Climate averages 1991–2020
Bandar Seri Begawan weather
in December.
A hot, very wet month: the 11th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a hot month in Bandar Seri Begawan: daytime highs average 28.9°C and nights cool to about 24.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 222 mm of rain on roughly 25 days, which makes December a very wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 51 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Labuan (55 km away). In December its highs average 28.5°C, about as warm as Bandar Seri Begawan, with 187 mm of rain.
From December to January, average highs fall by 0.2°C to 28.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 222 mm to 162 mm.
The annual picture
December in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Bandar Seri Begawan climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.7°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 162 | 19.2 | 11.912 h |
| February | 29.0°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 105 | 13.4 | 12.012 h |
| March | 29.9°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 91 | 15.7 | 12.112 h |
| April | 30.5°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 131 | 19.4 | 12.212 h |
| May | 30.5°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 148 | 21.5 | 12.312 h |
| June | 30.2°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 185 | 19.6 | 12.412 h |
| July | 30.0°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 179 | 21.1 | 12.412 h |
| August | 30.2°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 182 | 21.3 | 12.312 h |
| September | 29.9°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 196 | 23.0 | 12.112 h |
| October | 29.2°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 254 | 26.9 | 12.012 h |
| November | 29.1°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 232 | 26.0 | 11.912 h |
| December, selected | 28.9°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 222 | 24.7 | 11.812 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
December in nearby cities
- Labuan in DecemberMalaysia · 55 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 24.8°C · 187 mm rain
- Marudi in DecemberMalaysia · 105 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 23.1°C · 312 mm rain
- Miri in DecemberMalaysia · 118 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 24.2°C · 293 mm rain
- Keningau in DecemberMalaysia · 144 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 21.5°C · 162 mm rain
- Putatan in DecemberMalaysia · 169 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 23.6°C · 212 mm rain
- Kota Kinabalu in DecemberMalaysia · 174 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 23.9°C · 212 mm rain
- Bintulu in DecemberMalaysia · 285 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 23.3°C · 348 mm rain
- Tawau in DecemberMalaysia · 335 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 24.2°C · 190 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Bandar Seri Begawan) is explained once on the Bandar Seri Begawan year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.