Climate averages 1991–2020
Labuan weather
in December.
A hot, very wet month: the 11th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a hot month in Labuan: daytime highs average 28.5°C and nights cool to about 24.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 187 mm of rain on roughly 23 days, which makes December a very wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 49 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Bandar Seri Begawan (55 km away). In December its highs average 28.9°C, about as warm as Labuan, with 222 mm of rain.
Among the 72 cities listed in Malaysia, Labuan ranks joint 39th of 72 for the warmest December highs and 8th of 72 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 72 cities is 28.5°C; Labuan is level with that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 0.1°C to 28.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 187 mm to 131 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
Labuan climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.4°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 131 | 16.6 | 11.912 h |
| February | 28.6°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 82 | 10.9 | 12.012 h |
| March | 29.4°C25.1°C | 25.1°C | 54 | 12.1 | 12.112 h |
| April | 29.9°C25.5°C | 25.5°C | 91 | 15.7 | 12.212 h |
| May | 29.9°C25.8°C | 25.8°C | 114 | 18.4 | 12.412 h |
| June | 29.6°C25.5°C | 25.5°C | 152 | 17.1 | 12.412 h |
| July | 29.5°C25.3°C | 25.3°C | 144 | 17.8 | 12.412 h |
| August | 29.6°C25.4°C | 25.4°C | 140 | 17.5 | 12.312 h |
| September | 29.3°C25.2°C | 25.2°C | 158 | 19.8 | 12.212 h |
| October | 28.7°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 201 | 24.7 | 12.012 h |
| November | 28.6°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 190 | 24.5 | 11.912 h |
| December, selected | 28.5°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 187 | 22.6 | 11.812 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
- Bandar Seri Begawan in DecemberBrunei · 55 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 24.0°C · 222 mm rain
- Keningau in DecemberMalaysia · 101 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 21.5°C · 162 mm rain
- Putatan in DecemberMalaysia · 115 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 23.6°C · 212 mm rain
- Kota Kinabalu in DecemberMalaysia · 120 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 23.9°C · 212 mm rain
- Marudi in DecemberMalaysia · 160 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 23.1°C · 312 mm rain
- Miri in DecemberMalaysia · 170 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 24.2°C · 293 mm rain
- Tawau in DecemberMalaysia · 315 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 24.2°C · 190 mm rain
- Sandakan in DecemberMalaysia · 324 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 24.0°C · 289 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 Labuan) is explained once on the Labuan year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.