Climate averages 1991–2020
Miri weather
in February.
A hot, wet month: one of the coolest and the 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a hot month in Miri: daytime highs average 28.3°C and nights cool to about 24.3°C. By daytime temperature it is one of the coolest months of the year.
Expect about 112 mm of rain on roughly 17 days, which makes February a wet month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 59 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Marudi (43 km away). In February its highs average 30.4°C, 2.1°C warmer than Miri, with 206 mm of rain.
Among the 72 cities listed in Malaysia, Miri ranks joint 66th of 72 for the warmest February highs and joint 26th of 72 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 72 cities is 29.7°C; Miri is 1.4°C cooler than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 0.6°C to 28.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 112 mm to 82 mm.
The annual picture
February 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, selected | 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 | 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
February in nearby cities
- Marudi in FebruaryMalaysia · 43 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 23.0°C · 206 mm rain
- Bandar Seri Begawan in FebruaryBrunei · 118 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 24.0°C · 105 mm rain
- Labuan in FebruaryMalaysia · 170 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 24.7°C · 82 mm rain
- Bintulu in FebruaryMalaysia · 173 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 23.3°C · 193 mm rain
- Keningau in FebruaryMalaysia · 262 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 21.3°C · 119 mm rain
- Putatan in FebruaryMalaysia · 285 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 23.3°C · 99 mm rain
- Kota Kinabalu in FebruaryMalaysia · 289 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 23.5°C · 99 mm rain
- Sibu in FebruaryMalaysia · 336 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 23.0°C · 243 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.