Kuching
Elevation 8 m1.56° N, 110.34° E
When to go?
Mean 27 °C, 29 rain days in the month (683 mm).
Against
- Hothighs of 31 °C
- Often rainyrain on 9 days in 10
- Torrential rain24 mm per rain day
Mean 27 °C, 24 rain days in the month (505 mm).
Against
- Hothighs of 31 °C
- Often rainyrain on 8 days in 10
- Torrential rain21 mm per rain day
Mean 28 °C, 24 rain days in the month (383 mm).
Against
- Hothighs of 31 °C
- Often rainyrain on 8 days in 10
- Torrential rain16 mm per rain day
Mean 28 °C, 22 rain days in the month (296 mm).
Against
- Hothighs of 32 °C
- Often rainyrain on 7 days in 10
Mean 28 °C, 20 rain days in the month (251 mm).
Against
- Hothighs of 32 °C
- Often rainyrain on 6 days in 10
Mean 28 °C, 18 rain days in the month (214 mm).
Against
- Hothighs of 32 °C
- Often rainyrain on 6 days in 10
Mean 28 °C, 17 rain days in the month (208 mm).
Against
- Hothighs of 32 °C
- Often rainyrain on 5 days in 10
Mean 28 °C, 19 rain days in the month (252 mm).
Against
- Hothighs of 32 °C
- Often rainyrain on 6 days in 10
Mean 28 °C, 21 rain days in the month (266 mm).
Against
- Hothighs of 32 °C
- Often rainyrain on 7 days in 10
Mean 28 °C, 25 rain days in the month (300 mm).
Against
- Hothighs of 32 °C
- Often rainyrain on 8 days in 10
- Torrential rain12 mm per rain day
Mean 27 °C, 27 rain days in the month (353 mm).
Against
- Hothighs of 32 °C
- Often rainyrain on 9 days in 10
- Torrential rain13 mm per rain day
Mean 27 °C, 28 rain days in the month (548 mm).
Against
- Hothighs of 31 °C
- Often rainyrain on 9 days in 10
- Torrential rain20 mm per rain day
No month without a contraindication; the least rainy is July. Avoid all year (hot and often rainy, at times torrential rain).
What is the climate like?
Temperature and rain
Monthly min and max temperature (°C)
Monthly min and max temperature (°C)
How much it rains
Rain days and how much water
Rain days and how much water
Bars: length = rain days, thickness = mm on a rain day, area = the month's rain. 3 mm a day7 mm a day15 mm a day
Colour = the month's rain: 103060100160250400mm
Daylight hours
Daylight and sky: sunrise, sunset and cloud cover
daylight under a clear sky (average share)daylight under cloud
daylight under a clear sky (average share)daylight under cloud
Times on the 15th of each month, in local time: daylight saving where and when it applies, standard time in the other months.
Effect of climate change
Today's climate (1996–2025) compared with 1961–1990:
In short
Year by year
Temperature of each year
Against 1961–1990 the mean temperature of today (1996–2025) has changed by +0.4 °C; in the last ten years by +0.6 °C. Warmest year: 2016 (+0.8 °C), coldest: 1956 (−0.6 °C).
January and November warmed the most (+0.5 and +0.5 °C), June the least (+0.2 °C).
Warming stripes: after an idea by Ed Hawkins (University of Reading), showyourstripes.info, CC BY 4.0.
Rain of each year (% against 1961–1990)
more rain than in 1961–1990less rain
Rain in a year: +3 % every ten years.