Satellite: Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 by EOX IT Services GmbH · CC BY 4.0 · Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2016
Climate guideThirty-year normals for Kuching
Kuching climate by month
Tropical rainforest · AfBest Jan–Feb · Jun
Annual mean27°day and night
Seasonal swing2°warmest vs coolest
Precipitation4,655 mm342 wet days a year
1.55° N, 110.33° EElevation 8 mUTC+8 · Malaysia Time
When to goKuching · weather score
Best timeJan–Feb · Jun
October: high / low30° / 24°
iSummary
What the weather is like
Kuching has a tropical rainforest climate (Köppen Af): .
The warmest month is August, when afternoons average 31° and nights 24°. January is the coolest month, with highs of 28° and lows of 23°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 2°, a small seasonal swing typical of places tempered by the sea.
About 4,655 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. October is the wettest month (344 mm, 31 wet days) and February the driest (596 mm, 24 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 56% in June to 76% in December.
Compared with Kuala Lumpur, the capital, Kuching is 0.3° warmer on a August afternoon and receives more precipitation over the year.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 31° · August
- Coldest nights
- 23° · January
- Wettest month
- October
- Driest month
- February
- Clearest skies
- June · 56% cloud
- Longest day
- 12 h 13 min
- Shortest day
- 12 h 02 min
iiCharts
Twelve months at a glance
Temperature and precipitation
Daily high/low range bars, monthly precipitation columnsTemperature curve
Average high, lowDaylight
Hours between sunrise and sunset on the 15th of each monthiiiData table
Climate normals month by month
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average high | 28° | 29° | 30° | 30° | 30° | 30° | 30° | 31° | 30° | 30° | 29° | 29° |
| Average low | 23° | 23° | 24° | 24° | 24° | 24° | 24° | 24° | 24° | 24° | 24° | 23° |
| Precipitation | 847 mm | 596 mm | 366 mm | 280 mm | 247 mm | 223 mm | 217 mm | 244 mm | 288 mm | 344 mm | 402 mm | 601 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 29.8 | 24.3 | 28 | 26.2 | 29.5 | 29 | 26.8 | 30.3 | 28.3 | 30.5 | 29.8 | 29.2 |
| Cloud cover | 74% | 71% | 67% | 64% | 59% | 56% | 58% | 60% | 67% | 72% | 74% | 76% |
| Daylight | 12h 02 | 12h 04 | 12h 06 | 12h 09 | 12h 11 | 12h 13 | 12h 12 | 12h 10 | 12h 07 | 12h 05 | 12h 03 | 12h 02 |
| Month score | 34 | 34 | 32 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 33 | 31 | 30 | 29 | 30 | 32 |
ivMonth by month
Kuching in every month
January34
28° / 23°
847 mm · 29.8 wet days
February34
29° / 23°
596 mm · 24.3 wet days
March32
30° / 24°
366 mm · 28 wet days
April31
30° / 24°
280 mm · 26.2 wet days
May32
30° / 24°
247 mm · 29.5 wet days
June33
30° / 24°
223 mm · 29 wet days
July33
30° / 24°
217 mm · 26.8 wet days
August31
31° / 24°
244 mm · 30.3 wet days
September30
30° / 24°
288 mm · 28.3 wet days
October29
30° / 24°
344 mm · 30.5 wet days
November30
29° / 24°
402 mm · 29.8 wet days
December32
29° / 23°
601 mm · 29.2 wet days