Jonker Walk
Jonker Walk is a Chinatown neighborhood and shopping street in Malacca. It is one of the 36 sights of Malaysia listed on this site and is ranked 20th among the country's sights in terms of English Wikipedia lookups.
Planning a visit
The area is open from Friday to Sunday between 18:00 and 00:00. Visitors can combine a walk through the street with visits to Cheng Hoon Teng Temple, which is 0.1 km away, Christ Church, Malacca, at 0.4 km, or A Famosa, located 0.7 km away.
Malacca International Airport is 8 km from the street, and Kuala Lumpur International Airport is 85 km away. The site is 122 km from Kuala Lumpur. The weather is warm year-round, with daily highs between 28 °C and 29 °C. Rainfall is frequent throughout the year, with the wettest months being April, November, and October, which see about 23 to 26 rainy days each.
Weather by month
Temperatures stay much the same all year, around 27 °C on average. Rain is spread fairly evenly through the year.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average high, °C | 29 | 29 | 29 | 29 | 29 | 29 | 29 | 29 | 29 | 29 | 28 | 28 |
| Average low, °C | 25 | 25 | 25 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 25 |
| Rainfall, mm | 94 | 89 | 166 | 228 | 210 | 145 | 199 | 208 | 193 | 236 | 231 | 174 |
| Rainy days | 22 | 16 | 23 | 26 | 26 | 25 | 22 | 24 | 24 | 26 | 28 | 27 |
Temperatures and rainfall: 1981–2010 averages for this spot (4 km grid), from CHELSA. Rainy days: 2015–2024, NASA POWER.
