Kuching, Malaysia climate

Af Tropical rainforest

Kuching has a remarkably steady tropical climate (Tropical rainforest, Köppen Af). The hottest month is May with an average daily high near 33°C, while the coldest is January averaging around 23°C at night. Around 4232 mm of precipitation falls each year, peaking in January (678 mm) and easing off in July (200 mm).

☀️ All year

Hot

Daytime highs near 33°C most of the year.

About 126 days a year above 32 °C

🌙 Nights

Stays warm

Even the coolest nights stay near 23°C.

🌧️ Rain

Very wet

About 4232 mm of rain a year.

Wettest in January

⛅ Sky & trend

Often grey

Overcast skies dominate much of the year.

+0.1 °C vs 50 years ago

Temperature & precipitation

Daily high–low temperature range with the monthly average, plus monthly precipitation · 1991–2020 normals · hover a month for the exact figures

Clear vs cloudy days

Share of days each month that are clear, partly cloudy or cloudy · 1991–2020 · hover a month for the day counts

Kuching climate normals (1991–2020)

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Avg high (°C)	30	30	31	32	33	32	32	33	32	32	32	31
Avg temp (°C)	27	27	27	28	28	28	28	28	28	27	27	27
Avg low (°C)	23	23	23	23	24	23	23	23	23	23	23	23
Precipitation (mm)	678	484	335	322	274	261	200	268	240	323	338	508

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Avg high (°C)	30	30	31	32	33	32
Avg temp (°C)	27	27	27	28	28	28
Avg low (°C)	23	23	23	23	24	23
Precipitation (mm)	678	484	335	322	274	261

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Avg high (°C)	32	33	32	32	32	31
Avg temp (°C)	28	28	28	27	27	27
Avg low (°C)	23	23	23	23	23	23
Precipitation (mm)	200	268	240	323	338	508

How often — frequency of weather events

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Days with measurable rain (days)	23	18	18	19	18	16	14	16	17	21	23	25
Days with high ≥ 32°C (days)	3	2	9	15	16	15	15	15	12	10	9	6

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Days with measurable rain (days)	23	18	18	19	18	16
Days with high ≥ 32°C (days)	3	2	9	15	16	15

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Days with measurable rain (days)	14	16	17	21	23	25
Days with high ≥ 32°C (days)	15	15	12	10	9	6

Sky & atmosphere

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Cloud cover (%)	90	88	83	79	76	75	75	78	83	86	86	89
Clear days (≤ 30% cloud)	0.2	0.3	0.4	0.6	1	1	2	0.9	0.3	0.2	0.1	0.1
Partly cloudy days (30–70%)	2	3	5	7	9	9	9	8	5	4	4	3
Cloudy days (≥ 70%)	28	25	25	22	21	20	21	22	25	27	26	28
Relative humidity (%)	90	89	87	86	85	85	85	85	85	87	88	89
Wind speed (m/s)	1.0	1.0	0.9	0.8	0.7	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.9	0.9

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Cloud cover (%)	90	88	83	79	76	75
Clear days (≤ 30% cloud)	0.2	0.3	0.4	0.6	1	1
Partly cloudy days (30–70%)	2	3	5	7	9	9
Cloudy days (≥ 70%)	28	25	25	22	21	20
Relative humidity (%)	90	89	87	86	85	85
Wind speed (m/s)	1.0	1.0	0.9	0.8	0.7	0.8

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Cloud cover (%)	75	78	83	86	86	89
Clear days (≤ 30% cloud)	2	0.9	0.3	0.2	0.1	0.1
Partly cloudy days (30–70%)	9	8	5	4	4	3
Cloudy days (≥ 70%)	21	22	25	27	26	28
Relative humidity (%)	85	85	85	87	88	89
Wind speed (m/s)	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.9	0.9

Methodology & sources

Temperature & precipitation — 1991–2020 normals computed from 22 years of daily observations at Kuching, a weather station, about 7 km from the city centre. The underlying daily records come from NOAA's global station network.

Cloud, humidity, wind & sunshine — modelled estimates from NASA POWER, NASA's satellite-and-reanalysis climatology. This is the standard global source for atmospheric variables, which are not measured at most weather stations.

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