อากาศรัฐมะละกา เดือนพฤศจิกายน

Forum posters describe July as falling within the southwest monsoon, running roughly May through September, which affects Malaysia's west coast including Malacca - posters are consistent that this means a higher chance of rain on any given day rather than a guarantee of rain all day. Posters describe a typical July day as hot, humid and sunny, or hot, humid with some rain mixed in, with real luck-of-the-draw variability from one day to the next. Posters consistently warn that longer-range weather forecasts for this part of Malaysia aren't reliable, recommending flexible, lightweight clothing and an umbrella on hand regardless of what any forecast predicts. Posters generally rate July as a warm, humid, moderately unpredictable month to visit Malacca, manageable with the right mindset about rain.

January puts Malacca on the right coast at the right time, and the forum's framing is comparative: the west coast, KL and Melaka included, gets a dry, breezy stretch from mid-December through January, while the east coast of the peninsula is in the north-east monsoon and best avoided — much more rain, rough seas. That said, regulars are firm that there is no such thing as "no rain" in a tropical country: the record still shows fourteen wet days here, arriving as an hour or three of rain and then sun again. Near 29°C by day, 25 overnight, sea at 29.