Climate averages 1991–2020
Miri weather
in December.
A hot, very wet month: the 10th warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a hot month in Miri: daytime highs average 28.4°C and nights cool to about 24.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 293 mm of rain on roughly 28 days, which makes December a very wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 52 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Marudi (43 km away). In December its highs average 29.8°C, 1.4°C warmer than Miri, with 312 mm of rain.
Among the 72 cities listed in Malaysia, Miri ranks joint 46th of 72 for the warmest December highs and 43rd of 72 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 72 cities is 28.5°C; Miri is 0.1°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 0.1°C to 28.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 293 mm to 202 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
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 | 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, selected | 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
December in nearby cities
- Marudi in DecemberMalaysia · 43 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 23.1°C · 312 mm rain
- Bandar Seri Begawan in DecemberBrunei · 118 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 24.0°C · 222 mm rain
- Labuan in DecemberMalaysia · 170 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 24.8°C · 187 mm rain
- Bintulu in DecemberMalaysia · 173 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 23.3°C · 348 mm rain
- Keningau in DecemberMalaysia · 262 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 21.5°C · 162 mm rain
- Putatan in DecemberMalaysia · 285 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 23.6°C · 212 mm rain
- Kota Kinabalu in DecemberMalaysia · 289 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 23.9°C · 212 mm rain
- Sibu in DecemberMalaysia · 336 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 23.0°C · 344 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.