Climate averages 1991–2020
Miri weather
in October.
A hot, very wet month: the 8th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a hot month in Miri: daytime highs average 28.7°C and nights cool to about 24.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 280 mm of rain on roughly 27 days, which makes October a very wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 01 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Marudi (43 km away). In October its highs average 30.3°C, 1.6°C warmer than Miri, with 290 mm of rain.
Among the 72 cities listed in Malaysia, Miri ranks joint 61st of 72 for the warmest October highs and joint 41st of 72 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 72 cities is 29.2°C; Miri is 0.5°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 0.1°C to 28.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 280 mm to 276 mm.
The annual picture
October 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Marudi in OctoberMalaysia · 43 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 23.2°C · 290 mm rain
- Bandar Seri Begawan in OctoberBrunei · 118 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 24.1°C · 254 mm rain
- Labuan in OctoberMalaysia · 170 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 24.8°C · 201 mm rain
- Bintulu in OctoberMalaysia · 173 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 23.4°C · 274 mm rain
- Keningau in OctoberMalaysia · 262 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 21.5°C · 157 mm rain
- Putatan in OctoberMalaysia · 285 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 23.7°C · 264 mm rain
- Kota Kinabalu in OctoberMalaysia · 289 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 24.0°C · 264 mm rain
- Sibu in OctoberMalaysia · 336 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 23.3°C · 280 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.