Climate averages 1991–2020

Kuching weather
in November.

A hot, very wet month: the 9th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.

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

Average high 29.2°C Daytime mean, November
Average low 23.7°C Night-time mean, November
Rainfall 361 mm 29 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
Every month in Kuching · average highYear overview

November is a hot month in Kuching: daytime highs average 29.2°C and nights cool to about 23.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 361 mm of rain on roughly 29 days, which makes November a very wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 03 min on an average November day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Singkawang (166 km away). In November its highs average 28.3°C, 0.9°C cooler than Kuching, with 395 mm of rain.

Among the 72 cities listed in Malaysia, Kuching ranks joint 7th of 72 for the warmest November highs and 47th of 72 for the driest November (rainfall, lowest first). The mean November high of those 72 cities is 28.7°C; Kuching is 0.5°C warmer than that mean.

From November to December, average highs fall by 0.4°C to 28.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 361 mm to 423 mm.

The annual picture

November in context

30-year average
Average highAverage low°C
Average daily high and low temperatures by month The same values are available in the monthly table below. Lines show mean daily maxima and minima, not a forecast interval. 20253035 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm
Average monthly rainfall totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 4500

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
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 28.5°C23.5°C23.5°C42228.912.012 h
February 28.7°C23.6°C23.6°C31425.212.112 h
March 29.5°C23.8°C23.8°C27628.212.112 h
April 30.0°C24.2°C24.2°C27527.612.112 h
May 30.3°C24.5°C24.5°C24526.412.212 h
June 30.2°C24.3°C24.3°C19122.012.212 h
July 30.2°C24.0°C24.0°C18120.812.212 h
August 30.5°C24.0°C24.0°C20022.112.212 h
September 30.2°C23.9°C23.9°C25725.012.112 h
October 29.7°C23.8°C23.8°C32829.012.112 h
November, selected 29.2°C23.7°C23.7°C36129.412.012 h
December 28.8°C23.6°C23.6°C42329.412.012 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

November 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.