Climate averages 1991–2020
Bintulu weather
in October.
A hot, very wet month: the 8th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a hot month in Bintulu: daytime highs average 29.8°C and nights cool to about 23.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 274 mm of rain on roughly 27 days, which makes October a very wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 03 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Sibu (166 km away). In October its highs average 29.9°C, about as warm as Bintulu, with 280 mm of rain.
Among the 72 cities listed in Malaysia, Bintulu ranks joint 4th of 72 for the warmest October highs and 40th of 72 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 72 cities is 29.2°C; Bintulu is 0.6°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 0.3°C to 29.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 274 mm to 291 mm.
The annual picture
October 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 | 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Sibu in OctoberMalaysia · 166 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 23.3°C · 280 mm rain
- Miri in OctoberMalaysia · 173 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 24.4°C · 280 mm rain
- Marudi in OctoberMalaysia · 182 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 23.2°C · 290 mm rain
- Bandar Seri Begawan in OctoberBrunei · 285 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 24.1°C · 254 mm rain
- Labuan in OctoberMalaysia · 340 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 24.8°C · 201 mm rain
- Kuching in OctoberMalaysia · 350 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 23.8°C · 328 mm rain
- Sintang in OctoberIndonesia · 385 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 23.3°C · 313 mm rain
- Keningau in OctoberMalaysia · 422 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 21.5°C · 157 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.