838 mm	98
1970	33.4 °C19 March 1970	23.5 °C28 December 1970	27.3 °C	1,984 mm	131
1969	33.5 °C7 February 1969	23.7 °C23 September 1969	27.4 °C	1,929 mm	124
1968	32.5 °C12 March 1968	23.4 °C16 January 1968	27.3 °C	1,437 mm	121
1967	32.3 °C7 March 1967	22.2 °C18 January 1967	27.0 °C	1,773 mm	96
1966	31.5 °C10 March 1966	23.8 °C27 January 1966	26.7 °C	2,292 mm	21
1965	32.5 °C8 March 1965	22.8 °C26 January 1965	26.9 °C	1,921 mm	87
1964	33.6 °C12 March 1964	23.4 °C15 December 1964	27.3 °C	2,084 mm	164
1963	33.6 °C9 April 1963	22.9 °C15 January 1963	27.3 °C	1,367 mm	143
1962	32.8 °C15 February 1962	23.5 °C4 February 1962	27.3 °C	1,572 mm	176
1961	32.5 °C8 February 1961	22.9 °C20 January 1961	27.4 °C	1,259 mm	165
1960	32.7 °C10 February 1960	23.4 °C18 January 1960	27.3 °C	1,635 mm	129
1959	33.4 °C16 March 1959	23.9 °C13 November 1959	27.1 °C	1,768 mm	85
1958	33.3 °C15 April 1958	23.5 °C30 November 1958	27.5 °C	1,718 mm	178
1957	32.3 °C18 February 1957	22.6 °C4 January 1957	27.0 °C	1,868 mm	83
1956	32.1 °C4 March 1956	23.2 °C29 December 1956	26.6 °C	2,237 mm	48
1955	33.2 °C14 March 1955	23.5 °C2 December 1955	26.9 °C	2,242 mm	87
1954	32.0 °C6 February 1954	23.8 °C5 March 1954	26.7 °C	2,611 mm	43
1953	31.1 °C23 March 1953	23.5 °C8 January 1953	26.8 °C	2,450 mm	33
1952	31.9 °C22 February 1952	23.6 °C14 December 1952	27.1 °C	1,932 mm	68
1951	32.1 °C7 March 1951	23.9 °C16 January 1951	27.5 °C	1,171 mm	109
1950	33.2 °C2 March 1950	23.8 °C29 October 1950	27.0 °C	2,149 mm	83
1949	32.1 °C28 February 1949	23.9 °C11 January 1949	27.8 °C	489 mm	201
1948	31.8 °C28 December 1948	23.6 °C16 January 1948	26.9 °C	1,580 mm	66
1947	30.0 °C13 June 1947	23.5 °C31 December 1947	26.4 °C	2,706 mm	1
1946	30.6 °C22 June 1946	23.5 °C22 December 1946	26.6 °C	2,135 mm	12
1945	29.8 °C12 March 1945	23.4 °C18 March 1945	26.3 °C	3,023 mm	0
1944	31.6 °C12 March 1944	22.3 °C6 December 1944	26.7 °C	2,338 mm	63
1943	31.9 °C23 February 1943	23.1 °C20 March 1943	26.6 °C	2,341 mm	62
1942	31.2 °C14 March 1942	23.3 °C12 November 1942	26.5 °C	2,059 mm	25
1941	31.1 °C4 March 1941	23.5 °C27 September 1941	26.5 °C	2,715 mm	13
1940	32.1 °C2 March 1940	23.0 °C24 January 1940	26.7 °C	1,976 mm	39

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

30.3 °C

+0.7 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

243 d/yr

+110

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

2171 mm

+185 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	30.8 °C	+0.6 °C	47 mm	+3 mm
Feb	31.2 °C	+0.4 °C	39 mm	-5 mm
Mar	31.6 °C	+1.0 °C	68 mm	-29 mm
Apr	30.5 °C	+0.4 °C	251 mm	+80 mm
May	30.5 °C	+0.7 °C	257 mm	+49 mm
Jun	30.3 °C	+0.6 °C	123 mm	-32 mm
Jul	31.2 °C	+1.9 °C	63 mm	-115 mm
Aug	29.9 °C	+0.8 °C	154 mm	-47 mm
Sep	29.8 °C	+1.1 °C	204 mm	-47 mm
Oct	29.3 °C	+0.8 °C	302 mm	+4 mm
Nov	28.5 °C	-0.2 °C	637 mm	+402 mm
Dec	30.5 °C	+1.4 °C	26 mm	-79 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

32.9 °C

17 Mar 2025

Coldest day

23.9 °C

31 Jan 2025

Wettest day

110.2 mm

21 Nov 2025

Windiest day

35.3 km/h

22 Oct 2025

Strongest gust

66.2 km/h

25 Nov 2025

Hottest feels-like

40.0 °C

31 Jul 2025

Coldest feels-like

25.0 °C

31 Jan 2025

Sunniest day

12.4 h

29 Jun 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Kuah?

Kuah has a tropical monsoon climate (Köppen Am). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 27.4 °C and it receives 1,986 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Kuah?

The hottest day measured in Kuah between 1940 and 2025 was 18 March 2010, reaching 34.9 °C.

What is the coldest day in Kuah?

The coldest day measured in Kuah between 1940 and 2025 was 18 January 1967, at 22.2 °C.

Does it snow in Kuah?

Almost never: Kuah sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.

Has the climate of Kuah warmed?

Yes: Kuah warmed by +1.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Kuah?

The wettest day measured in Kuah between 1940 and 2025 was 10 April 1945, with 190 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Kuah?

The windiest day measured in Kuah between 1940 and 2025 was 17 September 2024, with winds reaching 37.4 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Kuah?

The warmest month in Kuah is March (28.0 °C on average); the coldest is October (26.7 °C).

How much does it rain in Kuah?

Kuah receives on average 1,986 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 248 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Kuah?

Kuah gets on average 10.3 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,760 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Kuah?

Yes: Kuah has on average 365 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Kuah?

In Kuah, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 41.7 °C on 14 April 2010, and the lowest was 22.1 °C on 15 January 1972.

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