Kuala Pilah climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Kuala Pilah?

Kuala Pilah has a tropical rainforest climate (Köppen Af). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 25.6 °C and it receives 2,077 mm of precipitation per year.

Q: What is the hottest day ever recorded in Kuala Pilah?

The hottest day measured in Kuala Pilah between 1940 and 2025 was 1 April 2016, reaching 38.1 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Kuala Pilah?

The coldest day measured in Kuala Pilah between 1940 and 2025 was 4 January 1943, at 16.2 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Kuala Pilah?

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

Q: Has the climate of Kuala Pilah warmed?

Yes: Kuala Pilah warmed by +2.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Kuala Pilah?

The wettest day measured in Kuala Pilah between 1940 and 2025 was 26 December 2014, with 279 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Kuala Pilah?

The windiest day measured in Kuala Pilah between 1940 and 2025 was 28 February 1963, with winds reaching 25.0 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Kuala Pilah?

The warmest month in Kuala Pilah is May (26.4 °C on average); the coldest is December (24.8 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Kuala Pilah?

Kuala Pilah receives on average 2,077 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 287 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Kuala Pilah?

Kuala Pilah gets on average 10.0 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,650 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Kuala Pilah (Malaysia) has a tropical rainforest climate (Af) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 25.6 °C and it receives 2,077 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 May (26.4 °C on average) and the coldest is December (24.8 °C). Rainfall peaks in November.

Kuala Pilah averages 0 frost days, 214 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 287 rainy days per year.

Kuala Pilah has warmed by +2.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.27 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 38.1 °C (on 1 April 2016) and the coldest 16.2 °C (on 4 January 1943).

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

Kuala PilahNegeri Sembilan

coords: 2.74°, 102.25°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

AfTropical rainforestWarmest monthMayColdest monthDecemberWettest monthNovemberDriest monthFebruary

Mean daily temperature

25.6°C

Average daily high

30.3°C

Average daily low

22.4°C

Annual rainfall

2,077mm

Sunshine / day

10.0h

Mean relative humidity

85%

Average peak wind

9.6km/h

Seasonal range

1.6°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

214 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

287 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

36.0 °C

Average feels-like low

26.6 °C

Average peak gust

27.3 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

359 d/yr

Solar radiation

18.2 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+2.3 °C

since 1940

+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.83 · 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

38.1 °C

1 April 2016

Coldest day

16.2 °C

4 January 1943

Wettest day

279 mm

26 December 2014

Windiest day

25.0 km/h

28 February 1963

Strongest gust

64.8 km/h

21 February 1955

Hottest feels-like

43.9 °C

23 March 2024

Coldest feels-like

17.2 °C

4 January 1943

Sunniest day

12.0 h

28 September 1941

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	34.7 °C31 October 2025	21.0 °C31 January 2025	26.5 °C	1,955 mm	283
2024	37.2 °C23 March 2024	21.5 °C10 February 2024	27.1 °C	2,809 mm	302
2023	36.5 °C13 May 2023	20.0 °C6 March 2023	27.0 °C	2,274 mm	306
2022	35.3 °C20 February 2022	21.6 °C14 January 2022	26.6 °C	2,271 mm	295
2021	36.3 °C26 February 2021	20.7 °C5 February 2021	26.6 °C	2,128 mm	292
2020	36.3 °C2 March 2020	21.8 °C27 December 2020	26.9 °C	2,337 mm	307
2019	37.3 °C9 February 2019	21.8 °C2 October 2019	27.1 °C	1,817 mm	333
2018	35.2 °C15 March 2018	20.9 °C12 January 2018	26.6 °C	2,294 mm	297
2017	33.7 °C17 April 2017	21.6 °C25 January 2017	26.6 °C	2,423 mm	280
2016	38.1 °C1 April 2016	22.3 °C23 July 2016	27.5 °C	1,929 mm	328
2015	36.9 °C28 February 2015	20.3 °C17 January 2015	26.8 °C	1,933 mm	324
2014	35.6 °C27 March 2014	18.6 °C1 February 2014	26.6 °C	2,615 mm	280
2013	34.3 °C16 April 2013	21.6 °C7 August 2013	26.4 °C	2,279 mm	280
2012	33.1 °C4 May 2012	21.1 °C9 February 2012	26.1 °C	2,386 mm	263
2011	34.2 °C9 May 2011	20.6 °C20 January 2011	26.1 °C	2,364 mm	255
2010	35.9 °C9 March 2010	20.9 °C27 December 2010	26.6 °C	2,304 mm	296
2009	35.3 °C21 February 2009	20.4 °C20 January 2009	26.3 °C	2,256 mm	277
2008	33.3 °C24 February 2008	19.8 °C11 February 2008	25.9 °C	2,554 mm	253
2007	33.6 °C16 February 2007	19.7 °C3 December 2007	26.0 °C	2,409 mm	233
2006	35.0 °C17 March 2006	21.3 °C20 September 2006	26.1 °C	2,398 mm	270
2005	36.3 °C19 February 2005	20.1 °C21 January 2005	26.8 °C	1,823 mm	292
2004	35.2 °C20 April 2004	20.1 °C15 December 2004	26.2 °C	1,923 mm	269
2003	35.6 °C18 March 2003	20.9 °C28 January 2003	26.3 °C	1,906 mm	271
2002	37.1 °C13 March 2002	19.7 °C2 January 2002	26.5 °C	1,849 mm	306
2001	33.1 °C21 April 2001	19.9 °C1 March 2001	26.0 °C	2,425 mm	271
2000	32.9 °C27 April 2000	20.6 °C22 January 2000	25.9 °C	2,299 mm	254
1999	33.0 °C12 April 1999	20.0 °C13 September 1999	25.7 °C	2,359 mm	235
1998	37.9 °C28 February 1998	21.1 °C9 December 1998	26.9 °C	2,141 mm	301
1997	33.5 °C22 April 1997	19.2 °C3 January 1997	26.0 °C	2,018 mm	289
1996	36.0 °C17 March 1996	20.0 °C5 January 1996	25.8 °C	2,297 mm	237
1995	33.5 °C11 March 1995	20.4 °C7 February 1995	25.8 °C	2,544 mm	235
1994	33.2 °C28 February 1994	19.8 °C18 January 1994	25.7 °C	1,985 mm	232
1993	32.8 °C26 April 1993	18.4 °C24 February 1993	25.7 °C	2,427 mm	234
1992	34.1 °C30 March 1992	19.5 °C13 January 1992	25.7 °C	2,014 mm	235
1991	34.8 °C10 March 1991	19.5 °C21 February 1991	25.6 °C	2,377 mm	229
1990	36.2 °C4 March 1990	18.9 °C25 December 1990	25.9 °C	1,915 mm	265
1989	34.0 °C15 February 1989	19.4 °C15 February 1989	25.5 °C	2,305 mm	227
1988	34.0 °C29 February 1988	20.1 °C30 December 1988	25.7 °C	2,257 mm	238
1987	35.0 °C28 February 1987	19.8 °C4 January 1987	25.9 °C	2,362 mm	267
1986	33.2 °C14 August 1986	19.4 °C11 February 1986	25.3 °C	2,058 mm	210
1985	33.1 °C21 February 1985	17.8 °C17 January 1985	25.3 °C	2,126 mm	222
1984	32.3 °C20 May 1984	19.3 °C7 March 1984	25.0 °C	2,750 mm	177
1983	37.4 °C18 April 1983	19.8 °C24 December 1983	26.2 °C	1,809 mm	269
1982	35.1 °C20 February 1982	18.9 °C28 July 1982	25.5 °C	1,783 mm	246
1981	33.8 °C17 March 1981	18.7 °C3 March 1981	25.6 °C	1,607 mm	260
1980	34.2 °C29 January 1980	18.8 °C4 January 1980	25.6 °C	1,863 mm	251
1979	36.9 °C27 March 1979	18.7 °C16 January 1979	25.8 °C	1,823 mm	269
1978	35.2 °C8 March 1978	19.7 °C31 December 1978	25.9 °C	1,608 mm	288
1977	35.5 °C11 April 1977	18.5 °C7 January 1977	25.7 °C	1,599 mm	256
1976	34.0 °C15 February 1976	18.4 °C10 January 1976	25.3 °C	1,584 mm	224
1975	33.0 °C14 May 1975	18.5 °C21 January 1975	25.0 °C	1,915 mm	203
1974	33.2 °C20 March 1974	18.6 °C16 January 1974	25.1 °C	1,683 mm	198
1973	34.3 °C20 February 1973	19.1 °C31 December 1973	25.4 °C	1,899 mm	222
1972	32.9 °C24 March 1972	18.6 °C17 February 1972	25.3 °C	1,844 mm	212
1971	34.8 °C22 April 1971	18.8 °C29 January 1971	24.9 °C	2,051 mm	188
1970	35.5 °C9 March 1970	18.9 °C3 February 1970	25.3 °C	1,996 mm	197
1969	33.4 °C5 May 1969	18.4 °C6 March 1969	25.2 °C	2,165 mm	186
1968	35.0 °C28 February 1968	19.2 °C28 January 1968	25.2 °C	1,950 mm	197
1967	32.9 °C30 March 1967	18.1 °C17 January 1967	24.8 °C	2,037 mm	120
1966	32.2 °C30 April 1966	18.8 °C25 February 1966	24.9 °C	2,572 mm	127
1965	33.2 °C11 March 1965	17.8 °C14 January 1965	25.0 °C	2,051 mm	196
1964	34.2 °C30 January 1964	18.9 °C2 February 1964	25.4 °C	2,019 mm	236
1963	36.8 °C2 May 1963	18.1 °C14 January 1963	25.7 °C	1,378 mm	247
1962	33.5 °C25 April 1962	18.9 °C7 February 1962	25.2 °C	1,763 mm	214
1961	35.0 °C4 March 1961	19.1 °C21 January 1961	25.4 °C	1,423 mm	250
1960	33.5 °C23 March 1960	19.5 °C27 January 1960	25.4 °C	1,808 mm	234
1959	35.4 °C5 March 1959	19.2 °C16 March 1959	25.2 °C	2,081 mm	181
1958	33.7 °C28 February 1958	18.7 °C25 February 1958	25.4 °C	1,829 mm	209
1957	32.3 °C24 February 1957	18.2 °C16 February 1957	24.9 °C	2,226 mm	108
1956	32.0 °C28 April 1956	17.7 °C10 March 1956	24.6 °C	2,502 mm	98
1955	32.0 °C5 June 1955	17.5 °C13 February 1955	24.8 °C	2,261 mm	129
1954	31.9 °C7 June 1954	18.8 °C26 February 1954	24.7 °C	2,742 mm	87
1953	31.7 °C5 November 1953	19.8 °C9 January 1953	25.1 °C	1,926 mm	139
1952	32.1 °C24 March 1952	19.7 °C29 July 1952	25.1 °C	2,149 mm	120
1951	33.0 °C22 March 1951	18.8 °C30 January 1951	25.2 °C	1,377 mm	145
1950	32.3 °C8 March 1950	19.6 °C23 February 1950	25.0 °C	2,033 mm	144
1949	33.0 °C11 February 1949	18.6 °C24 January 1949	25.4 °C	278 mm	211
1948	32.1 °C13 March 1948	17.9 °C29 February 1948	24.6 °C	1,550 mm	57
1947	30.4 °C5 March 1947	18.5 °C31 December 1947	24.3 °C	2,542 mm	7
1946	31.0 °C16 July 1946	18.6 °C28 January 1946	24.5 °C	2,026 mm	31
1945	30.0 °C4 May 1945	19.4 °C30 December 1945	24.2 °C	2,665 mm	1
1944	32.1 °C15 February 1944	17.6 °C8 February 1944	24.7 °C	1,804 mm	67
1943	33.1 °C23 February 1943	16.2 °C4 January 1943	24.4 °C	1,904 mm	39
1942	30.6 °C23 March 1942	18.0 °C18 February 1942	24.3 °C	2,215 mm	19
1941	30.5 °C27 February 1941	18.4 °C15 January 1941	24.5 °C	2,356 mm	14
1940	32.5 °C3 March 1940	16.8 °C8 February 1940	24.6 °C	2,034 mm	40

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

30.9 °C

+0.6 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

283 d/yr

+69

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

1955 mm

-122 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	29.4 °C	-0.1 °C	149 mm	+35 mm
Feb	31.1 °C	+0.2 °C	80 mm	-22 mm
Mar	31.2 °C	-0.3 °C	184 mm	+23 mm
Apr	31.6 °C	+0.3 °C	257 mm	+65 mm
May	31.8 °C	+0.8 °C	159 mm	-30 mm
Jun	31.4 °C	+0.8 °C	69 mm	-66 mm
Jul	31.5 °C	+1.4 °C	72 mm	-73 mm
Aug	31.1 °C	+1.1 °C	137 mm	-36 mm
Sep	30.4 °C	+0.4 °C	172 mm	-25 mm
Oct	31.5 °C	+1.3 °C	144 mm	-83 mm
Nov	30.7 °C	+1.0 °C	305 mm	+54 mm
Dec	29.9 °C	+0.8 °C	228 mm	+36 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

34.7 °C

31 Oct 2025

Coldest day

21.0 °C

31 Jan 2025

Wettest day

76.4 mm

28 Nov 2025

Windiest day

22.1 km/h

17 Jan 2025

Strongest gust

52.6 km/h

17 Jan 2025

Hottest feels-like

41.4 °C

24 May 2025

Coldest feels-like

23.9 °C

31 Jan 2025

Sunniest day

12.0 h

7 Oct 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Kuala Pilah?

Kuala Pilah has a tropical rainforest climate (Köppen Af). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 25.6 °C and it receives 2,077 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Kuala Pilah?

The hottest day measured in Kuala Pilah between 1940 and 2025 was 1 April 2016, reaching 38.1 °C.

What is the coldest day in Kuala Pilah?

The coldest day measured in Kuala Pilah between 1940 and 2025 was 4 January 1943, at 16.2 °C.

Does it snow in Kuala Pilah?

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

Has the climate of Kuala Pilah warmed?

Yes: Kuala Pilah warmed by +2.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Kuala Pilah?

The wettest day measured in Kuala Pilah between 1940 and 2025 was 26 December 2014, with 279 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Kuala Pilah?

The windiest day measured in Kuala Pilah between 1940 and 2025 was 28 February 1963, with winds reaching 25.0 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Kuala Pilah?

The warmest month in Kuala Pilah is May (26.4 °C on average); the coldest is December (24.8 °C).

How much does it rain in Kuala Pilah?

Kuala Pilah receives on average 2,077 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 287 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Kuala Pilah?

Kuala Pilah gets on average 10.0 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,650 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Kuala Pilah?

Yes: Kuala Pilah has on average 359 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Kuala Pilah?

In Kuala Pilah, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 43.9 °C on 23 March 2024, and the lowest was 17.2 °C on 4 January 1943.

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