Bukit Timah climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Bukit Timah?

Bukit Timah has a tropical rainforest climate (Köppen Af). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 26.9 °C and it receives 2,098 mm of precipitation per year.

Q: What is the hottest day ever recorded in Bukit Timah?

The hottest day measured in Bukit Timah between 1940 and 2025 was 26 May 2025, reaching 30.9 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Bukit Timah?

The coldest day measured in Bukit Timah between 1940 and 2025 was 14 January 1965, at 23.3 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Bukit Timah?

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

Q: Has the climate of Bukit Timah warmed?

Yes: Bukit Timah warmed by +0.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Bukit Timah?

The wettest day measured in Bukit Timah between 1940 and 2025 was 7 December 1991, with 236 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Bukit Timah?

The windiest day measured in Bukit Timah between 1940 and 2025 was 16 January 1951, with winds reaching 47.4 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Bukit Timah?

The warmest month in Bukit Timah is June (27.7 °C on average); the coldest is January (25.9 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Bukit Timah?

Bukit Timah receives on average 2,098 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 274 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Bukit Timah?

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

Bukit Timah (Singapore) has a tropical rainforest climate (Af) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 26.9 °C and it receives 2,098 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 June (27.7 °C on average) and the coldest is January (25.9 °C). Rainfall peaks in November.

Bukit Timah averages 0 frost days, 1 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 274 rainy days per year.

Bukit Timah has warmed by +0.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.10 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 30.9 °C (on 26 May 2025) and the coldest 23.3 °C (on 14 January 1965).

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

Bukit Timah

coords: 1.33°, 103.79°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

AfTropical rainforestWarmest monthJuneColdest monthJanuaryWettest monthNovemberDriest monthFebruary

Mean daily temperature

26.9°C

Average daily high

27.9°C

Average daily low

25.9°C

Annual rainfall

2,098mm

Sunshine / day

10.4h

Mean relative humidity

82%

Average peak wind

19.0km/h

Seasonal range

1.8°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

1 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

274 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

32.7 °C

Average feels-like low

29.4 °C

Average peak gust

28.0 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

365 d/yr

Solar radiation

18.8 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+0.9 °C

since 1940

+0.1 °C per decade · r² = 0.62 · 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

30.9 °C

26 May 2025

Coldest day

23.3 °C

14 January 1965

Wettest day

236 mm

7 December 1991

Windiest day

47.4 km/h

16 January 1951

Strongest gust

63.0 km/h

16 January 1951

Hottest feels-like

38.4 °C

26 April 1998

Coldest feels-like

23.4 °C

6 January 1974

Sunniest day

12.0 h

19 April 1940

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	30.9 °C26 May 2025	24.7 °C31 January 2025	27.5 °C	2,647 mm	9
2024	30.7 °C5 April 2024	25.1 °C7 January 2024	27.8 °C	2,812 mm	11
2023	30.4 °C10 May 2023	24.4 °C8 April 2023	27.4 °C	2,607 mm	3
2022	30.1 °C12 May 2022	24.1 °C1 January 2022	27.3 °C	2,578 mm	2
2021	29.8 °C1 April 2021	24.7 °C14 January 2021	27.2 °C	2,390 mm	0
2020	30.1 °C21 May 2020	24.9 °C26 September 2020	27.4 °C	2,593 mm	3
2019	30.2 °C20 March 2019	24.6 °C14 December 2019	27.5 °C	2,013 mm	3
2018	29.9 °C20 December 2018	24.2 °C11 January 2018	27.2 °C	2,447 mm	0
2017	30.2 °C18 October 2017	24.7 °C24 January 2017	27.3 °C	2,583 mm	1
2016	30.2 °C23 May 2016	24.8 °C26 October 2016	27.7 °C	2,350 mm	7
2015	29.6 °C30 May 2015	24.2 °C4 February 2015	27.2 °C	1,767 mm	0
2014	30.1 °C21 June 2014	23.7 °C1 February 2014	27.2 °C	2,182 mm	2
2013	30.1 °C16 April 2013	24.3 °C19 January 2013	27.2 °C	2,354 mm	4
2012	29.6 °C17 June 2012	24.5 °C10 January 2012	27.0 °C	2,246 mm	0
2011	29.8 °C8 May 2011	24.1 °C31 January 2011	26.9 °C	2,350 mm	0
2010	30.1 °C4 March 2010	24.4 °C30 December 2010	27.4 °C	2,268 mm	5
2009	30.0 °C17 May 2009	24.3 °C3 February 2009	27.2 °C	1,806 mm	1
2008	29.5 °C18 May 2008	23.9 °C1 April 2008	26.8 °C	2,370 mm	0
2007	29.6 °C8 March 2007	24.5 °C31 January 2007	26.9 °C	2,772 mm	0
2006	30.2 °C15 March 2006	24.7 °C2 January 2006	27.0 °C	2,204 mm	1
2005	30.2 °C22 February 2005	24.5 °C26 January 2005	27.3 °C	1,944 mm	3
2004	30.1 °C10 May 2004	23.9 °C29 December 2004	27.1 °C	1,926 mm	3
2003	30.0 °C25 May 2003	24.5 °C13 December 2003	27.1 °C	2,174 mm	2
2002	29.8 °C13 April 2002	24.7 °C2 January 2002	27.1 °C	1,914 mm	0
2001	29.7 °C1 July 2001	24.4 °C1 February 2001	27.0 °C	2,544 mm	0
2000	29.8 °C13 May 2000	24.2 °C18 January 2000	26.9 °C	2,218 mm	0
1999	29.6 °C12 April 1999	24.0 °C2 March 1999	26.9 °C	2,215 mm	0
1998	30.5 °C30 May 1998	24.4 °C29 December 1998	27.6 °C	2,547 mm	16
1997	29.8 °C31 May 1997	24.4 °C3 January 1997	27.0 °C	1,655 mm	0
1996	29.4 °C21 June 1996	23.6 °C11 January 1996	26.8 °C	2,426 mm	0
1995	29.6 °C14 May 1995	24.4 °C6 December 1995	26.9 °C	2,914 mm	0
1994	29.1 °C20 January 1994	24.2 °C23 January 1994	26.8 °C	1,949 mm	0
1993	29.7 °C3 June 1993	24.0 °C15 October 1993	26.8 °C	2,442 mm	0
1992	30.1 °C24 April 1992	23.7 °C6 December 1992	26.9 °C	2,529 mm	1
1991	29.7 °C9 June 1991	24.2 °C7 December 1991	27.0 °C	2,729 mm	0
1990	30.3 °C23 May 1990	24.4 °C10 August 1990	27.1 °C	2,017 mm	2
1989	29.7 °C23 April 1989	24.3 °C31 January 1989	26.8 °C	2,309 mm	0
1988	29.8 °C27 March 1988	24.4 °C23 December 1988	27.0 °C	2,713 mm	0
1987	29.7 °C13 June 1987	24.0 °C28 January 1987	27.0 °C	2,578 mm	0
1986	29.6 °C8 May 1986	24.0 °C12 January 1986	26.7 °C	2,659 mm	0
1985	29.8 °C21 February 1985	24.1 °C22 July 1985	26.8 °C	2,223 mm	0
1984	29.0 °C16 May 1984	23.8 °C20 October 1984	26.4 °C	2,832 mm	0
1983	30.5 °C17 April 1983	24.4 °C28 November 1983	27.2 °C	1,799 mm	4
1982	29.6 °C3 May 1982	24.4 °C7 January 1982	26.9 °C	1,555 mm	0
1981	29.6 °C15 November 1981	24.3 °C15 December 1981	27.0 °C	1,689 mm	0
1980	29.9 °C22 May 1980	24.6 °C19 January 1980	27.0 °C	1,834 mm	0
1979	30.3 °C16 May 1979	24.4 °C10 January 1979	27.0 °C	1,871 mm	2
1978	30.1 °C23 March 1978	24.2 °C1 February 1978	27.0 °C	1,583 mm	2
1977	29.3 °C18 May 1977	24.2 °C20 February 1977	26.8 °C	1,422 mm	0
1976	29.2 °C18 March 1976	23.7 °C2 February 1976	26.7 °C	1,607 mm	0
1975	29.6 °C20 April 1975	23.9 °C24 December 1975	26.8 °C	1,674 mm	0
1974	29.3 °C12 June 1974	23.6 °C6 January 1974	26.6 °C	1,546 mm	0
1973	30.0 °C15 March 1973	24.2 °C29 December 1973	27.0 °C	1,800 mm	1
1972	29.2 °C3 May 1972	23.9 °C17 January 1972	26.8 °C	1,431 mm	0
1971	29.0 °C2 June 1971	23.6 °C29 January 1971	26.5 °C	1,731 mm	0
1970	29.6 °C2 June 1970	24.2 °C20 January 1970	26.9 °C	1,895 mm	0
1969	29.4 °C29 May 1969	24.1 °C3 January 1969	26.8 °C	2,414 mm	0
1968	29.4 °C21 May 1968	23.4 °C4 January 1968	26.6 °C	1,853 mm	0
1967	29.2 °C6 June 1967	23.8 °C17 January 1967	26.4 °C	1,907 mm	0
1966	29.4 °C14 May 1966	24.1 °C11 January 1966	26.7 °C	2,697 mm	0
1965	29.3 °C30 May 1965	23.3 °C14 January 1965	26.5 °C	1,864 mm	0
1964	29.8 °C26 May 1964	23.6 °C26 December 1964	26.7 °C	2,542 mm	0
1963	29.2 °C19 June 1963	23.7 °C26 January 1963	26.7 °C	1,281 mm	0
1962	29.5 °C23 May 1962	23.8 °C22 December 1962	26.7 °C	1,756 mm	0
1961	30.0 °C16 May 1961	24.0 °C21 January 1961	26.8 °C	1,315 mm	1
1960	29.3 °C30 May 1960	24.3 °C20 February 1960	26.8 °C	1,904 mm	0
1959	29.5 °C14 March 1959	24.0 °C3 November 1959	26.8 °C	1,960 mm	0
1958	29.7 °C18 April 1958	24.2 °C19 December 1958	26.9 °C	2,268 mm	0
1957	29.2 °C7 June 1957	24.0 °C22 January 1957	26.6 °C	2,214 mm	0
1956	29.9 °C1 April 1956	23.8 °C1 January 1956	26.4 °C	2,250 mm	0
1955	29.9 °C16 May 1955	23.8 °C21 January 1955	26.6 °C	2,305 mm	0
1954	29.1 °C9 May 1954	24.0 °C10 December 1954	26.5 °C	2,771 mm	0
1953	28.8 °C30 March 1953	24.2 °C1 January 1953	26.6 °C	2,118 mm	0
1952	29.1 °C20 May 1952	24.3 °C22 August 1952	26.7 °C	1,885 mm	0
1951	29.1 °C15 October 1951	23.6 °C15 January 1951	26.8 °C	1,127 mm	0
1950	29.3 °C10 April 1950	24.2 °C2 August 1950	26.7 °C	2,046 mm	0
1949	30.6 °C8 April 1949	24.1 °C10 January 1949	27.1 °C	293 mm	4
1948	29.2 °C6 July 1948	23.9 °C20 January 1948	26.6 °C	1,385 mm	0
1947	28.9 °C10 June 1947	24.1 °C24 December 1947	26.4 °C	2,751 mm	0
1946	29.1 °C10 March 1946	23.4 °C2 February 1946	26.6 °C	2,004 mm	0
1945	29.0 °C9 July 1945	23.5 °C24 February 1945	26.4 °C	2,359 mm	0
1944	29.0 °C15 April 1944	23.6 °C28 January 1944	26.5 °C	1,586 mm	0
1943	29.3 °C5 June 1943	23.6 °C19 March 1943	26.3 °C	1,548 mm	0
1942	29.3 °C15 May 1942	23.8 °C6 December 1942	26.4 °C	2,097 mm	0
1941	29.4 °C25 April 1941	23.8 °C25 September 1941	26.8 °C	2,046 mm	0
1940	29.4 °C3 March 1940	23.6 °C24 January 1940	26.7 °C	1,622 mm	0

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

28.5 °C

+0.6 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

9 d/yr

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

2647 mm

+549 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	27.2 °C	+0.1 °C	424 mm	+281 mm
Feb	27.8 °C	+0.3 °C	95 mm	+3 mm
Mar	28.1 °C	+0.2 °C	338 mm	+210 mm
Apr	28.4 °C	+0.1 °C	237 mm	+66 mm
May	29.4 °C	+0.8 °C	190 mm	-17 mm
Jun	29.4 °C	+0.8 °C	127 mm	-49 mm
Jul	29.1 °C	+0.9 °C	93 mm	-84 mm
Aug	28.7 °C	+0.6 °C	201 mm	+25 mm
Sep	28.5 °C	+0.5 °C	171 mm	+5 mm
Oct	28.8 °C	+0.9 °C	135 mm	-66 mm
Nov	28.7 °C	+1.1 °C	283 mm	+41 mm
Dec	27.9 °C	+0.7 °C	354 mm	+136 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

30.9 °C

26 May 2025

Coldest day

24.7 °C

31 Jan 2025

Wettest day

137.2 mm

20 Mar 2025

Windiest day

39.2 km/h

12 Jan 2025

Strongest gust

55.1 km/h

28 Nov 2025

Hottest feels-like

37.9 °C

17 May 2025

Coldest feels-like

25.6 °C

29 Jan 2025

Sunniest day

12.0 h

25 Apr 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Bukit Timah?

Bukit Timah has a tropical rainforest climate (Köppen Af). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 26.9 °C and it receives 2,098 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Bukit Timah?

The hottest day measured in Bukit Timah between 1940 and 2025 was 26 May 2025, reaching 30.9 °C.

What is the coldest day in Bukit Timah?

The coldest day measured in Bukit Timah between 1940 and 2025 was 14 January 1965, at 23.3 °C.

Does it snow in Bukit Timah?

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

Has the climate of Bukit Timah warmed?

Yes: Bukit Timah warmed by +0.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Bukit Timah?

The wettest day measured in Bukit Timah between 1940 and 2025 was 7 December 1991, with 236 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Bukit Timah?

The windiest day measured in Bukit Timah between 1940 and 2025 was 16 January 1951, with winds reaching 47.4 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Bukit Timah?

The warmest month in Bukit Timah is June (27.7 °C on average); the coldest is January (25.9 °C).

How much does it rain in Bukit Timah?

Bukit Timah receives on average 2,098 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 274 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Bukit Timah?

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

Are there tropical nights in Bukit Timah?

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

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Bukit Timah?

In Bukit Timah, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 38.4 °C on 26 April 1998, and the lowest was 23.4 °C on 6 January 1974.

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