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When to go to Kuching
When to go
What the averages say
No month in Kuching is both between 18°C and 32°C on average and under 150 mm of rain.
- Wet months (150 mm of rain or more): January to December.
- Humid months (a high of 25°C or more with relative humidity of 70% or more): January to December.
- The warmest month is May (29°C) and the coolest January (28°C). The wettest is January (547 mm) and the driest July (215 mm); about 3,803 mm of rain falls in a year.
How these sentences are worded
Each sentence is written from the figures by fixed rules, and says no more than they do. Mild to warm: a mean daily high from 18°C up to 32°C. Hot: 32°C or more. Cool: 10°C up to 18°C. Cold: under 10°C. Dry: under 50 mm of rain in the month; wet: 150 mm or more. Humid: a high of 25°C or more with relative humidity of 70% or more. A month is described as good for going when it is mild to warm and not wet.
The year at a glance
- Mild to warm and dry
- Mild to warm, humid or showery
- Hot
- Cool
- Wet
- Cold
- JanWet
- FebWet
- MarWet
- AprWet
- MayWet
- JunWet
- JulWet
- AugWet
- SeptWet
- OctWet
- NovWet
- DecWet
Month by month
Every month in Kuching
| Month | High | Low | Rain | Humidity | Cloud | Sunlight (kWh/m²/day) | High in Dubai | What it is like |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28°C | 24°C | 547 mm | 90% | 92% | 4.2 | 23°C | Wet |
| February | 28°C | 24°C | 403 mm | 89% | 89% | 4.5 | 24°C | Wet |
| March | 29°C | 24°C | 302 mm | 87% | 84% | 5 | 27°C | Wet |
| April | 29°C | 25°C | 282 mm | 86% | 82% | 5.1 | 31°C | Wet |
| May | 29°C | 26°C | 239 mm | 85% | 78% | 5 | 35°C | Wet |
| June | 29°C | 25°C | 229 mm | 85% | 78% | 4.8 | 37°C | Wet |
| July | 29°C | 25°C | 215 mm | 85% | 77% | 5 | 39°C | Wet |
| August | 29°C | 25°C | 220 mm | 84% | 80% | 5 | 39°C | Wet |
| September | 29°C | 25°C | 241 mm | 85% | 86% | 4.6 | 37°C | Wet |
| October | 29°C | 25°C | 319 mm | 86% | 88% | 4.5 | 34°C | Wet |
| November | 29°C | 25°C | 345 mm | 88% | 88% | 4.6 | 29°C | Wet |
| December | 28°C | 24°C | 461 mm | 89% | 92% | 4.4 | 25°C | Wet |
The Dubai column is Dubai's mean daily high, for comparison.
Modelled averages for an area about 50 km across, not a weather station's record: NASA POWER climatology, 2001–2020. These data were obtained from the NASA Langley Research Center (LaRC) POWER Project funded through the NASA Earth Science/Applied Science Program.
When to go nearby
When to go nearby
- Pontianak209 kmNo month mild to warm and not wet
- Miri515 kmNo month mild to warm and not wet
- Palangkaraya577 kmGood for going: July to September
- Bandar Seri Begawan632 kmGood for going: February
- Batam703 kmGood for going: February
- Pasir Gudang715 kmGood for going: February
- Banjarmasin719 kmGood for going: July to October
- Singapore721 kmGood for going: February
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