According to Lifeguin’s travel calendar, the best time to visit Malaysia is February and November. Plan 10–14 days.
Best months for Malaysia
- Best months
- February and November
- How long to stay
- 10–14 days
- Continent
- Asia
What Malaysia is best for
Penang's famous street food, Borneo's rainforests and orangutans, historic George Town, and tropical islands like Langkawi.
- Prices
- € · cheaper than in Slovakia
Weather in Malaysia by month
Monthly averages around Kuala Lumpur; the mountains and other regions can differ a lot.
| Month | Average temperature | Rain |
|---|---|---|
| January | about 25 °C | a lot of rain (198 mm) |
| February best | about 25 °C | a lot of rain (168 mm) |
| March | about 26 °C | a lot of rain (189 mm) |
| April | about 26 °C | a lot of rain (249 mm) |
| May | about 26 °C | a lot of rain (165 mm) |
| June | about 26 °C | a lot of rain (156 mm) |
| July | about 25 °C | a lot of rain (165 mm) |
| August | about 25 °C | a lot of rain (177 mm) |
| September | about 25 °C | a lot of rain (195 mm) |
| October | about 26 °C | a lot of rain (255 mm) |
| November best | about 25 °C | a lot of rain (315 mm) |
| December | about 25 °C | a lot of rain (255 mm) |
Sources: what a place is best for — our own travel guides and, for places we have not written about yet, research done with the help of AI (Google Gemini); weather — NASA POWER climate averages; prices — World Bank price levels (CC BY 4.0).
Good to know about Malaysia
- Capital
- Kuala Lumpur
- Language
- Malay
- Currency
- Malaysian Ringgit (MYR)
- Time
- UTC+8
- Plugs
- Type G · 240 V
- Driving
- On the left
- Calling code
- +60
Sources: Wikidata, Unicode CLDR and the IANA time zone database.
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