Johor is located in a tropical region with an equatorial climate . Both the temperature and humidity are consistently high throughout the year with heavy rainfall . Average monthly temperatures are to , with the lowest recorded during the rainy seasons . The west coast receives an average of 2,000 millimetres to 2,500 millimetres of rain , while in the east the average rainfall is higher , with Endau and Pengerang receiving more than 3,400 millimetres of rain a year . The state experiences two monsoon seasons , the northeast and southwest seasons ; the northeast occurs from March until November while the southeast occurs from May until September , and the transitional months for the monsoon seasons are April and November . The state experienced extreme flooding from December 2006 to January 2007 with around 60,000 – 70,000 of the state residents evacuated to emergency shelter . Since the state also lies on the Sunda Plate , it experiences tremors from nearby earthquakes in Sumatra , Indonesia
extreme flooding
2006–07 Southeast Asian floods
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