Climate averages 1991–2020
Miri weather
in April.
A hot, wet month: the joint 2nd warmest and the 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a hot month in Miri: daytime highs average 29.4°C and nights cool to about 25.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 124 mm of rain on roughly 21 days, which makes April a wet month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 13 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Marudi (43 km away). In April its highs average 31.1°C, 1.7°C warmer than Miri, with 244 mm of rain.
Among the 72 cities listed in Malaysia, Miri ranks joint 66th of 72 for the warmest April highs and 9th of 72 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 72 cities is 30.1°C; Miri is 0.7°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 0.2°C to 29.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 124 mm to 159 mm.
The annual picture
April 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
Miri climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.3°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 202 | 22.8 | 11.912 h |
| February | 28.3°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 112 | 17.2 | 12.012 h |
| March | 28.9°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 82 | 16.6 | 12.112 h |
| April, selected | 29.4°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 124 | 20.5 | 12.212 h |
| May | 29.6°C25.3°C | 25.3°C | 159 | 21.5 | 12.312 h |
| June | 29.4°C25.1°C | 25.1°C | 201 | 19.4 | 12.412 h |
| July | 29.3°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 187 | 19.3 | 12.312 h |
| August | 29.4°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 183 | 20.4 | 12.312 h |
| September | 29.2°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 195 | 22.6 | 12.112 h |
| October | 28.7°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 280 | 27.1 | 12.012 h |
| November | 28.6°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 276 | 28.1 | 11.912 h |
| December | 28.4°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 293 | 28.0 | 11.912 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
April in nearby cities
- Marudi in AprilMalaysia · 43 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 23.6°C · 244 mm rain
- Bandar Seri Begawan in AprilBrunei · 118 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 24.7°C · 131 mm rain
- Labuan in AprilMalaysia · 170 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 25.5°C · 91 mm rain
- Bintulu in AprilMalaysia · 173 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 23.8°C · 188 mm rain
- Keningau in AprilMalaysia · 262 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 22.0°C · 155 mm rain
- Putatan in AprilMalaysia · 285 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 24.2°C · 110 mm rain
- Kota Kinabalu in AprilMalaysia · 289 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 24.5°C · 110 mm rain
- Sibu in AprilMalaysia · 336 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 23.6°C · 230 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 Miri) is explained once on the Miri year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.