Pelentong
City in Malaysia: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
Overview
Pelentong is a city in Malaysia, in Johor. About 583,640 people live in the city proper, making it the 8th largest city of Malaysia in our atlas.
It lies at 1.52° N, 103.82° E, about 25 m (82 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the Asia/Kuala_Lumpur time zone. It sits inside the tropics.
Location
Red dot: Pelentong. Green dots: other major cities of Malaysia. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Pelentong has a tropical rainforest climate (Köppen Af). The warmest month is usually Apr, with average highs near 30°C (86°F); the coolest nights come in Feb at about 24°C (74°F). Around 2,368 mm (93 in) of rain and snow falls in a typical year, most of it in Dec.
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
- Johor Bahru · 10 km
- Iskandar Puteri · 27 km
- Malacca · 191 km
- Kuantan · 259 km
- Kuala Lumpur · 297 km
- Petaling Jaya · 302 km
- Shah Alam · 308 km
- Kampung Baru Subang · 312 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 1732747 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q7204554 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- Taman Daya Hockey Stadium: Chongkian, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
