Weather in Kuala Lumpur in December 2024
- December is usually the coldest month of the year in Kuala Lumpur;
Average weather
Average temperature in Kuala Lumpur in December
Going from a maximum of +34°C during the day to a minimum of +24°C during the night, the temperature in December averages around +31°C.
The average maximum temperature goes up 0% by the end of the month, compared with the beginning of the month, from +32°C to +32°C.
Is Kuala Lumpur warm or cold in December?
Kuala Lumpur is typically warm in December.
Maximum temperatures go up compared to the previous month from +31°C to +30°C. The minimum temperature also goes down from +23°C to +23°C.
It’s generally warm, but pack a long-sleeve shirt for evenings.
December is the coldest month in Kuala Lumpur, here is the comparison with other months:
Climate in Kuala Lumpur in December
| November | December | January | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg. temperature | ||||||
| +31°C | +30°C | +31°C | ||||
| Min. temperature | ||||||
| +21°C | +20°C | +19°C | ||||
| Max. temperature | ||||||
| +35°C | +35°C | +36°C | ||||
| Rainfall | ||||||
| 247 mm | 224 mm | 149 mm | ||||
| Wind | ||||||
| 0 m/s | 0 m/s | 0 m/s | ||||
| Humidity | ||||||
| 83% | 82% | 79% | ||||
| Air pressure | ||||||
| 1008 HPa | 1009 HPa | 1009 HPa | ||||
| Sunny days | ||||||
| 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Cloudy days | ||||||
| 7 | 11 | 17 | ||||
| Rainy days | ||||||
| 22 | 19 | 13 | ||||
| Snowy days | ||||||
| 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
December weather is still as ok as in November. It’s getting colder in December. From +31°C in the day, the average maximum temperature lowers to +30°C. As December arrives, the amount of rainfall goes down. On average, the rainfall volume decreases from 247 mm to 224 mm. It feels drier, as humidity decreases from 83% to 82%. The average wind speed doesn’t change much during December, staying around 0 m/s. The amount of sunny days stay about the same, averaging 1 sunny days during the month.
January brings much the same weather, it remains ok.
Wind
The average wind speed is 1 m/s getting up to 2 m/s which is a light breeze; barely moving the tree leaves.
The average wind speed in Kuala Lumpur is gradually increasing during December, going from 1 m/s to 1 m/s over the course of the month.
Rain
How was the weather last December in Kuala Lumpur?
Climate Change over Years
The climate in Kuala Lumpur in December has not changed much over the last 43 years.
The average temperature was the lowest in 1991 (+29°C) and the highest in 2019 (+33°C). The driest year was 1979 with only 90 mm of rainfall, and the wettest year was 2014 with 550 mm.
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Source of the data
For this page, we’ve looked at the typical weather in Kuala Lumpur, based on historical hourly weather data from January 1, 1979, to December 31, 2022.
For past dates, we show actual recorded data at the location at that time. Forecasts are based on recorded weather during that day of the year, averaged over the total years for which we have records (unless stated otherwise). The daily temperature is the highest recorded temperature in the shadow during that day.