Climate averages 1991–2020
Miri weather
in January.
A hot, very wet month: one of the coolest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January 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 202 mm of rain on roughly 23 days, which makes January a very wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 54 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Marudi (43 km away). In January its highs average 30.0°C, 1.7°C warmer than Miri, with 264 mm of rain.
Among the 72 cities listed in Malaysia, Miri ranks joint 55th of 72 for the warmest January highs and 49th of 72 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 72 cities is 28.9°C; Miri is 0.6°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs stay level at 28.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 202 mm to 112 mm.
The annual picture
January 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, selected | 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 | 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
January in nearby cities
- Marudi in JanuaryMalaysia · 43 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 22.9°C · 264 mm rain
- Bandar Seri Begawan in JanuaryBrunei · 118 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 23.9°C · 162 mm rain
- Labuan in JanuaryMalaysia · 170 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 24.7°C · 131 mm rain
- Bintulu in JanuaryMalaysia · 173 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 23.2°C · 299 mm rain
- Keningau in JanuaryMalaysia · 262 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 21.3°C · 158 mm rain
- Putatan in JanuaryMalaysia · 285 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 23.3°C · 153 mm rain
- Kota Kinabalu in JanuaryMalaysia · 289 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 23.6°C · 153 mm rain
- Sibu in JanuaryMalaysia · 336 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 22.9°C · 312 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.