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Johor Bahru in January

Hot and wet, as the days hold steady.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

January in Johor Bahru is hot: highs near 86°F, lows near 75°F. Rain falls on about five days a week, less often as the month goes on, and daylight holds at about 12 hours 3 minutes.January in Johor Bahru is hot: highs near 30°C, lows near 24°C. Rain falls on about five days a week, less often as the month goes on, and daylight holds at about 12 hours 3 minutes.

High
86°F30°Caverage
Low
75°F24°Caverage
Wet days
5a week · 77% of days
Daylight
12h 03mon average

Is January a good time to visit Johor Bahru?

Yes. January is one of Johor Bahru's most comfortable months (November to February).

How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 70°F to 80°F, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 21°C to 27°C, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.

How January sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 86°F in January, against 86°F to 89°F through the year.Highs near 30°C in January, against 30°C to 32°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

77% of days in January, against 64% to 95% through the year.

Cloud cover

76% cover in January, against 73% to 79% through the year.

Daylight

12h 03m in January, against 12h 02m to 12h 12m through the year.

Week by week, lightly smoothed, with January shaded. The olive line marks the most comfortable months. Hover or tap a week for its figures.

Either side

  1. December87°31°low 75°low 24°6 wet days a weekRain on about six days a week.
  2. January86°30°low 75°low 24°5 wet days a weekRain on about five days a week.
  3. February87°31°low 75°low 24°4 wet days a weekRain on about four days a week.

Where Johor Bahru sits, in January

Asia/Kuala Lumpur
this place
typical high in January 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-January
7:12 AMsets 7:15 PM
Above the sea
10 mlow-lying
Latitude
1.5°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Bandar Penawar54 km east

The land around Johor Bahru, shaded by its typical high in January, the planning map's own layer. Hover the map for the figure at that spot; tap it on a phone. Clock times are local, for the 15th.

Elsewhere in Malaysia in January

high · low · wet days
See January on the planning mapThe whole year in Johor Bahru

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Johor Bahru. Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 3.1°F cold in the source data and are raised to match.Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 1.7°C cold in the source data and are raised to match. Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not. Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.

Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not.

Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.