Climate averages 1991–2020

Kuching weather
in July.

A hot, very wet month: the joint 3rd warmest and the driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 30.2°C Daytime mean, July

Average low 24.0°C Night-time mean, July

Rainfall 181 mm 21 days with ≥1 mm

Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

July is a hot month in Kuching: daytime highs average 30.2°C and nights cool to about 24.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 3rd warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 181 mm of rain on roughly 21 days, which makes July a very wet month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 12 min on an average July day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Singkawang (166 km away). In July its highs average 29.4°C, 0.8°C cooler than Kuching, with 178 mm of rain.

Among the 72 cities listed in Malaysia, Kuching ranks joint 15th of 72 for the warmest July highs and joint 56th of 72 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 72 cities is 29.8°C; Kuching is 0.5°C warmer than that mean.

From July to August, average highs rise by 0.3°C to 30.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 181 mm to 200 mm.

The annual picture

July in context

30-year average

Average highAverage low°C

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm

Averages 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

1991–2020

Monthly climate averages for Kuching, 1991–2020
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, selected	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

July in nearby cities

Distance from Kuching

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 limits

How 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.