Kuantan climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Kuantan?

Kuantan has a tropical rainforest climate (Köppen Af). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 26.2 °C and it receives 2,275 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in Kuantan between 1940 and 2025 was 26 May 1998, reaching 36.1 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Kuantan?

The coldest day measured in Kuantan between 1940 and 2025 was 5 January 1957, at 19.1 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Kuantan?

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

Q: Has the climate of Kuantan warmed?

Yes: Kuantan warmed by +1.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Kuantan?

The wettest day measured in Kuantan between 1940 and 2025 was 7 December 2013, with 261 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Kuantan?

The windiest day measured in Kuantan between 1940 and 2025 was 27 February 2023, with winds reaching 32.1 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Kuantan?

The warmest month in Kuantan is May (27.2 °C on average); the coldest is January (25.1 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Kuantan?

Kuantan receives on average 2,275 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 280 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Kuantan?

Kuantan gets on average 10.4 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,796 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Kuantan (Malaysia) has a tropical rainforest climate (Af) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 26.2 °C and it receives 2,275 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 (27.2 °C on average) and the coldest is January (25.1 °C). Rainfall peaks in November.

Kuantan averages 0 frost days, 202 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 280 rainy days per year.

Kuantan has warmed by +1.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.22 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 36.1 °C (on 26 May 1998) and the coldest 19.1 °C (on 5 January 1957).

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

KuantanPahang

coords: 3.81°, 103.33°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

AfTropical rainforestWarmest monthMayColdest monthJanuaryWettest monthNovemberDriest monthFebruary

Mean daily temperature

26.2°C

Average daily high

30.0°C

Average daily low

23.6°C

Annual rainfall

2,275mm

Sunshine / day

10.4h

Mean relative humidity

86%

Average peak wind

13.7km/h

Seasonal range

2.1°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

202 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

280 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

36.0 °C

Average feels-like low

28.0 °C

Average peak gust

29.8 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

365 d/yr

Solar radiation

19.5 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+1.9 °C

since 1940

+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.79 · 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

36.1 °C

26 May 1998

Coldest day

19.1 °C

5 January 1957

Wettest day

261 mm

7 December 2013

Windiest day

32.1 km/h

27 February 2023

Strongest gust

64.8 km/h

9 January 1986

Hottest feels-like

44.1 °C

1 May 2024

Coldest feels-like

21.0 °C

4 January 1972

Sunniest day

12.0 h

19 April 1940

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	33.8 °C30 October 2025	21.9 °C2 February 2025	26.9 °C	2,741 mm	260
2024	35.5 °C29 March 2024	23.1 °C5 February 2024	27.8 °C	2,571 mm	305
2023	35.0 °C13 May 2023	22.4 °C6 March 2023	27.3 °C	3,085 mm	270
2022	34.5 °C9 July 2022	22.4 °C12 February 2022	26.9 °C	3,145 mm	263
2021	34.0 °C21 March 2021	22.3 °C4 January 2021	26.9 °C	2,763 mm	261
2020	34.7 °C12 April 2020	22.8 °C22 December 2020	27.2 °C	2,366 mm	304
2019	34.9 °C23 March 2019	22.6 °C4 March 2019	27.4 °C	1,638 mm	306
2018	35.0 °C12 May 2018	21.4 °C11 February 2018	27.1 °C	2,613 mm	279
2017	33.7 °C21 April 2017	22.9 °C25 January 2017	27.0 °C	2,856 mm	274
2016	35.5 °C19 April 2016	22.8 °C22 February 2016	27.6 °C	2,436 mm	302
2015	34.9 °C17 April 2015	21.4 °C14 February 2015	27.2 °C	1,714 mm	289
2014	34.1 °C13 May 2014	20.7 °C2 February 2014	26.9 °C	2,485 mm	272
2013	34.3 °C19 June 2013	22.9 °C26 January 2013	26.8 °C	2,871 mm	244
2012	33.4 °C3 May 2012	22.5 °C24 January 2012	26.6 °C	3,069 mm	240
2011	33.0 °C24 May 2011	21.5 °C20 January 2011	26.4 °C	3,011 mm	219
2010	34.9 °C14 April 2010	21.8 °C2 February 2010	27.1 °C	2,540 mm	276
2009	33.6 °C22 April 2009	21.9 °C20 January 2009	26.7 °C	2,860 mm	244
2008	32.8 °C18 April 2008	21.6 °C16 January 2008	26.4 °C	2,799 mm	230
2007	33.0 °C30 September 2007	21.5 °C31 January 2007	26.6 °C	2,938 mm	237
2006	32.9 °C28 April 2006	22.7 °C13 March 2006	26.6 °C	2,431 mm	251
2005	33.9 °C3 May 2005	20.1 °C26 January 2005	26.7 °C	2,502 mm	259
2004	34.4 °C19 May 2004	22.0 °C22 February 2004	26.6 °C	1,903 mm	219
2003	33.3 °C29 May 2003	22.3 °C27 January 2003	26.6 °C	2,334 mm	223
2002	33.9 °C29 March 2002	21.5 °C16 January 2002	26.9 °C	1,838 mm	274
2001	33.2 °C8 May 2001	22.4 °C1 February 2001	26.5 °C	3,071 mm	242
2000	33.2 °C29 May 2000	21.5 °C4 February 2000	26.4 °C	2,439 mm	219
1999	32.9 °C28 April 1999	21.8 °C26 December 1999	26.3 °C	2,555 mm	222
1998	36.1 °C26 May 1998	22.7 °C10 December 1998	27.4 °C	2,339 mm	292
1997	35.9 °C29 May 1997	21.0 °C3 January 1997	26.7 °C	1,843 mm	246
1996	34.0 °C20 April 1996	20.5 °C4 January 1996	26.4 °C	2,413 mm	231
1995	33.6 °C24 April 1995	22.1 °C15 March 1995	26.4 °C	2,514 mm	218
1994	32.8 °C4 May 1994	20.8 °C25 February 1994	26.2 °C	2,139 mm	203
1993	32.6 °C8 May 1993	21.3 °C22 February 1993	26.2 °C	2,556 mm	206
1992	35.3 °C21 April 1992	22.2 °C24 January 1992	26.4 °C	2,268 mm	236
1991	32.9 °C17 June 1991	21.0 °C5 March 1991	26.2 °C	2,580 mm	214
1990	33.3 °C25 August 1990	20.9 °C20 January 1990	26.4 °C	2,128 mm	233
1989	32.5 °C22 April 1989	20.5 °C15 February 1989	26.0 °C	2,443 mm	199
1988	33.6 °C23 May 1988	22.0 °C17 December 1988	26.3 °C	2,601 mm	214
1987	32.5 °C18 November 1987	20.8 °C4 January 1987	26.3 °C	2,576 mm	248
1986	33.6 °C15 August 1986	21.8 °C21 January 1986	26.1 °C	2,307 mm	228
1985	32.8 °C22 June 1985	20.4 °C23 June 1985	25.9 °C	2,452 mm	193
1984	32.4 °C29 April 1984	21.0 °C7 March 1984	25.7 °C	2,808 mm	174
1983	35.4 °C10 April 1983	21.2 °C6 February 1983	26.7 °C	1,928 mm	278
1982	34.3 °C25 March 1982	20.9 °C19 January 1982	26.2 °C	1,441 mm	231
1981	34.1 °C1 July 1981	21.5 °C26 January 1981	26.4 °C	1,692 mm	246
1980	33.3 °C6 June 1980	20.9 °C25 January 1980	26.3 °C	2,152 mm	235
1979	34.4 °C18 May 1979	20.5 °C15 January 1979	26.2 °C	1,890 mm	223
1978	33.7 °C31 May 1978	20.2 °C1 February 1978	26.0 °C	1,800 mm	203
1977	33.4 °C7 June 1977	20.9 °C17 January 1977	25.9 °C	1,478 mm	199
1976	33.6 °C24 May 1976	19.8 °C22 January 1976	25.7 °C	1,562 mm	189
1975	32.5 °C29 April 1975	21.1 °C17 February 1975	25.6 °C	2,034 mm	173
1974	32.4 °C5 November 1974	20.5 °C19 March 1974	25.6 °C	1,775 mm	151
1973	33.0 °C18 April 1973	20.5 °C3 March 1973	26.1 °C	1,886 mm	212
1972	33.2 °C5 April 1972	19.4 °C3 January 1972	26.0 °C	1,604 mm	211
1971	32.0 °C19 September 1971	20.4 °C29 January 1971	25.4 °C	2,645 mm	142
1970	33.3 °C30 April 1970	20.0 °C23 February 1970	25.9 °C	2,422 mm	199
1969	32.7 °C8 May 1969	20.9 °C6 March 1969	26.0 °C	2,180 mm	216
1968	32.1 °C28 May 1968	20.5 °C25 January 1968	25.7 °C	2,058 mm	179
1967	32.8 °C16 August 1967	20.3 °C17 January 1967	25.5 °C	2,299 mm	170
1966	32.2 °C26 April 1966	21.2 °C4 January 1966	25.7 °C	2,784 mm	163
1965	32.4 °C2 May 1965	20.3 °C19 January 1965	25.5 °C	2,000 mm	152
1964	33.2 °C22 May 1964	21.4 °C19 March 1964	25.7 °C	2,398 mm	173
1963	32.9 °C9 May 1963	20.2 °C14 January 1963	25.6 °C	1,658 mm	173
1962	33.5 °C30 May 1962	20.4 °C7 February 1962	25.6 °C	2,087 mm	169
1961	33.1 °C25 March 1961	20.7 °C4 February 1961	25.7 °C	1,782 mm	184
1960	32.8 °C30 May 1960	20.3 °C19 March 1960	25.8 °C	2,057 mm	188
1959	33.8 °C23 April 1959	20.5 °C21 February 1959	25.8 °C	1,845 mm	154
1958	33.3 °C26 April 1958	19.5 °C27 February 1958	26.1 °C	2,145 mm	197
1957	32.5 °C22 April 1957	19.1 °C5 January 1957	25.6 °C	2,179 mm	136
1956	32.5 °C5 May 1956	20.3 °C22 January 1956	25.4 °C	2,734 mm	109
1955	32.6 °C17 April 1955	20.6 °C9 January 1955	25.5 °C	3,028 mm	152
1954	32.3 °C12 November 1954	20.3 °C31 December 1954	25.5 °C	2,882 mm	112
1953	32.2 °C29 August 1953	21.5 °C14 December 1953	25.9 °C	1,875 mm	169
1952	32.1 °C16 August 1952	21.4 °C23 January 1952	26.0 °C	1,999 mm	176
1951	34.3 °C16 June 1951	20.7 °C30 January 1951	26.1 °C	1,088 mm	190
1950	32.2 °C12 March 1950	21.6 °C23 February 1950	25.8 °C	1,903 mm	182
1949	32.9 °C25 October 1949	20.3 °C22 May 1949	26.0 °C	299 mm	190
1948	32.4 °C9 June 1948	19.9 °C1 March 1948	25.5 °C	1,622 mm	120
1947	30.7 °C29 August 1947	21.2 °C26 December 1947	25.2 °C	2,683 mm	20
1946	31.6 °C15 July 1946	20.9 °C27 January 1946	25.3 °C	2,332 mm	56
1945	30.7 °C18 May 1945	20.7 °C15 January 1945	25.0 °C	3,418 mm	23
1944	34.1 °C19 June 1944	20.2 °C28 January 1944	25.6 °C	1,818 mm	133
1943	33.8 °C26 June 1943	19.5 °C4 February 1943	25.4 °C	1,820 mm	110
1942	31.4 °C22 March 1942	20.0 °C31 December 1942	25.3 °C	2,595 mm	67
1941	31.6 °C27 April 1941	20.0 °C15 January 1941	25.3 °C	2,322 mm	37
1940	32.3 °C17 March 1940	19.8 °C30 January 1940	25.5 °C	1,921 mm	94

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

30.5 °C

+0.5 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

260 d/yr

+58

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

2741 mm

+466 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	28.5 °C	+0.3 °C	194 mm	+26 mm
Feb	29.7 °C	+0.6 °C	84 mm	-13 mm
Mar	30.4 °C	+0.2 °C	195 mm	+66 mm
Apr	30.9 °C	-0.1 °C	262 mm	+112 mm
May	31.8 °C	+0.5 °C	320 mm	+138 mm
Jun	31.3 °C	+0.2 °C	154 mm	+5 mm
Jul	31.4 °C	+0.8 °C	107 mm	-41 mm
Aug	30.9 °C	+0.3 °C	179 mm	+2 mm
Sep	30.9 °C	+0.3 °C	202 mm	-8 mm
Oct	31.3 °C	+1.1 °C	201 mm	-69 mm
Nov	29.9 °C	+0.8 °C	586 mm	+286 mm
Dec	29.3 °C	+1.1 °C	257 mm	-37 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

33.8 °C

30 Oct 2025

Coldest day

21.9 °C

2 Feb 2025

Wettest day

177.3 mm

28 Nov 2025

Windiest day

30.9 km/h

12 Jan 2025

Strongest gust

53.3 km/h

11 Jan 2025

Hottest feels-like

41.8 °C

11 May 2025

Coldest feels-like

24.1 °C

11 Jan 2025

Sunniest day

12.0 h

19 Apr 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Kuantan?

Kuantan has a tropical rainforest climate (Köppen Af). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 26.2 °C and it receives 2,275 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Kuantan?

The hottest day measured in Kuantan between 1940 and 2025 was 26 May 1998, reaching 36.1 °C.

What is the coldest day in Kuantan?

The coldest day measured in Kuantan between 1940 and 2025 was 5 January 1957, at 19.1 °C.

Does it snow in Kuantan?

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

Has the climate of Kuantan warmed?

Yes: Kuantan warmed by +1.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Kuantan?

The wettest day measured in Kuantan between 1940 and 2025 was 7 December 2013, with 261 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Kuantan?

The windiest day measured in Kuantan between 1940 and 2025 was 27 February 2023, with winds reaching 32.1 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Kuantan?

The warmest month in Kuantan is May (27.2 °C on average); the coldest is January (25.1 °C).

How much does it rain in Kuantan?

Kuantan receives on average 2,275 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 280 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Kuantan?

Kuantan gets on average 10.4 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,796 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Kuantan?

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

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Kuantan?

In Kuantan, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 44.1 °C on 1 May 2024, and the lowest was 21.0 °C on 4 January 1972.

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