Climate averages 1991–2020
Bandar Seri Begawan weather
in January.
A hot, wet month: the coolest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a hot month in Bandar Seri Begawan: daytime highs average 28.7°C and nights cool to about 23.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 162 mm of rain on roughly 19 days, which makes January a wet month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 52 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Labuan (55 km away). In January its highs average 28.4°C, about as warm as Bandar Seri Begawan, with 131 mm of rain.
From January to February, average highs rise by 0.3°C to 29.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 162 mm to 105 mm.
The annual picture
January 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, selected | 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 | 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
January in nearby cities
- Labuan in JanuaryMalaysia · 55 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 24.7°C · 131 mm rain
- Marudi in JanuaryMalaysia · 105 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 22.9°C · 264 mm rain
- Miri in JanuaryMalaysia · 118 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 24.3°C · 202 mm rain
- Keningau in JanuaryMalaysia · 144 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 21.3°C · 158 mm rain
- Putatan in JanuaryMalaysia · 169 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 23.3°C · 153 mm rain
- Kota Kinabalu in JanuaryMalaysia · 174 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 23.6°C · 153 mm rain
- Bintulu in JanuaryMalaysia · 285 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 23.2°C · 299 mm rain
- Tawau in JanuaryMalaysia · 335 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 24.1°C · 156 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.