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When to go to Malaysia

Where to go by month

Best time to visit Malaysia from India: June to July and January to February for Kuala Lumpur & west coast; January to March for Langkawi & Penang; April to September for East-coast islands. Avoid if you can: Langkawi & Penang: September to November; East-coast islands: November to January.

Malaysia: best, okay and avoid months by region
RegionJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
India peakXmas–NYSchool holsSchool holsDiwali 8 NovXmas–NY
Kuala Lumpur & west coast Best Best Okay Okay Okay Best Best Okay Okay Okay Okay Okay
Langkawi & Penang (northwest) Best Best Best Okay Okay Okay Okay Okay Avoid Avoid Avoid Okay
East-coast islands (Perhentian, Redang, Tioman) Avoid Okay Okay Best Best Best Best Best Best Okay Avoid Avoid

Best most reliable weather · Okay visitable, with trade-offs · Avoid monsoon, storms, heat or disruption (often cheaper). The split between best and okay is editorial guidance based on the met-service and tourism-board sources below.

Region by region

  • Kuala Lumpur & west coastBest: Jan-Feb, Jun-Jul. Okay: Mar-May, Aug-Dec. Avoid: None (Nov is wettest, 400 mm in our data).MetMalaysia: most of the peninsula has rain peaks in Oct-Nov and Apr-May, with minima in Jun-Jul and Feb.
  • Langkawi & Penang (northwest)Best: Jan-Mar. Okay: Apr-Aug, Dec. Avoid: Sep-Nov (244-327 mm in our data).MetMalaysia: northwest primary rainfall minimum Jan-Feb, secondary minimum Jun-Jul, primary maximum Oct-Nov.
  • East-coast islands (Perhentian, Redang, Tioman)Best: Apr-Sep. Okay: Feb-Mar, Oct. Avoid: Nov-Jan.MetMalaysia: NE monsoon (Nov-Mar) brings heavy rain, floods and rough seas to the east coast; Nov-Jan wettest, Jun-Jul driest.

No climate series fetched for the east-coast islands; ratings come from MetMalaysia text only.

Peak periods

  • Diwali 8 NovDiwali (8 Nov 2026)Short-haul international fares spike; Dubai and Singapore routes 'commanding premium fares' and outbound sales to Dubai, Bali, Bangkok, Singapore, Vietnam up 30-40% vs Diwali 2024 (Moneycontrol, Oct 2025, quoting OTAs)
  • School holsIndian school holidays (mid-May to June)Family travel peak from India. Clashes with SW monsoon in Sri Lanka west coast, Maldives, Andaman coast of Thailand, Nepal, Bhutan; and with heat in UAE. Good fit for Bali, east-coast Sri Lanka, Singapore, Vietnam's central coast.
  • Xmas–NYChristmas–New Year(Editorial estimate) Global peak; overlaps Dubai Shopping Festival and Japan's New Year closures.
  • MalaysiaChinese New Year early Feb 2027; Hari Raya Aidilfitri ~10 Mar 2027 (Singapore date; Malaysia's own gazette may differ by a day).

Before you book

Monthly temperatures and rain

Kuala LumpurAverage highs 29–31 °C, lows 23–24 °C; rain 136–400 mm a month.
Kuala Lumpur monthly climate chart. Average highs 29–31 °C, lows 23–24 °C; rain 136–400 mm a month.20°25°30°35°0200400JFMAMJJASONDmm

High °CLow °CRain mm

Monthly figures for Kuala Lumpur
Kuala Lumpur monthly averages
MonthHigh °CLow °CRain mm
January29.722.8191
February30.722.7136
March3123.4242
April30.723.8308
May30.424290
June30.223.6195
July30.423.6159
August30.223.4203
September3023.4232
October30.123.4277
November29.323.2400
December29.322.9271

Temperatures: Open-Meteo ERA5 reanalysis, 2016–2025 averages. Rain: Open-Meteo ERA5 reanalysis, 2016–2025 averages.

LangkawiAverage highs 29–33 °C, lows 25–26 °C; rain 40–327 mm a month.
Langkawi monthly climate chart. Average highs 29–33 °C, lows 25–26 °C; rain 40–327 mm a month.20°25°30°35°0200400JFMAMJJASONDmm

High °CLow °CRain mm

Monthly figures for Langkawi
Langkawi monthly averages
MonthHigh °CLow °CRain mm
January30.524.959
February32.325.140
March32.725.771
April31.526166
May30.426244
June3025.9154
July3025.9149
August29.725.5237
September29.225.2244
October29.225271
November2924.8327
December29.324.7132

Temperatures: Open-Meteo ERA5 reanalysis, 2016–2025 averages. Rain: Open-Meteo ERA5 reanalysis, 2016–2025 averages.

Weather data by Open-Meteo.com, licensed CC BY 4.0. Climate averages are 2016–2025 ERA5 / ERA5-Land reanalysis (Copernicus Climate Change Service, ECMWF), processed by India Outbound Travel News. These are not official WMO normals; where a met service publishes station figures, the charts use them instead, as labelled.

Season sources: Malaysia's Climate, MetMalaysia · Weather Phenomena (monsoons), MetMalaysia

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