Climate averages 1991–2020
Kuching weather
in December.
A hot, very wet month: the 10th warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a hot month in Kuching: daytime highs average 28.8°C and nights cool to about 23.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 423 mm of rain on roughly 29 days, which makes December a very wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 02 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Singkawang (166 km away). In December its highs average 28.2°C, 0.6°C cooler than Kuching, with 399 mm of rain.
Among the 72 cities listed in Malaysia, Kuching ranks joint 20th of 72 for the warmest December highs and 69th of 72 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 72 cities is 28.5°C; Kuching is 0.3°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 0.3°C to 28.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 423 mm to 422 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
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 | 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, selected | 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
December in nearby cities
- Singkawang in DecemberIndonesia · 166 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 24.0°C · 399 mm rain
- Sibu in DecemberMalaysia · 185 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 23.0°C · 344 mm rain
- Pontianak in DecemberIndonesia · 209 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 23.5°C · 364 mm rain
- Sintang in DecemberIndonesia · 210 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 23.2°C · 267 mm rain
- Bintulu in DecemberMalaysia · 350 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 23.3°C · 348 mm rain
- Pangkalanbuun in DecemberIndonesia · 492 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 23.5°C · 294 mm rain
- Miri in DecemberMalaysia · 515 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 24.2°C · 293 mm rain
- Marudi in DecemberMalaysia · 530 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 23.1°C · 312 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.