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Will it rain today in Johor Bahru?

Should you take an umbrella in Johor Bahru? The forecast below loads live every time you open the page: rain now, when the next shower comes, and how much falls today and tomorrow.

Rain right now

It is raining in Johor Bahru right now: light rain. Today’s total: 3.1 mm over 15 wet hours. Tomorrow: 2.9 mm of rain.

Rain now0.1 mm/hlight · rain
Next rainnowToday
Today3.1 mm15 wet hours
Tomorrow2.9 mm18 wet hours

As of 2026-10-16 17:35 UTC (NOAA GFS snapshot). Updating live…

Rain every 3 hours, today and tomorrow

Today · Saturday 17 October

3.1 mm of rain, 15 wet hours, up to 0.3 mm/h.

Every 3 hours as a table
HoursRain (mm)mm/hType
23:00–02:000.30.1light · rain
02:00–05:000.20.1dry
05:00–08:000.40.1light · rain
08:00–11:000.50.2light · rain
11:00–14:000.60.2light · rain
14:00–17:000.80.3light · rain
17:00–20:000.10dry
20:00–23:000.20.1dry

Tomorrow · Sunday 18 October

2.9 mm of rain, 18 wet hours, up to 0.2 mm/h. (the forecast covers part of the day)

Every 3 hours as a table
HoursRain (mm)mm/hType
23:00–02:000.30.1dry
02:00–05:000.50.2light · rain
05:00–08:000.50.2light · rain
08:00–11:000.30.1light · rain
11:00–14:000.30.1light · rain
14:00–17:000.60.2light · rain
17:00–20:000.40.1light · rain

Times in local time (Asia/Kuala_Lumpur). Each bar is the rain over 3 hours; striped bars are snow.

Rain map around Johor Bahru

The same NOAA GFS precipitation on the map, moving hour by hour: blue light, darker heavy. Tap for the value.

Open the rain map on Johor Bahru

How much it rains in Johor Bahru, month by month

Johor Bahru gets about 2,368 mm of rain a year. The wettest month is December (300 mm), the driest February (102 mm); a normal October brings 210 mm.

Average monthly rain and snow (water equivalent) 2001–2025, NASA POWER (MERRA-2 reanalysis, public domain), on a ~50 km grid: mountains and coasts can differ locally.

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Questions

Will it rain today in Johor Bahru?
At 17 October 2026 the forecast said: It is raining in Johor Bahru right now: light rain. Today’s total: 3.1 mm over 15 wet hours. Tomorrow: 2.9 mm of rain. The box at the top of the page loads the latest NOAA GFS forecast every time you open it, with the time the next rain starts.
How much does it rain in Johor Bahru?
About 2,368 mm a year on average (2001–2025). December is the wettest month with 300 mm, February the driest with 102 mm.
What do the rain amounts mean?
1 mm is a litre of water per square metre. Under 2.5 mm an hour is light rain (a drizzle to a steady rain), 2.5–7.6 moderate, above 7.6 heavy: you get soaked in minutes and streets can flood.
How accurate is the forecast?
It is the global NOAA GFS model on a 0.25° grid every 3 hours: good at telling a rainy day from a dry one, less at placing a single summer thunderstorm. Check the rain map for the showers moving around Johor Bahru.

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How this page works

The rain is the one the rain layer of the map paints: NOAA GFS forecast (public domain), precipitation rate averaged over 3 hours, read at Johor Bahru and summed per local day. Rain or snow comes from the GFS precipitation type. The monthly normals are NASA POWER. No third-party weather service.