Climate averages 1991–2020
Bintulu weather
in January.
A hot, very wet month: the coolest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a hot month in Bintulu: daytime highs average 29.1°C and nights cool to about 23.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 299 mm of rain on roughly 26 days, which makes January a very wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 57 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Sibu (166 km away). In January its highs average 29.2°C, about as warm as Bintulu, with 312 mm of rain.
Among the 72 cities listed in Malaysia, Bintulu ranks joint 25th of 72 for the warmest January highs and 69th of 72 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 72 cities is 28.9°C; Bintulu is 0.3°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 0.3°C to 29.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 299 mm to 193 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
Bintulu climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 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 | 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
January in nearby cities
- Sibu in JanuaryMalaysia · 166 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 22.9°C · 312 mm rain
- Miri in JanuaryMalaysia · 173 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 24.3°C · 202 mm rain
- Marudi in JanuaryMalaysia · 182 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 22.9°C · 264 mm rain
- Bandar Seri Begawan in JanuaryBrunei · 285 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 23.9°C · 162 mm rain
- Labuan in JanuaryMalaysia · 340 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 24.7°C · 131 mm rain
- Kuching in JanuaryMalaysia · 350 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 23.5°C · 422 mm rain
- Sintang in JanuaryIndonesia · 385 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 23.1°C · 277 mm rain
- Keningau in JanuaryMalaysia · 422 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 21.3°C · 158 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.