Malacca
City in Malaysia: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
Malacca City: Adiput at en.wikipedia, Public domain (Wikimedia Commons)
Overview
Malacca is a city in Malaysia, in Melaka. About 579,000 people live in the city proper, making it the 9th largest city of Malaysia in our atlas.
It lies at 2.20° N, 102.24° E, about 6 m (20 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the Asia/Kuala_Lumpur time zone. It sits inside the tropics.
Location
Red dot: Malacca. Green dots: other major cities of Malaysia. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Malacca has a tropical rainforest climate (Köppen Af). The warmest month is usually Apr, with average highs near 30°C (87°F); the coolest nights come in Feb at about 24°C (75°F). Around 2,236 mm (88 in) of rain and snow falls in a typical year, spread fairly evenly through the year.
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
- Kuala Lumpur · 122 km
- Petaling Jaya · 123 km
- Shah Alam · 126 km
- Kampung Baru Subang · 132 km
- Bukit Rahman Putra · 136 km
- Iskandar Puteri · 177 km
- Johor Bahru · 187 km
- Pelentong · 191 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 1734759 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q61089 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- Malacca City: Adiput at en.wikipedia, Public domain (Wikimedia Commons)
- Malacca Sultanate Palace: Adiput (talk), Public domain (Wikimedia Commons)
- Melaka Malaysia People's-Museum-01: CEphoto, Uwe Aranas, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Melaka Literature Museum: Chongkian, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Baba Nyonya Heritage Museum: Chongkian, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Malaysia Youth Museum and Melaka Art Gallery: Chongkian, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Melaka Islamic Museum: Chongkian, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Maritime Museum: Chongkian, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Melaka's famous hang Li Po's Well: Rudolph.A.furtado, Public domain (Wikimedia Commons)
