Climate averages 1991–2020
Sibu weather
in April.
A hot, very wet month: one of the warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a hot month in Sibu: daytime highs average 30.5°C and nights cool to about 23.6°C. By daytime temperature it is one of the warmest months of the year.
Expect about 230 mm of rain on roughly 27 days, which makes April a very wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 10 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Bintulu (166 km away). In April its highs average 30.5°C, about as warm as Sibu, with 188 mm of rain.
Among the 72 cities listed in Malaysia, Sibu ranks joint 13th of 72 for the warmest April highs and 43rd of 72 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 72 cities is 30.1°C; Sibu is 0.4°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 0.1°C to 30.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 230 mm to 218 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
Sibu climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.2°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 312 | 27.8 | 12.012 h |
| February | 29.6°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 243 | 24.1 | 12.012 h |
| March | 30.2°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 227 | 26.0 | 12.112 h |
| April, selected | 30.5°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 230 | 26.8 | 12.212 h |
| May | 30.5°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 218 | 25.8 | 12.212 h |
| June | 30.4°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 177 | 21.2 | 12.312 h |
| July | 30.3°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 174 | 20.7 | 12.212 h |
| August | 30.5°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 192 | 21.2 | 12.212 h |
| September | 30.3°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 242 | 24.6 | 12.112 h |
| October | 29.9°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 280 | 28.0 | 12.112 h |
| November | 29.5°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 307 | 28.7 | 12.012 h |
| December | 29.2°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 344 | 29.0 | 12.012 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
- Bintulu in AprilMalaysia · 166 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 23.8°C · 188 mm rain
- Kuching in AprilMalaysia · 185 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 24.2°C · 275 mm rain
- Sintang in AprilIndonesia · 251 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 23.7°C · 266 mm rain
- Miri in AprilMalaysia · 336 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 25.0°C · 124 mm rain
- Marudi in AprilMalaysia · 348 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 23.6°C · 244 mm rain
- Singkawang in AprilIndonesia · 351 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 24.5°C · 212 mm rain
- Pontianak in AprilIndonesia · 379 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 24.0°C · 256 mm rain
- Bandar Seri Begawan in AprilBrunei · 451 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 24.7°C · 131 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 Sibu) is explained once on the Sibu year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.