Climate Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah International Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah International Airport (WMSA) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	92.0	95	94	97	96	91
February	94.8	98	97	97	99	93
March	90.2	94	93	94	95	92
April	91.0		89	100	97	94
May	92.2		96	95	93	97
June	95.0		96	98	98	96
July	95.0		96	97	99	95
August	91.3		92	98	97	99
September	80.8		93	98	63	95
October	89.0		81	98	95	97
November	91.0		93	91	98	95
December	90.4		88	91	95	94
Average	91.5	95.3	92.3	96.2	93.5	94.8

9th 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	97.8	99	100	99	99	98
February	98.8	99	100	99	100	100
March	97.5	99	98	99	98	98
April	97.9		100	100	99	98
May	97.3		99	98	98	99
June	98.8		100	100	99	98
July	99.0		100	100	100	98
August	98.7		100	100	99	100
September	87.1		100	99	64	99
October	97.1		99	100	97	100
November	97.2		99	99	100	99
December	97.8		99	98	98	99
Average	97.3	99.0	99.2	99.3	95.8	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	32.2	33	32	33	32	33
February	33.3	34	32	33	34	34
March	33.6	34	33	33	33	35
April	33.6		34	33	33	34
May	33.3		34	34	33	34
June	32.7		34	32	33	32
July	32.5		32	33	33	32
August	32.6		32	33	32	34
September	32.3		33	32	32	33
October	32.6		33	32	34	33
November	32.1		33	32	32	32
December	32.1		33	32	32	32
Average	32.8	33.6	32.7	32.6	32.7	33.1

2nd 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	24.6	26	24	24	24	25
March	25.0	26	25	25	25	26
April	25.1		25	25	25	26
May	25.5		26	26	25	26
June	24.9		25	25	25	25
July	25.0		25	26	25	24
August	24.7		25	25	24	25
September	24.5		25	25	24	25
October	24.7		25	25	25	25
November	24.6		25	24	25	25
December	24.6		25	25	24	24
Average	24.8	25.4	24.9	24.7	24.6	25.1

21st 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	5.7	6	7	4	5	4
February	3.1	2	7	6	1	3
March	3.6	1	7	5	3	4
April	2.8		2	3	2	2
May	3.7		2	6	4	3
June	3.3		1	3	4	5
July	3.0		3	5	2	7
August	4.4		8	4	4	2
September	4.2		7	4	2	3
October	4.6		3	7	3	4
November	4.2		2	5	2	3
December	5.3		4	6	9	4
Average	3.9	3.1	4.3	4.7	3.3	3.6

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	3.8	4	4	4	4	4
February	4.2	4	4	4	5	4
March	4.2	4	4	5	4	4
April	4.3		5	5	5	4
May	4.6		5	5	4	5
June	4.7		5	5	5	5
July	4.9		5	5	5	5
August	4.9		5	5	4	5
September	4.6		5	4	5	5
October	4.7		5	5	6	5
November	4.2		4	4	5	4
December	3.9		4	4	4	4
Average	4.4	4.0	4.4	4.5	4.4	4.4

2nd 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	287°	281°	259°	280°	270°
February	266°	276°	246°	286°	274°
March	265°	255°	265°	258°	275°
April		289°	281°	285°	255°
May		262°	238°	193°	203°
June		206°	244°	214°	160°
July		180°	188°	184°	166°
August		194°	196°	213°	168°
September		182°	268°	242°	179°
October		262°	286°	253°	270°
November		292°	295°	287°	269°
December		290°	275°	280°	289°

Prevailing wind direction

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