George Town
George Town
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About
George Town is the capital of the Malaysian state of Penang. It is the core city of the George Town Conurbation, Malaysia's second largest metropolitan area with a population of 2.84 million and the second largest metropolitan economy in the country. The city proper spans an area of 306 km2 (118 sq mi) encompassing Penang Island and surrounding islets, and had a population of 794,313 as of 2020.
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Why visit
Visit George Town for archaeology and older urban layers, markets, streets, food, and public squares, landscape, water, gardens, and nearby routes. For George Town, the useful material is practical and visible: museums, streets, religious buildings, markets, performance spaces, food, and nearby landscapes. A good itinerary should stay selective. For George Town, choose the anchor first; the cafe, market, church, gallery, or evening event should follow from that location. That gives George Town room to show itself without turning the day into unrelated stops. When George Town opens onto beaches, hills, rivers, gardens, or nearby towns, add them only when they sharpen the trip.
When to avoid
Do not visit George Town expecting every useful stop to be close together or easy to improvise. Do the practical reading of George Town first: hours, routes, weather, crowds, and how far the neighborhoods really sit from one another. A safer and clearer day in George Town usually comes from grouping nearby sites and avoiding unnecessary late or awkward transfers. If the main interest is one nearby site, it may be better to treat George Town as a base rather than the whole destination.
Drier Season (Dec-Mar)
The hotter or wetter months are the period when heat, daylight, crowds, or humidity most affect a visit to George Town. Rain and humidity shape the visit more than temperature changes. In George Town, heat management is part of cultural planning: walk early, pause indoors, and return outside when the light softens. This period suits George Town when the trip depends on daylight, festivals, water, gardens, hills, or nearby countryside. Check dates in George Town; some venues reduce programming during the same weeks that tourism increases.
Wetter Season (Sep-Nov)
The cooler, drier, or less humid months can be the more comfortable period in George Town. Rain is still the main constraint, not cold. The practical issue in George Town is not temperature alone, but what rain, humidity, storms, or sea conditions do to the plan. Use this period in George Town for close looking indoors, then add outdoor sections when weather and daylight cooperate. In George Town, keep outdoor plans shorter, check hours carefully, and use a taxi or rideshare when weather or late returns make transit less attractive.
The next week in George Town
7-day forecast from Open-Meteo. UV badges flag days when sun protection matters (3 and above is moderate; 8 and above is risk territory for unprotected fair skin within 30 minutes).
Today
Showers
32° / 24°
9.3 mm
UV Moderate
Sun
Thunderstorm
33° / 25°
1.0 mm
UV Very high
Mon
Thunderstorm
31° / 25°
7.7 mm
UV Moderate
Tue
Showers
30° / 25°
12.3 mm
UV Very high
Wed
Showers
30° / 25°
14.4 mm
UV High
Thu
Thunderstorm
33°
In May 16
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Air quality
No monitoring station within 25 km.
Weather
34° / 23°
Typical high / low
7 mm rainfall this month
Daylight
12.4h
07:03 – 19:25local
Year-round climate
Monthly highs, lows, and rainfall (long-term averages, NASA POWER).
Airports near George Town
2 commercial airports within 100 km. Closest is Penang International Airport (PEN) at 14 km.
Getting around George Town
Public-transit operators within 8 km of the city center. Click through to each operator’s site for routes, fares, and tickets.
Operators and modes aggregated by TransitLand from individual transit-agency GTFS feeds. Route classifications (subway / tram / rail / bus / etc) come from each feed’s GTFS route_type codes.
Sister cities
Sources
This page blends public reference data, climate/elevation services, and personal notes. Travel requirements can change, so visa and entry details should be checked again before booking.
- Wikipedia →
Summary, canonical article, and some image fallbacks.
- Wikidata →
Population, area, image, coordinates, and linked identifiers where available.
- NASA POWER →
Monthly temperature and rainfall climatology.
- Open-Meteo historical weather →
1991-2020 temperature and precipitation cross-check for compact climate fields.
- Open-Elevation →
Coordinate-based elevation backfill.
- tz database →
Coordinate-based IANA timezone lookup.
- City flag source →
Public domain, Molecule Extraction.
- Site credits →
Global source notes, map tiles, flags, licenses, and attribution policy.