Climate averages 1991–2020
Keningau weather
in December.
A hot, wet month: one of the coolest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a hot month in Keningau: daytime highs average 28.7°C and nights cool to about 21.5°C. By daytime temperature it is one of the coolest months of the year.
Expect about 162 mm of rain on roughly 23 days, which makes December a wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 49 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Putatan (66 km away). In December its highs average 28.3°C, about as warm as Keningau, with 212 mm of rain.
Among the 72 cities listed in Malaysia, Keningau ranks joint 24th of 72 for the warmest December highs and 4th of 72 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 72 cities is 28.5°C; Keningau is 0.2°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs stay level at 28.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 162 mm to 158 mm.
The annual picture
December 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
Keningau climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.7°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 158 | 19.9 | 11.812 h |
| February | 29.4°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 119 | 17.0 | 11.912 h |
| March | 30.0°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 134 | 19.7 | 12.112 h |
| April | 30.4°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 155 | 21.4 | 12.212 h |
| May | 30.1°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 163 | 23.0 | 12.412 h |
| June | 29.7°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 132 | 19.8 | 12.412 h |
| July | 29.6°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 118 | 17.4 | 12.412 h |
| August | 30.0°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 124 | 18.0 | 12.312 h |
| September | 29.9°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 122 | 18.8 | 12.212 h |
| October | 29.1°C21.5°C | 21.5°C | 157 | 23.0 | 12.012 h |
| November | 28.9°C21.5°C | 21.5°C | 165 | 25.0 | 11.912 h |
| December, selected | 28.7°C21.5°C | 21.5°C | 162 | 22.9 | 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
December in nearby cities
- Putatan in DecemberMalaysia · 66 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 23.6°C · 212 mm rain
- Kota Kinabalu in DecemberMalaysia · 72 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 23.9°C · 212 mm rain
- Labuan in DecemberMalaysia · 101 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 24.8°C · 187 mm rain
- Bandar Seri Begawan in DecemberBrunei · 144 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 24.0°C · 222 mm rain
- Sandakan in DecemberMalaysia · 224 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 24.0°C · 289 mm rain
- Tawau in DecemberMalaysia · 227 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 24.2°C · 190 mm rain
- Marudi in DecemberMalaysia · 241 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 23.1°C · 312 mm rain
- Lahad Datu in DecemberMalaysia · 243 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 23.8°C · 164 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 Keningau) is explained once on the Keningau year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.