Climate Kuala Lumpur International Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Kuala Lumpur International Airport (WMKK) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	93.3	90	89	94	100	95
February	96.1	96	94	96	99	95
March	93.3	96	91	98	93	95
April	92.8		87	94	94	96
May	94.4		97	97	93	93
June	95.6		95	93	98	96
July	95.6		94	98	96	95
August	92.1		93	96	97	98
September	84.1		94	96	94	96
October	89.4		76	94	97	96
November	91.0		90	90	97	90
December	91.1		80	95	92	92
Average	92.6	93.5	90.0	95.1	95.7	94.7

14th 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	97.9	96	98	98	100	99
February	99.1	98	99	99	100	99
March	98.4	98	98	100	99	100
April	98.6		98	99	99	99
May	99.1		100	99	99	99
June	98.8		99	99	99	98
July	98.7		98	99	99	98
August	98.8		98	99	99	99
September	92.3		99	99	98	99
October	98.2		96	98	99	100
November	97.6		97	97	100	98
December	97.3		95	98	99	98
Average	97.9	97.0	97.8	98.7	99.0	98.7

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	31.8	32	31	33	31	33
February	33.0	34	32	32	33	33
March	33.1	34	33	33	33	34
April	32.9		33	33	32	34
May	32.5		33	33	32	33
June	31.8		33	32	32	32
July	31.5		32	32	32	31
August	31.6		31	32	31	32
September	31.6		32	31	31	32
October	31.9		33	31	32	32
November	31.6		32	31	32	32
December	31.6		32	31	32	31
Average	32.2	33.4	32.1	31.9	31.9	32.2

4th 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	24.3	25	24	24	24	25
February	24.5	25	24	24	24	25
March	24.8	26	24	25	24	25
April	25.0		25	25	25	25
May	25.2		25	25	25	26
June	24.8		25	24	25	25
July	24.6		25	25	24	24
August	24.3		25	24	24	25
September	24.1		24	24	24	24
October	24.6		25	24	25	25
November	24.4		25	24	25	24
December	24.5		25	24	25	24
Average	24.6	25.1	24.5	24.3	24.3	24.8

16th 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	6.9	8	6	6	2	6
February	3.2	1	6	7	0	4
March	3.1	3	7	2	4	3
April	2.4		2	2	2	2
May	3.8		3	5	4	5
June	4.5		4	8	3	6
July	3.2		3	4	3	6
August	2.8		5	6	3	1
September	4.1		5	4	5	4
October	4.4		2	10	3	3
November	4.8		3	6	4	6
December	5.4		8	4	9	3
Average	4.1	4.1	4.5	5.2	3.5	4.0

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	4.1	4	3	4	4	4
February	4.9	5	4	4	5	6
March	4.0	4	3	4	4	4
April	3.8		3	3	4	4
May	3.9		3	4	3	4
June	4.0		4	3	4	4
July	4.1		3	3	4	4
August	4.1		3	3	3	4
September	3.9		4	3	3	4
October	3.7		3	4	4	4
November	3.6		3	3	4	4
December	3.7		3	3	4	3
Average	4.0	3.9	3.3	3.3	3.8	4.1

4th 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	039°	008°	042°	045°	057°
February	050°	049°	039°	023°	062°
March	040°	059°	296°	029°	078°
April		270°	281°	266°	171°
May		254°	256°	167°	170°
June		169°	300°	211°	155°
July		110°	154°	169°	154°
August		172°	166°	178°	153°
September		313°	294°	181°	161°
October		278°	303°	276°	269°
November		315°	280°	299°	302°
December		030°	336°	004°	299°

Prevailing wind direction

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