Ipoh
City in Malaysia: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
Ipoh 62: Adiyon84 at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
Overview
Ipoh is a city in Malaysia, in Perak. About 759,952 people live in the city proper, making it the 5th largest city of Malaysia in our atlas.
It lies at 4.58° N, 101.08° E, about 45 m (148 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the Asia/Kuala_Lumpur time zone. It sits inside the tropics.
Location
Red dot: Ipoh. Green dots: other major cities of Malaysia. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Ipoh has a tropical rainforest climate (Köppen Af). The warmest month is usually Mar, with average highs near 28°C (82°F); the coolest nights come in Jan at about 20°C (67°F). Around 2,470 mm (97 in) of rain and snow falls in a typical year, most of it in Nov.
Bars: average daily high and low (°C) for each month; blue columns and figures: average precipitation (mm). Gridded 2001-2025 averages from NASA POWER, so mountain and coastal spots can differ from local station records.
Landmarks and places to see
Popular sights within a few kilometres of the city centre, ranked by how widely they are documented on Wikipedia.
What to eat in MalaysiaNational dishes, street food, desserts and drinks on Intercontinental Chef.Nearby major cities
- Bukit Rahman Putra · 161 km
- Kampung Baru Subang · 167 km
- Kuala Lumpur · 174 km
- Shah Alam · 174 km
- Petaling Jaya · 174 km
- Kota Bharu · 214 km
- Kuantan · 263 km
- Malacca · 294 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 1734634 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q271619 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- Ipoh 62: Adiyon84 at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- PerakStd: user:Fusion16, Public domain (Wikimedia Commons)
- Tambun Cave Art: Michael, Public domain (Wikimedia Commons)
- Sultan Azlan Shah Hockey, Ipoh: Tahir mq, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Muzium Darul Ridzuan: Lembaga Muzium Negeri Perak, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Palong Tin Museum: Chongkian, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
