The right altitude to escaping the heat

Running for the hills: Visitors camping at the Nature Green Farm on Penang Hill. — LIM BENG TATT/The Star

GEORGE TOWN: Thousands of tourists and locals are making their way to Penang Hill to enjoy the cool weather after suffering the sweltering heat for about a month.

The temperature in Penang can go up to as high as 33°C in the afternoon but being 833m above sea level, the temperature at the hill can go as low as 25°C in the day and as chilly as 18°C after dark.