Climate averages 1991–2020
Keningau weather
in March.
A hot, wet month: the joint 3rd warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a hot month in Keningau: daytime highs average 30.0°C and nights cool to about 21.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 134 mm of rain on roughly 20 days, which makes March a wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 05 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Putatan (66 km away). In March its highs average 29.0°C, 1.0°C cooler than Keningau, with 93 mm of rain.
Among the 72 cities listed in Malaysia, Keningau ranks joint 39th of 72 for the warmest March highs and 12th of 72 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 72 cities is 30.1°C; Keningau is 0.1°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 0.4°C to 30.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 134 mm to 155 mm.
The annual picture
March 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, selected | 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 | 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
March in nearby cities
- Putatan in MarchMalaysia · 66 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 23.7°C · 93 mm rain
- Kota Kinabalu in MarchMalaysia · 72 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 23.9°C · 93 mm rain
- Labuan in MarchMalaysia · 101 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 25.1°C · 54 mm rain
- Bandar Seri Begawan in MarchBrunei · 144 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 24.3°C · 91 mm rain
- Sandakan in MarchMalaysia · 224 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 24.1°C · 197 mm rain
- Tawau in MarchMalaysia · 227 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 24.3°C · 144 mm rain
- Marudi in MarchMalaysia · 241 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 23.3°C · 206 mm rain
- Lahad Datu in MarchMalaysia · 243 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 23.7°C · 123 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.