Climate averages 1991–2020
Bintulu weather
in April.
A hot, very wet month: the joint 4th warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a hot month in Bintulu: daytime highs average 30.5°C and nights cool to about 23.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 188 mm of rain on roughly 24 days, which makes April a very wet month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 11 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Sibu (166 km away). In April its highs average 30.5°C, about as warm as Bintulu, with 230 mm of rain.
Among the 72 cities listed in Malaysia, Bintulu ranks joint 13th of 72 for the warmest April highs and joint 18th of 72 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 72 cities is 30.1°C; Bintulu is 0.4°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 0.3°C to 30.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 188 mm to 183 mm.
The annual picture
April 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
Bintulu climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.1°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 299 | 26.2 | 12.012 h |
| February | 29.4°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 193 | 21.8 | 12.012 h |
| March | 30.1°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 165 | 22.6 | 12.112 h |
| April, selected | 30.5°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 188 | 24.2 | 12.212 h |
| May | 30.7°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 183 | 22.7 | 12.312 h |
| June | 30.6°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 177 | 20.4 | 12.312 h |
| July | 30.5°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 170 | 19.6 | 12.312 h |
| August | 30.7°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 196 | 21.0 | 12.212 h |
| September | 30.4°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 213 | 23.8 | 12.112 h |
| October | 29.8°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 274 | 27.3 | 12.012 h |
| November | 29.6°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 291 | 28.4 | 12.012 h |
| December | 29.3°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 348 | 28.7 | 11.912 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
April in nearby cities
- Sibu in AprilMalaysia · 166 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 23.6°C · 230 mm rain
- Miri in AprilMalaysia · 173 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 25.0°C · 124 mm rain
- Marudi in AprilMalaysia · 182 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 23.6°C · 244 mm rain
- Bandar Seri Begawan in AprilBrunei · 285 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 24.7°C · 131 mm rain
- Labuan in AprilMalaysia · 340 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 25.5°C · 91 mm rain
- Kuching in AprilMalaysia · 350 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 24.2°C · 275 mm rain
- Sintang in AprilIndonesia · 385 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 23.7°C · 266 mm rain
- Keningau in AprilMalaysia · 422 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 22.0°C · 155 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 Bintulu) is explained once on the Bintulu year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.