Weekly note
Langkawi: a bird on a power line with Langkawi in the background

The numbers

Daily high29°C
Nightly low25°C
Feels like, afternoon36°C
Rainy days, 1 mm or more21 · 362 mm
Humidity87%
Sunshine8.5 h/day
Daylight12.0 h/day
Beach and sea10 of 31 days dry and 23–35 °C; sea 30 °C, warm
Crowds100 / 100, higher is quieter

Ten-year averages for this calendar month. A rainy day is one with at least 1 mm of rain, as a weather station counts it. The model these figures come from drizzles more than a rain gauge, the more so the warmer the month, so its days count from 2 mm, rising to 5 mm in the hottest.

Weather read at Pantai Cenang: ten years of ERA5 and ERA5-Land reanalysis, through Open-Meteo's open data.

How busy it gets

October: about usual. Busiest in January; quietest in May.

Langkawi in pictures

What to pack

  • Summer clothes by day, highs around 29°C.
  • Rain gear you will actually use: about 21 rainy days and 362 mm.
  • Sun protection: about 8 hours of sunshine a day.
  • Humidity averages 87%; breathable fabrics dry faster.

Each line is a threshold over the ten-year figures above, not advice from anywhere else.

Before you go

Type G plugs at 240 V. Drives on the left. The currency is the Malaysian ringgit. UK Foreign Office: avoid all but essential travel to parts. Everything for Malaysia: cost of living, languages, emergency numbers and health.

On arrival in Langkawi: the apps, paying, getting around, tipping and the emergency numbers.

October elsewhere

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