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Kuala Lumpur in January

Hot and wet, as the days hold steady.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

January in Kuala Lumpur is hot: highs near 88°F, lows near 72°F. Rain falls on about five days a week, and daylight holds at about 11 hours 58 minutes.January in Kuala Lumpur is hot: highs near 31°C, lows near 22°C. Rain falls on about five days a week, and daylight holds at about 11 hours 58 minutes.

High
88°F31°Caverage
Low
72°F22°Caverage
Wet days
5a week · 74% of days
Daylight
11h 58mon average

Is January a good time to visit Kuala Lumpur?

Yes. January is one of Kuala Lumpur's most comfortable months (October to January).

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 88°F in January, against 87°F to 90°F through the year.Highs near 31°C in January, against 31°C to 32°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

74% of days in January, against 69% to 95% through the year.

Cloud cover

77% cover in January, against 73% to 81% through the year.

Daylight

11h 58m in January, against 11h 56m to 12h 18m 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 73°low 23°6 wet days a weekRain on about six days a week.
  2. January88°31°low 72°low 22°5 wet days a weekRain on about five days a week.
  3. February90°32°low 72°low 22°5 wet days a weekRain on about five days a week.

Where Kuala Lumpur sits, in January

Asia/Kuala Lumpur
this place
typical high in January 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-January
7:23 AMsets 7:21 PM
Above the sea
30 mlow-lying
Latitude
3.2°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Mersing272 km east

The land around Kuala Lumpur, 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 Kuala Lumpur

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Kuala Lumpur. 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.