Climate Penang International Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Penang International Airport (WMKP) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	92.8	95	97	82	95	99
February	92.1	94	96	89	95	99
March	86.5	80	89	88	85	93
April	84.9		74	85	84	96
May	86.2		89	91	86	90
June	85.2		88	93	88	87
July	75.6		89	80	79	89
August	78.2		88	81	91	80
September	75.8		70	89	86	93
October	81.8		77	88	62	85
November	88.9		92	87	90	93
December	93.7		93	94	94	96
Average	85.7	89.7	86.6	86.9	86.1	91.4

22nd 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	99.0	99	100	97	100	100
February	99.5	99	100	99	100	99
March	99.1	99	99	97	99	100
April	99.1		99	98	99	99
May	98.8		97	100	98	99
June	99.1		98	99	98	99
July	98.6		100	98	95	100
August	98.3		98	98	98	100
September	93.2		96	96	98	100
October	93.6		94	97	69	98
November	98.2		99	97	97	99
December	99.0		99	99	98	99
Average	98.1	98.9	98.0	97.9	95.7	99.4

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	33	32	33	31	33
February	32.7	34	32	32	33	33
March	32.9	34	33	33	33	34
April	32.5		33	32	32	33
May	32.2		33	33	32	32
June	32.0		33	32	32	31
July	32.0		33	32	32	31
August	31.8		32	32	31	32
September	31.1		31	31	32	31
October	31.4		32	31	32	31
November	31.1		31	31	31	31
December	31.4		32	31	31	31
Average	32.0	33.3	32.1	31.9	31.6	31.8

6th 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	25.2	26	25	26	25	26
February	25.4	27	25	25	25	26
March	25.9	27	26	26	26	27
April	26.0		26	26	26	26
May	26.1		27	27	26	26
June	25.9		27	26	25	26
July	25.7		26	26	26	26
August	25.5		26	26	25	26
September	25.1		26	25	25	25
October	25.2		26	25	26	25
November	25.2		26	26	25	25
December	25.2		26	25	25	25
Average	25.6	26.5	25.9	25.6	25.3	25.6

24th 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	3.8	1	2	0	8	0
February	1.9	1	4	5	0	1
March	2.9	0	3	5	4	2
April	4.2		4	7	4	3
May	6.3		4	5	4	7
June	6.3		6	10	8	6
July	5.5		5	7	7	7
August	6.9		7	6	11	3
September	11.5		16	13	10	7
October	10.1		8	18	6	16
November	10.7		7	10	17	9
December	7.7		9	15	12	8
Average	5.8	0.7	6.1	8.4	7.6	5.7

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	5.8	6	5	6	6	7
February	6.2	7	6	6	7	7
March	5.8	6	6	5	6	6
April	5.0		5	4	5	6
May	4.7		4	4	5	5
June	5.0		5	4	5	5
July	5.3		5	5	5	6
August	5.5		5	5	5	6
September	4.7		5	4	5	5
October	4.5		5	4	5	4
November	4.6		5	4	4	4
December	5.6		6	5	6	5
Average	5.3	6.3	5.0	4.6	5.2	5.5

6th 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	045°	045°	015°	033°	331°
February	232°	218°	191°	009°	236°
March	222°	223°	216°	220°	229°
April		230°	225°	217°	224°
May		222°	213°	219°	222°
June		210°	216°	220°	207°
July		211°	205°	214°	211°
August		210°	213°	221°	213°
September		211°	217°	217°	206°
October		227°	224°	218°	214°
November		284°	209°	207°	222°
December		033°	034°	031°	016°

Prevailing wind direction

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