Langkawi
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About
Langkawi, officially known as Langkawi, the Jewel of Kedah, is a duty-free island and an archipelago of 99 islands located some 30 kilometres (19 mi) off the coast of northwestern Malaysia and a few kilometres south of Ko Tarutao, adjacent to the Thai border. Politically, it is an administrative district of Kedah, with Kuah as its largest town. Langkawi was developed as a tourist destination in the 1980s, and Pantai Cenang is the island's most popular beach and tourist area.
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Why visit
Visit Langkawi for music, theater, and performance, landscape, water, gardens, and nearby routes. Use Langkawi to connect cultural institutions with streets, food, public space, and nearby landscape rather than treating each stop separately. A good itinerary should stay selective. The strongest plan in Langkawi usually starts with one main stop and treats the surrounding streets as part of the visit. For Langkawi, this usually reveals more than adding one more distant sight. When Langkawi opens onto beaches, hills, rivers, gardens, or nearby towns, add them only when they sharpen the trip.
When to avoid
Weather affects boat trips, and some resort areas feel isolated from local life. Choose location carefully if you do not plan to rent a car or use taxis often. In Langkawi, build in a margin for closures and delays. Use Langkawi with room for Sunday closures, holidays, queues, traffic, and cross-town movement.
Hot Season (January-April)
For Langkawi, June through August usually require the most attention to heat, light, and weather. In Langkawi, heat, glare, and the shift between dry and rainy months matter more than a simple summer label. In Langkawi, keep the route tight, carry water where appropriate, and avoid making one exposed site carry the whole day. For Langkawi, let museums, churches, cafes, galleries, or evening events carry some of the day.
Monsoon Season (Sep-Feb)
The cooler, drier, or less humid months can be the more comfortable period in Langkawi. For Langkawi, walking is often easier in the drier and cooler part of the year. In Langkawi, comfort depends on rain, humidity, storms, rough seas, and service patterns as much as temperature. Use this period in Langkawi for close looking indoors, then add outdoor sections when weather and daylight cooperate. For Langkawi, shorten exposed walks, verify opening times, and avoid making a late or wet return depend on weak transport links.
The next week in Langkawi
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
31° / 24°
5.5 mm
UV High
Sun
Thunderstorm
31° / 25°
6.3 mm
UV High
Mon
Thunderstorm
31° / 24°
7.6 mm
UV Moderate
Tue
Thunderstorm
30° / 24°
25.8 mm
UV Moderate
Wed
Showers
27° / 24°
30.3 mm
UV High
Thu
Showers
32°
In May 16
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Air quality
No monitoring station within 25 km.
Weather
36° / 25°
Typical high / low
7 mm rainfall this month
Daylight
12.4h
07:04 – 19:29local
Year-round climate
Monthly highs, lows, and rainfall (long-term averages, NASA POWER).
Airports near Langkawi
3 commercial airports within 100 km. Closest is Langkawi International Airport (LGK) at 8 km.
Getting around Langkawi
Public-transit operators within 8 km of the city center. Click through to each operator’s site for routes, fares, and tickets.
Local transit operators
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.
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.
- Site credits →
Global source notes, map tiles, flags, licenses, and attribution policy.