Climate averages 1991–2020
Keningau weather
in October.
A hot, wet month: the 9th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a hot month in Keningau: daytime highs average 29.1°C and nights cool to about 21.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 157 mm of rain on roughly 23 days, which makes October a wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 00 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Putatan (66 km away). In October its highs average 28.5°C, 0.6°C cooler than Keningau, with 264 mm of rain.
Among the 72 cities listed in Malaysia, Keningau ranks joint 36th of 72 for the warmest October highs and 2nd of 72 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 72 cities is 29.2°C; Keningau is 0.1°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 0.2°C to 28.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 157 mm to 165 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
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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Putatan in OctoberMalaysia · 66 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 23.7°C · 264 mm rain
- Kota Kinabalu in OctoberMalaysia · 72 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 24.0°C · 264 mm rain
- Labuan in OctoberMalaysia · 101 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 24.8°C · 201 mm rain
- Bandar Seri Begawan in OctoberBrunei · 144 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 24.1°C · 254 mm rain
- Sandakan in OctoberMalaysia · 224 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 24.2°C · 282 mm rain
- Tawau in OctoberMalaysia · 227 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 24.1°C · 214 mm rain
- Marudi in OctoberMalaysia · 241 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 23.2°C · 290 mm rain
- Lahad Datu in OctoberMalaysia · 243 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 23.9°C · 193 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.