Climate Langkawi International Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Langkawi International Airport (WMKL) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	99.1	100	100	100	99	100
February	99.5	100	100	98	100	99
March	99.5	100	100	100	100	100
April	96.7	99	87	99	99	99
May	96.9		98	98	98	97
June	97.0		98	98	98	98
July	96.4		96	98	96	97
August	94.9		97	97	95	98
September	90.2		94	97	96	94
October	96.3		98	95	96	95
November	97.9		99	98	96	96
December	99.3		100	99	99	100
Average	97.2	99.6	97.2	98.0	97.5	97.6

3rd 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	99.7	100	100	100	100	100
February	99.8	100	100	100	100	100
March	99.7	100	100	100	100	100
April	99.4	100	100	100	99	99
May	98.5		99	100	99	99
June	98.9		100	100	99	99
July	98.6		99	99	99	99
August	98.0		100	98	98	100
September	95.9		98	99	98	98
October	98.9		99	100	99	99
November	99.4		100	100	99	99
December	99.7		100	100	100	100
Average	99.0	99.9	99.5	99.5	99.1	99.1

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	32.2	34	31	33	32	34
February	33.4	35	34	32	34	34
March	33.4	35	34	33	34	34
April	32.6	34	33	32	32	34
May	31.8		33	32	32	32
June	31.3		32	31	31	31
July	31.3		32	32	31	31
August	31.0		31	31	31	32
September	30.6		31	30	31	31
October	30.9		31	30	31	31
November	31.1		31	31	31	32
December	31.7		33	31	32	32
Average	32.0	34.3	32.0	31.5	31.6	32.1

11th 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	25.5	26	26	26	26	26
February	25.6	27	26	26	25	26
March	26.1	27	26	26	26	27
April	26.3	27	26	26	26	27
May	26.1		26	27	26	26
June	25.9		26	26	26	26
July	25.6		26	26	26	25
August	25.2		26	25	25	25
September	24.8		25	25	25	25
October	25.2		26	25	26	25
November	25.4		26	26	25	25
December	25.7		27	26	26	25
Average	25.7	26.6	25.8	25.6	25.5	25.7

23rd 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	3.3	1	2	0	3	0
February	1.0	0	1	6	0	1
March	1.3	0	1	3	2	0
April	4.3	2	3	4	9	2
May	7.9		6	6	9	8
June	7.5		6	11	5	8
July	7.1		7	6	11	10
August	10.4		12	8	16	5
September	15.9		16	20	12	13
October	12.2		8	16	15	19
November	9.2		5	12	14	11
December	6.3		3	14	12	9
Average	6.5	0.7	5.8	8.6	8.9	7.1

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	5.8	6	5	6	7	6
February	6.1	6	6	6	6	7
March	5.1	5	6	4	5	5
April	4.1	4	4	4	4	5
May	3.5		4	4	3	4
June	3.4		4	3	3	3
July	3.4		4	3	3	3
August	3.6		4	3	4	3
September	3.4		3	3	4	4
October	3.5		3	3	4	4
November	4.0		4	4	4	4
December	5.4		6	5	5	5
Average	4.4	5.5	4.3	3.9	4.3	4.4

11th 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	056°	057°	051°	055°	053°
February	068°	058°	075°	045°	056°
March	068°	057°	117°	072°	270°
April	216°	234°	259°	232°	121°
May		219°	248°	198°	231°
June		234°	231°	222°	202°
July		251°	221°	229°	213°
August		245°	225°	243°	220°
September		224°	237°	241°	213°
October		237°	247°	235°	261°
November		067°	026°	055°	060°
December		055°	065°	046°	049°

Prevailing wind direction

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