 This study compared the accuracy of satellite precipitation products, SPPs, against ground-based measurements in Malaysia. It found that 3B42V7 and Aphrodite had the best overall performance, while GPCP1DD had the worst. The SPPs generally underestimated small and large precipitation events, but did well at detecting precipitation amounts during floods. This suggests that SPPs can be used to estimate precipitation amounts, but further improvements need to be made before they can be widely adapted. This article was authored by Mao Liyong Tan, Ablatif Ibrahim, Zheng Duan, and others.