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Best time to visit Malacca
Malaysia · Southeast Asia
All twelve months scored on daily temperature, rainfall, humidity and holiday crowding.
The year in Malacca
Tap a month for its page
- JanJMalacca in January: sweet spot
- FebFMalacca in February: sweet spot
- MarMMalacca in March: avoid
- AprAMalacca in April: avoid
- MayMMalacca in May: avoid
- JunJMalacca in June: ok
- JulJMalacca in July: sweet spot
- AugAMalacca in August: ok, busy
- SepSMalacca in September: ok
- OctOMalacca in October: avoid
- NovNMalacca in November: avoid
- DecDMalacca in December: avoid, busy
- Sweet spot
- Good
- OK
- Avoid
- Busy
No dry season: more than 6 rainy days in every month.
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Things to do
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Things to do in Malacca
- Porta de Santiago The remains of the old Portuguese fort A Famosa, what you can see now is a mostly Dutch reconstruction, bearing the VOC coat of arms.
- Stadthuys Completed in 1660. It is a reproduction of the former Stadhuis (town hall) of the Frisian town of Hoorn in the Netherlands which existed from 1420 until 1796.
- Saint Paul's Church It was built in 1521, by the Portuguese.
- Christ Church His church was built between 1741 and 1753.
- Jonker, Heeren and adjacent streets Chinatown in Melaka, Malacca, Malaysia
- Cheng Hoon Teng Temple Oldest Chinese temple in Malaysia and has an inscription dating 1685 commemorating the deeds of by Kapitan China Li Wei King.
- Melaka Straits Mosque A mosque built on the man-made island, Pulau Melaka, just off the coast the city.
Tours and tickets in Malacca
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Sights and their lines from Wikivoyage (Malacca), licensed CC BY-SA 4.0, and Wikidata; in order of how often each one's Wikipedia article was read on phones in the last 12 months.
Month by month
No fare history for this route yet, so this ranking is climate and crowds only — the price column will fill in as the scanner collects.
| Month | Max °C | Rain days | Humidity | Sun h/day | Verdict | Why |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 30° | 11d | 82% | 8.5h | sweet spot | 30C max, 11 rainy days |
| Feb | 31° | 7d | 79% | 9.9h | sweet spot | 31C max, 7 rainy days |
| Mar | 31° | 12d | 81% | 10.0h | avoid | 31C max, 12 rainy days |
| Apr | 30° | 13d* | 86% | 9.5h | avoid | 30C max, 13 rainy days |
| May | 30° | 12d* | 85% | 9.2h | avoid | 30C max, 12 rainy days |
| Jun | 30° | 13d | 84% | 9.3h | ok | 30C max, 13 rainy days |
| Jul | 30° | 11d | 83% | 9.7h | sweet spot | 30C max, 11 rainy days |
| Aug | 30° | 14d | 84% | 9.3h | okbusy | busier than usual |
| Sep | 30° | 14d | 84% | 9.1h | ok | 30C max, 14 rainy days |
| Oct | 30° | 12d* | 85% | 8.9h | avoid | 30C max, 12 rainy days |
| Nov | 29° | 20d | 87% | 7.9h | avoid | monsoon: 20 rainy days, 295mm |
| Dec | 29° | 13d* | 86% | 8.6h | avoid busy | busier than usual |
Rain days are the days with at least 1 mm of rain, as a weather station counts them.
Weather read at the old town (Jonker Street), 9 km from the airport (MKZ): ten years of ERA5 and ERA5-Land reanalysis, through Open-Meteo's open data.* Rainy days in April, May, October and December are as the weather station at Malacca (9 km away) counts them, where it and the model disagree on a wet month (WMO 48665, 2017–2026).
A busy month is a crowded one, not a bad one — usually it is crowded because the weather is good. It is flagged rather than scored down, and crowds alone never make a month “avoid”: that is reserved for weather worth skipping.
How busy it gets
Then and now
Malacca's March days now average 31.1°C, 1.4°C warmer than in 1981–1990. 12 of 12 months are clearly warmer.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1981–90 | 28.8° | 29.6° | 29.6° | 29.5° | 29.1° | 29.2° | 28.6° | 28.6° | 28.4° | 28.5° | 28.4° | 28.3° |
| 2017–26 | 29.7° | 31.0° | 31.1° | 30.4° | 30.3° | 29.8° | 29.7° | 29.7° | 29.5° | 29.7° | 29.5° | 29.5° |
| Change | +0.9° | +1.4° | +1.4° | +1.0° | +1.2° | +0.6° | +1.1° | +1.0° | +1.1° | +1.3° | +1.1° | +1.2° |
The average daily high, month by month, for the nearest ERA5 grid cell. Bold is a clear change; grey is within the ordinary spread between years. Every destination, ranked.
Getting there
Fly into Sepang (KUL), then drive. The flights under Where to book are to Sepang.
| Sepang (KUL) | the drive is not measured yet |
|---|---|
| Malacca (MKZ) | the drive is not measured yet |
The drive from each airport is the road's, from openrouteservice.org by HeiGIT: typical, not a schedule.
How far Malacca is, and what it costs, depends on where you set off from — the months above do not.
- from Jakarta
- from Ho Chi Minh City
- from Bangkok
- from Manila
- from Hong Kong
- from Chennai
- from Kolkata
- from Bengaluru
Open in Rome2rio for every way from to Malacca, flying or not.
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. Global Affairs Canada: Exercise normal security precautions (with regional advisories). US State Department: Level 1: Exercise Normal Precautions. Everything for Malaysia: cost of living, languages, emergency numbers and health.
Being there
On arrival
- Paying — Cards work in most shops, restaurants and hotels, but DuitNow QR codes are even more common; visitors from 21 countries, India, China, Japan and Australia among them, can pay them with the Touch 'n Go eWallet, signing up with their own phone number and a card from home. Take cash to rural areas.
- UPI, for visitors from India — Not accepted for paying here; bring a card that works abroad.
- Tipping — Not customary; many air-conditioned restaurants add a 10% service charge, shown as ++ on prices.
Getting around Malacca
- Apps — Rides: Bolt, Grab. Maps: Google Maps, Apple Maps. Messages: WhatsApp.
Malacca is by no means a small city, but most of the main sites are within easy walking distance from each other and are best explored on foot. Be mindful not to hold up traffic while taking pictures of buildings. More on Wikivoyage
From the Wikivoyage article on Malacca, written by travellers and licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Help
- Emergency — police and ambulance 999 · fire 994. From a mobile, 112 also reaches an ambulance.
TravelCharika is not an emergency service: we cannot call for help or send anyone. Numbers can change; if one fails, ask someone local or your hotel.
Your embassy — : how to reach your embassy or consulate abroad. A guess from your city, : a city is not a passport.
Put together by hand from the sources listed, checked 3 October 2026. Apps, cards and rules change, so check before you rely on one.
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Malacca in pictures
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Bjørn Christian Tørrissen, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
What Malacca is like
Malacca City (Malay: Bandaraya Melaka, and officially Melaka City) is a city and the capital of the state of Malacca, Malaysia. Malacca is a vibrant old city with a unique historical and cultural background. The city centre is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, along with George Town, Penang. More on Wikivoyage
- Worth seeing
- The older part of the city proper has, in addition to the old palace and the large buildings left by the Europeans, many private houses and shops from nearly a century or more ago, put up by Chinese traders. More on Wikivoyage
- Worth doing
- Fly a kite - Go to Klebang Beach and buy a cheap kite (fighter-style, but nowhere near that well-constructed) with Japanese cartoon characters on it for RM1.50… More on Wikivoyage
- Getting in
- Malacca International Airport (MKZ IATA) (10 km from the city of Malacca). The sole commercial flight to Malacca is Scoot's flight from Singapore five times a week. More on Wikivoyage
- Staying safe
- Malacca is a very safe place with a low crime rate. However, do watch out for pickpockets in crowded areas and bags snatching on the roadside by motorbikes. More on Wikivoyage
From the Wikivoyage article on Malacca, written by travellers and licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the full article has far more. The numbers above are measured; this is experience.
Around Malacca
Also in Malaysia
- Cameron Highlands best Mar, Jun, Jul
- Ipoh best Jan, Feb, Jul
- Kuala Lumpur best Feb, May, Jun
- Kuching best Jul
- Langkawi best Jan, Feb, Jul
- Penang best Jan, Feb, Jul
- Perhentian Islands best Mar, Apr, Jul
Nearby
- Singapore Singapore · 204 km
- Lake Toba Indonesia · 381 km
- Ko Lanta Thailand · 698 km
- Phi Phi Islands Thailand · 727 km
Kind of place
Malacca is in Malaysia, Southeast Asia. Distances are great-circle, so a short one can still be a long way round.
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