Sitiawan Airport

WMBA · Perak, Malaysia

Climate Sitiawan Airport 2020-2024

Climate and trends: average temperature, flight conditions, precipitation, wind speed and direction.

Calculated from historical METAR data of Sitiawan Airport (WMBA) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 94.5 96 98 96 92 98
February 97.0 100 97 95 97 98
March 94.9 99 98 96 94 93
April 96.7 98 99 98 98
May 96.1 97 98 97 95
June 96.3 96 97 97 94
July 96.8 95 98 97 97
August 92.2 95 97 95 98
September 86.7 91 98 98 94
October 91.2 93 94 96 94
November 90.3 97 88 94 92
December 92.8 93 92 90 94
Average 94.2 97.9 95.7 95.7 95.5 95.3

12th best VFR conditions of Malaysia

VFR conditions during daylight period

Percentage of observations where the VFR minimums for ceiling and visibility are met: visibility of 8 km or more and a ceiling of 3,000 ft or more. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Marginal VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 99.4 98 100 100 100 100
February 99.7 100 99 99 100 100
March 99.8 100 100 100 100 100
April 99.8 100 100 100 100
May 99.6 100 100 100 100
June 99.6 99 99 100 100
July 99.9 100 100 100 100
August 99.3 99 100 100 100
September 95.4 99 100 100 100
October 99.2 100 99 100 100
November 98.9 99 99 100 99
December 98.8 99 98 99 99
Average 99.2 99.3 99.2 99.5 99.7 99.7

Marginal VFR conditions or better during daylight period

Percentage of observations where the MVFR minimums for ceiling and visibility are met: visibility of 5 km or more and a ceiling of 1,000 ft or more. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Maximum temperatures (°C)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 31.6 32 31 32 31 33
February 32.5 34 32 32 33 32
March 33.0 34 32 33 33 33
April 33.0 33 33 33 33
May 32.9 34 33 33 33
June 32.5 33 33 33 32
July 32.6 33 33 33 32
August 32.4 32 33 32 32
September 32.0 32 32 32 32
October 31.9 32 32 33 32
November 31.6 32 32 32 32
December 31.6 32 31 32 32
Average 32.4 33.2 32.3 32.4 32.3 32.2

3rd highest temperature of Malaysia

Average highest temperature per day

The maximum temperature is typically observed some hours after noon.

Minimum temperatures (°C)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 23.8 25 23 24 24 24
February 23.9 25 24 24 23 24
March 24.4 25 24 25 24 25
April 24.7 25 24 25 25
May 25.0 25 25 25 25
June 24.5 25 24 24 25
July 24.4 25 25 24 24
August 24.1 24 24 24 25
September 24.0 24 24 24 24
October 24.1 25 24 24 24
November 24.3 25 24 24 24
December 24.1 25 24 24 24
Average 24.3 24.9 24.4 24.1 24.0 24.5

11th lowest temperature of Malaysia

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 5.9 4 3 3 11 4
February 2.7 2 6 5 1 2
March 2.7 2 4 3 3 2
April 2.5 2 2 2 2
May 3.3 2 3 2 7
June 3.6 6 3 3 4
July 2.7 5 2 3 5
August 3.7 4 4 6 3
September 4.7 5 4 5 5
October 7.1 5 11 4 11
November 9.1 5 13 9 7
December 6.8 5 8 15 6
Average 4.3 2.2 4.1 5.0 5.1 4.7

Precipitation during daylight period

Percentage of observations with observed rain, drizzle, snow or hail. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Wind speed (knots)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 3.1 3 3 3 3 3
February 3.5 4 3 3 4 3
March 3.6 4 4 4 4 4
April 3.7 4 4 4 3
May 3.5 4 4 3 3
June 3.5 3 4 3 3
July 3.7 3 4 4 4
August 3.8 4 4 3 4
September 3.6 4 3 3 4
October 3.5 4 4 3 3
November 3.1 3 3 3 3
December 3.0 3 3 3 3
Average 3.5 3.5 3.4 3.6 3.4 3.3

3rd highest wind speed of Malaysia

Average wind speed

Excluding wind gusts. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Prevailing wind direction

Month 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 280° 286° 287° 282° 236°
February 284° 279° 278° 286° 220°
March 281° 282° 281° 270° 259°
April 286° 283° 283° 202°
May 285° 272° 239° 208°
June 246° 272° 206° 178°
July 167° 200° 185° 205°
August 263° 191° 255° 194°
September 256° 289° 269° 236°
October 285° 295° 282° 279°
November 286° 287° 284° 275°
December 284° 282° 284° 281°

Prevailing wind direction

Average wind direction, weighed by wind speed. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.