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Langkawi in October

Hot and wet, as the days hold steady.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

October in Langkawi is hot: highs near 85°F, lows near 75°F. Rain falls on almost every day, and daylight holds at about 11 hours 58 minutes.October in Langkawi is hot: highs near 29°C, lows near 24°C. Rain falls on almost every day, and daylight holds at about 11 hours 58 minutes.

High
85°F29°Caverage
Low
75°F24°Caverage
Wet days
7a week · 93% of days
Daylight
11h 58mon average

Is October a good time to visit Langkawi?

A good month, just outside Langkawi's most comfortable months, which run from December 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 October sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 85°F in October, against 85°F to 91°F through the year.Highs near 29°C in October, against 29°C to 33°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

93% of days in October, against 22% to 93% through the year.

Cloud cover

79% cover in October, against 65% to 79% through the year.

Daylight

11h 58m in October, against 11h 45m to 12h 29m through the year.

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

Either side

  1. September86°30°low 76°low 24°6 wet days a weekRain on about six days a week.
  2. October85°29°low 75°low 24°7 wet days a weekRain on almost every day.
  3. November85°29°low 75°low 24°6 wet days a weekRain on about six days a week.

Where Langkawi sits, in October

Asia/Kuala Lumpur
this place
typical high in October 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-October
7:07 AMsets 7:06 PM
Above the sea
190 mlow-lying
Latitude
6.4°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Penang (George Town)122 km south-east

The land around Langkawi, shaded by its typical high in October, 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 October

high · low · wet days
See October on the planning mapThe whole year in Langkawi

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Langkawi. Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 3.1°F cold in the source data and are raised to match, and both highs and lows are adjusted for the town's height (190 m) against the climate model's (78 m).Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 1.7°C cold in the source data and are raised to match, and both highs and lows are adjusted for the town's height (190 m) against the climate model's (78 m). 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.