Weekly note
Perhentian Islands
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The numbers

Daily high28°C
Nightly low26°C
Feels like, afternoon33°C
Rainy days, 1 mm or more22 · 589 mm
Humidity83%
Sunshine8.1 h/day
Daylight11.9 h/day
Beach and sea8 of 30 days dry and 23–35 °C; sea 29 °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 Perhentian Kecil and Besar: ten years of ERA5 and ERA5-Land reanalysis, through Open-Meteo's open data.

How busy it gets

November: quiet. Busiest in April, June, July and August; quietest from October to February.

Perhentian Islands in pictures

What to pack

  • Summer clothes by day, highs around 28°C.
  • Rain gear you will actually use: about 22 rainy days and 589 mm.
  • Sun protection: about 8 hours of sunshine a day.
  • Humidity averages 83%; 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 Perhentian Islands: the apps, paying, getting around, tipping and the emergency numbers.

November elsewhere

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