Climate averages 1991–2020
Kuching weather
in April.
A hot, very wet month: the 6th warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a hot month in Kuching: daytime highs average 30.0°C and nights cool to about 24.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 275 mm of rain on roughly 28 days, which makes April a very wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 09 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Singkawang (166 km away). In April its highs average 29.4°C, 0.6°C cooler than Kuching, with 212 mm of rain.
Among the 72 cities listed in Malaysia, Kuching ranks joint 36th of 72 for the warmest April highs and 64th of 72 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 72 cities is 30.1°C; Kuching is 0.1°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 0.2°C to 30.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 275 mm to 245 mm.
The annual picture
April 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
Kuching climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.5°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 422 | 28.9 | 12.012 h |
| February | 28.7°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 314 | 25.2 | 12.112 h |
| March | 29.5°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 276 | 28.2 | 12.112 h |
| April, selected | 30.0°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 275 | 27.6 | 12.112 h |
| May | 30.3°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 245 | 26.4 | 12.212 h |
| June | 30.2°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 191 | 22.0 | 12.212 h |
| July | 30.2°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 181 | 20.8 | 12.212 h |
| August | 30.5°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 200 | 22.1 | 12.212 h |
| September | 30.2°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 257 | 25.0 | 12.112 h |
| October | 29.7°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 328 | 29.0 | 12.112 h |
| November | 29.2°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 361 | 29.4 | 12.012 h |
| December | 28.8°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 423 | 29.4 | 12.012 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
April in nearby cities
- Singkawang in AprilIndonesia · 166 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 24.5°C · 212 mm rain
- Sibu in AprilMalaysia · 185 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 23.6°C · 230 mm rain
- Pontianak in AprilIndonesia · 209 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 24.0°C · 256 mm rain
- Sintang in AprilIndonesia · 210 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 23.7°C · 266 mm rain
- Bintulu in AprilMalaysia · 350 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 23.8°C · 188 mm rain
- Pangkalanbuun in AprilIndonesia · 492 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 23.8°C · 269 mm rain
- Miri in AprilMalaysia · 515 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 25.0°C · 124 mm rain
- Marudi in AprilMalaysia · 530 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 23.6°C · 244 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 Kuching) is explained once on the Kuching year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.