Climate averages 1991–2020

Bintulu weather
in July.

A hot, wet month: the joint 4th warmest and the 2nd driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 30.5°C Daytime mean, July

Average low 23.8°C Night-time mean, July

Rainfall 170 mm 20 days with ≥1 mm

Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

July 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 170 mm of rain on roughly 20 days, which makes July a wet month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 17 min on an average July day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Sibu (166 km away). In July its highs average 30.3°C, about as warm as Bintulu, with 174 mm of rain.

Among the 72 cities listed in Malaysia, Bintulu ranks 8th of 72 for the warmest July highs and 47th of 72 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 72 cities is 29.8°C; Bintulu is 0.8°C warmer than that mean.

From July to August, average highs rise by 0.2°C to 30.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 170 mm to 196 mm.

The annual picture

July in context

30-year average

Average highAverage low°C

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm

Averages 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

1991–2020

Monthly climate averages for Bintulu, 1991–2020
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	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, selected	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

July in nearby cities

Distance from Bintulu

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 limits

How 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.