George Town for remote workers: time-zone overlap, weather by month, prices

US Eastern team 0 h shared 9–5 · their day is 22:00–06:00 here

US Pacific team 0 h shared 9–5 · their day is 01:00–09:00 (next day) here

UK team 0–1 h shared 9–5 · their day is 17:00–01:00 here

Central Europe team 1–2 h shared 9–5 · their day is 16:00–00:00 here

Price level 33 Very low: household prices Malaysia-wide vs US = 100 (2025)

Comfortable months 0 / 12 None reach Good; best January–February

Your team's working day, on George Town's clock

Today (1 November 2026). Each bar is 24 hours of local time in George Town; the shaded column is a local 9–5.

Employer's 9–5 Overlap with your 9–5 Your 9–5 Night (22–7)

US Eastern 22:00–06:00

0 h

US Pacific 01:00–09:00 (next day)

0 h

UK 17:00–01:00

0 h

Central Europe 16:00–00:00

1 h

Another zone

Malaysia does not change its clocks, so every shift in shared hours comes from your employer's side.

Hours of a 9–5 in both places that coincide, lowest–highest across each month's working days. "Awake" stretches your day to 7:00–22:00.

Month	US Eastern	US Pacific	UK	Central Europe
Jan	0 h awake 0 h	0 h awake 2 h	0 h awake 5 h	1 h awake 6 h
Feb	0 h awake 0 h	0 h awake 2 h	0 h awake 5 h	1 h awake 6 h
Mar	0 h awake 0–1 h	0 h awake 1–2 h	0–1 h awake 5–6 h	1–2 h awake 6–7 h
Apr	0 h awake 1 h	0 h awake 1 h	1 h awake 6 h	2 h awake 7 h
May	0 h awake 1 h	0 h awake 1 h	1 h awake 6 h	2 h awake 7 h
Jun	0 h awake 1 h	0 h awake 1 h	1 h awake 6 h	2 h awake 7 h
Jul	0 h awake 1 h	0 h awake 1 h	1 h awake 6 h	2 h awake 7 h
Aug	0 h awake 1 h	0 h awake 1 h	1 h awake 6 h	2 h awake 7 h
Sep	0 h awake 1 h	0 h awake 1 h	1 h awake 6 h	2 h awake 7 h
Oct	0 h awake 1 h	0 h awake 1 h	0–1 h awake 5–6 h	1–2 h awake 6–7 h
Nov	0 h awake 0 h	0 h awake 2 h	0 h awake 5 h	1 h awake 6 h
Dec	0 h awake 0 h	0 h awake 2 h	0 h awake 5 h	1 h awake 6 h

Month	High	Low	Rain	Dew point	Daylight	Score
Jan	32°C	24°C	166 mm	23°C oppressive	11.7 h	1.8
Feb	33°C	24°C	93 mm	23°C oppressive	11.8 h	2.5
Mar	33°C	24°C	173 mm	24°C oppressive	12.0 h	1.0
Apr	33°C	24°C	230 mm	25°C oppressive	12.1 h	0.3
May	32°C	24°C	243 mm	25°C oppressive	12.2 h	0.5
Jun	32°C	24°C	195 mm	25°C oppressive	12.3 h	1.4
Jul	32°C	24°C	200 mm	24°C oppressive	12.3 h	1.4
Aug	32°C	24°C	246 mm	24°C oppressive	12.2 h	1.1
Sep	31°C	24°C	306 mm	24°C oppressive	12.0 h	1.3
Oct	32°C	24°C	431 mm	24°C oppressive	11.9 h	1.1
Nov	32°C	24°C	341 mm	24°C oppressive	11.7 h	1.0
Dec	32°C	24°C	223 mm	24°C oppressive	11.7 h	1.2

TerraClimate 1991–2020 averages for the ~4 km grid cell. Daylight is computed for mid-month.

Population: 794,313 (2020)
Elevation: 4 m
Airports: Penang International Airport (PEN), 14 km
Time zone: Asia/Kuala_Lumpur
Visas: Rules depend on your passport and change often; NomadCritic does not summarise them. Check Malaysia's official government or embassy website.
Read more: George Town on Wikipedia

US: Level 1 Exercise Normal Precautions. State Department

UK FCDO The FCDO advises against all but essential travel to parts of the country. Updated 2026-10-07. GOV.UK

Checked 2026-11-01 (US) and 2026-11-01 (UK). Read the official advice before you go.

Within an hour of George Town's clock today, most comfortable months first.