Weather and seasons in Johor Bahru

The weather in Johor Bahru is the same as the everywhere in Malaysia; the Malaysian climate is categorized as an equatorial because the country is located near the equator, being hot and humid throughout year.

The annual rainfall exceeds 2000mm a year and the average temperature is 27 degrees (81 F).

Malaysia faces two monsoon wind seasons, the Southwest monsoon from late May to September and the Northeast monsoon wind from November to March.

The northeast monsoon brings in more rainfall compared to southwest monsoon. The records suggest that the highest temperature was recorded in Chuping Perils on the 9^th April 1998 at 40.1 degrees (104.2 F) and the lowest rainfall was recorded on the 6^th January 1967 at 608mm in kota Bharu, Kelantan and the highest in Sandakan, Sabah at 5687mm in 2006.

The wettest place in Malaysia is Kuching Sarawak with the average rainfall of 4128mm with 247days of rain a year, and the driest place in Malaysia is Chuping Perils with the average rainfall of only 1746mm a year.