Climate averages 1991–2020
Kuching weather
in February.
A hot, very wet month: the 11th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a hot month in Kuching: daytime highs average 28.7°C and nights cool to about 23.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 314 mm of rain on roughly 25 days, which makes February a very wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 04 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Singkawang (166 km away). In February its highs average 28.6°C, about as warm as Kuching, with 178 mm of rain.
Among the 72 cities listed in Malaysia, Kuching ranks 61st of 72 for the warmest February highs and 72nd of 72 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 72 cities is 29.7°C; Kuching is 0.9°C cooler than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 0.7°C to 29.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 314 mm to 276 mm.
The annual picture
February 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, selected | 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 | 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
February in nearby cities
- Singkawang in FebruaryIndonesia · 166 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 24.0°C · 178 mm rain
- Sibu in FebruaryMalaysia · 185 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 23.0°C · 243 mm rain
- Pontianak in FebruaryIndonesia · 209 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 23.6°C · 173 mm rain
- Sintang in FebruaryIndonesia · 210 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 23.2°C · 231 mm rain
- Bintulu in FebruaryMalaysia · 350 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 23.3°C · 193 mm rain
- Pangkalanbuun in FebruaryIndonesia · 492 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 23.6°C · 208 mm rain
- Miri in FebruaryMalaysia · 515 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 24.3°C · 112 mm rain
- Marudi in FebruaryMalaysia · 530 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 23.0°C · 206 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.