Setapak, Malaysia climate

Af Tropical rainforest

Setapak has a remarkably steady tropical climate (Tropical rainforest, Köppen Af). The hottest month is May with an average daily high near 34°C, while the coldest is December averaging around 24°C at night. Around 2767 mm of precipitation falls each year, peaking in November (363 mm) and easing off in June (152 mm).

☀️ All year

Hot

Daytime highs near 34°C most of the year.

About 193 days a year above 32 °C

🌙 Nights

Stays warm

Even the coolest nights stay near 24°C.

🌧️ Rain

Very wet

About 2767 mm of rain a year.

Wettest in November

⛅ Sky & trend

Often grey

Overcast skies dominate much of the year.

+0.1 °C vs 50 years ago

Temperature & precipitation

Daily high–low temperature range with the monthly average, plus monthly precipitation · 1991–2020 normals · hover a month for the exact figures

Clear vs cloudy days

Share of days each month that are clear, partly cloudy or cloudy · 1991–2020 · hover a month for the day counts

Setapak climate normals (1991–2020)

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Avg high (°C)	33	33	34	34	34	33	33	33	33	33	32	32
Avg temp (°C)	28	28	29	29	29	29	28	28	28	28	28	28
Avg low (°C)	24	24	24	25	25	25	24	24	24	24	24	24
Precipitation (mm)	243	190	249	279	226	152	160	160	201	278	363	265

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Avg high (°C)	33	33	34	34	34	33
Avg temp (°C)	28	28	29	29	29	29
Avg low (°C)	24	24	24	25	25	25
Precipitation (mm)	243	190	249	279	226	152

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Avg high (°C)	33	33	33	33	32	32
Avg temp (°C)	28	28	28	28	28	28
Avg low (°C)	24	24	24	24	24	24
Precipitation (mm)	160	160	201	278	363	265

How often — frequency of weather events

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Days with measurable rain (days)	13	11	14	15	14	10	11	11	12	16	19	17
Days with high ≥ 32°C (days)	14	15	19	19	20	18	17	16	15	14	13	12

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Days with measurable rain (days)	13	11	14	15	14	10
Days with high ≥ 32°C (days)	14	15	19	19	20	18

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Days with measurable rain (days)	11	11	12	16	19	17
Days with high ≥ 32°C (days)	17	16	15	14	13	12

Sky & atmosphere

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Cloud cover (%)	78	73	75	79	81	78	80	84	85	87	89	87
Clear days (≤ 30% cloud)	1	1	1	0.6	0.4	0.9	0.9	0.2	0.2	0.1	0.1	0.4
Partly cloudy days (30–70%)	8	10	10	8	7	8	7	5	5	4	3	4
Cloudy days (≥ 70%)	22	17	20	22	23	21	23	25	25	27	27	27
Relative humidity (%)	80	79	80	80	81	80	80	80	80	82	83	82
Wind speed (mph)	4.9	4.7	4.5	4.2	4.5	4.9	5.4	5.2	4.7	4.8	4.5	4.8

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Cloud cover (%)	78	73	75	79	81	78
Clear days (≤ 30% cloud)	1	1	1	0.6	0.4	0.9
Partly cloudy days (30–70%)	8	10	10	8	7	8
Cloudy days (≥ 70%)	22	17	20	22	23	21
Relative humidity (%)	80	79	80	80	81	80
Wind speed (mph)	4.9	4.7	4.5	4.2	4.5	4.9

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Cloud cover (%)	80	84	85	87	89	87
Clear days (≤ 30% cloud)	0.9	0.2	0.2	0.1	0.1	0.4
Partly cloudy days (30–70%)	7	5	5	4	3	4
Cloudy days (≥ 70%)	23	25	25	27	27	27
Relative humidity (%)	80	80	80	82	83	82
Wind speed (mph)	5.4	5.2	4.7	4.8	4.5	4.8

Methodology & sources

Temperature & precipitation — 1991–2020 normals computed from 21 years of daily observations at Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah Intl, a weather station, about 21 km from the city centre. The underlying daily records come from NOAA's global station network.

Cloud, humidity, wind & sunshine — modelled estimates from NASA POWER, NASA's satellite-and-reanalysis climatology. This is the standard global source for atmospheric variables, which are not measured at most weather stations.

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