| Climate data for Kota Kinabalu (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1946–2020) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 35.0 (95.0) |
35.2 (95.4) |
35.7 (96.3) |
36.0 (96.8) |
36.5 (97.7) |
36.3 (97.3) |
35.9 (96.6) |
36.4 (97.5) |
36.1 (97.0) |
34.8 (94.6) |
34.8 (94.6) |
34.2 (93.6) |
36.5 (97.7) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 31.3 (88.3) |
31.4 (88.5) |
32.1 (89.8) |
33.0 (91.4) |
33.1 (91.6) |
32.6 (90.7) |
32.3 (90.1) |
32.4 (90.3) |
32.2 (90.0) |
31.8 (89.2) |
31.9 (89.4) |
31.7 (89.1) |
32.1 (89.8) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 26.9 (80.4) |
26.9 (80.4) |
27.5 (81.5) |
28.1 (82.6) |
28.2 (82.8) |
27.9 (82.2) |
27.6 (81.7) |
27.7 (81.9) |
27.5 (81.5) |
27.2 (81.0) |
27.2 (81.0) |
27.1 (80.8) |
27.5 (81.5) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 23.5 (74.3) |
23.6 (74.5) |
23.9 (75.0) |
24.5 (76.1) |
24.7 (76.5) |
24.4 (75.9) |
24.1 (75.4) |
24.1 (75.4) |
24.0 (75.2) |
24.0 (75.2) |
24.0 (75.2) |
23.9 (75.0) |
24.1 (75.4) |
| Record low °C (°F) | 18.0 (64.4) |
17.0 (62.6) |
18.0 (64.4) |
18.0 (64.4) |
18.0 (64.4) |
18.0 (64.4) |
17.0 (62.6) |
16.0 (60.8) |
17.0 (62.6) |
19.0 (66.2) |
18.0 (64.4) |
18.0 (64.4) |
16.0 (60.8) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 140.7 (5.54) |
78.1 (3.07) |
93.1 (3.67) |
123.4 (4.86) |
212.3 (8.36) |
283.9 (11.18) |
288.3 (11.35) |
278.6 (10.97) |
287.3 (11.31) |
387.3 (15.25) |
283.3 (11.15) |
261.8 (10.31) |
2,718.1 (107.01) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) | 9.2 | 6.6 | 7.0 | 9.4 | 12.2 | 12.8 | 14.0 | 14.0 | 14.3 | 18.0 | 15.8 | 14.1 | 147.4 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 83 | 82 | 81 | 80 | 81 | 80 | 79 | 78 | 81 | 82 | 83 | 83 | 81 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 187.7 | 194.8 | 233.4 | 245.3 | 228.8 | 197.6 | 204.9 | 196.7 | 180.7 | 191.9 | 192.5 | 197.5 | 2,451.8 |
| Source 1: World Meteorological Organization[1] | |||||||||||||
| Source 2: NOAA (sun, 1961–1990),[2] Deutscher Wetterdienst (extremes and humidity)[3] | |||||||||||||
References
- ^ "World Meteorological Organization Climate Normals for 1991–2020". World Meteorological Organization. Retrieved 19 October 2023.
- ^ "Kota Kinabalu Climate Normals 1961–1990". National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Retrieved 7 May 2014.
- ^ "Klimatafel von Kota Kinabalu (Jesselton) / Insel Borneo (Kalimantan) / Malaysia" (PDF). Baseline climate means (1961–1990) from stations all over the world (in German). Deutscher Wetterdienst. Retrieved 17 October 2016.