Weather in Kota Kuala Muda in April
Malaysia · 20-year averages, April
A hard month. April is a hard month in Kota Kuala Muda, and worth planning around. You should expect rain on 24 days of the month, which is more days wet than dry.
April ranks 12 of 12 — near the bottom of Kota Kuala Muda's year. February is the month that works, and the swing between the two is 18 points, which is a different holiday rather than a slightly better one.
Rain on 24 of the month's 30 days, 6 of them heavy. At that frequency a wet-weather backup is not a contingency, it is the itinerary — book the indoor things first and treat the clear days as the bonus. Natural fibres and a second shirt for the day. At 82% nothing dries, including you.
What the averages hide
Averages flatten a month, and this one hides a few things: 26 days top 30 °C, making the heat continuous rather than occasional; the day barely swings — 5.8 °C between the overnight low and the afternoon high. Across the twenty years measured, the hottest April day reached 35 °C and the coldest night fell to 23 °C, and the wettest single day dropped 63 mm — roughly 35% of the month's rain in one day.
April is statistically steady but not small: the year-to-year variation is modest in relative terms, yet the wettest April on record still delivered 318 mm against 65 mm in the driest. In a month this wet, even a tame spread is a lot of rain in absolute terms — the 182 mm average is a reasonable planning figure, not a promise.
Wind is light at 3.2 km/h, so the temperature on the page is close to the temperature on your skin, and humidity runs at 82%, high enough to notice on the warm days without dominating them.
How April sits in the year
Temperatures hold steady either side: 31.7 °C in March, 31.6 here, 30.9 in May. Nothing about the timing within the month matters much. Rain has already shifted: 6 days more than March had.
Daylight in April
Kota Kuala Muda sits close enough to the equator that daylight barely moves all year — 12.2 hours in April, against a range of just 0.6 hours across the whole calendar. Sunrise and sunset land at roughly the same time whenever you come.
Sea temperature
The sea sits at about 30.1 °C in April — warm enough that the water offers no relief from the heat. This is the warmest the water gets all year.
How busy it gets
Off season. The genuine off season: cheapest by a distance, with the caveat that some tours and restaurants close entirely.
Crowd levels are estimated from climate desirability and school-holiday calendars, not from visitor numbers.
April in Kota Kuala Muda versus nearby
If Kota Kuala Muda is one option among several, the nearby comparison is worth making. Ipoh is close enough to be a coin toss — within a degree on temperature, 1 day less rain. Hat Yai is close enough to be a coin toss — within a degree on temperature, 5 days less rain.
So: April works, with February the better month by 18 points if the dates can move. If they cannot, nothing here should stop you booking.
Every month in Kota Kuala Muda
| Month | High °C | Low °C | Rain days | Rain mm | Humidity % | Daylight h | Sea °C | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 30.4 | 23.4 | 16 | 118 | 84 | 11.8 | 28.9 | 51 |
| February | 31.2 | 23.4 | 10 | 67 | 81 | 11.9 | 29.2 | 61 |
| March | 31.7 | 24.6 | 18 | 138 | 81 | 12.1 | 29.8 | 44 |
| April | 31.6 | 25.8 | 24 | 182 | 82 | 12.2 | 30.1 | 43 |
| May | 30.9 | 26.2 | 26 | 216 | 84 | 12.4 | 30.5 | 44 |
| June | 30.5 | 25.8 | 21 | 150 | 84 | 12.4 | 30.5 | 46 |
| July | 30.2 | 25.5 | 23 | 174 | 84 | 12.4 | 30.2 | 47 |
| August | 30.2 | 25.4 | 25 | 200 | 84 | 12.3 | 30.1 | 47 |
| September | 30.1 | 25.2 | 27 | 249 | 85 | 12.2 | 29.7 | 47 |
| October | 30 | 25.1 | 29 | 311 | 86 | 12 | 29.6 | 46 |
| November | 30.2 | 24.8 | 28 | 317 | 86 | 11.9 | 29.5 | 45 |
| December | 30.1 | 24 | 25 | 233 | 86 | 11.8 | 29.1 | 46 |
See all twelve months in Kota Kuala Muda, or where else to go in April.
Planning the rest of the trip
- Flight time to Kota Kuala Muda how long you are actually in the air
- Kota Kuala Muda time zone and the difference from home
- Days until your trip count down to the departure date