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CityCompass
Best time to be here: February to April. Every month below carries its climate normals and a comfort score you can tune to your own tolerances.
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Days 30 °C, nights 25 °C
Feels like 38 °C in the afternoons
155 h sunshine · 11.7 h daylight
198 mm rain · 87% humidity
Days 30 °C, nights 24 °C
Feels like 39 °C in the afternoons
161 h sunshine · 11.8 h daylight
97 mm rain · 87% humidity
Days 30 °C, nights 25 °C
Feels like 41 °C in the afternoons
193 h sunshine · 12.0 h daylight
123 mm rain · 85% humidity
Days 31 °C, nights 26 °C
Feels like 42 °C in the afternoons
200 h sunshine · 12.1 h daylight
138 mm rain · 83% humidity
Days 31 °C, nights 26 °C
Feels like 41 °C in the afternoons
206 h sunshine · 12.3 h daylight
218 mm rain · 85% humidity
Days 30 °C, nights 26 °C
Feels like 39 °C in the afternoons
198 h sunshine · 12.3 h daylight
263 mm rain · 85% humidity
Days 30 °C, nights 26 °C
Feels like 38 °C in the afternoons
199 h sunshine · 12.3 h daylight
260 mm rain · 85% humidity
Days 30 °C, nights 26 °C
Feels like 38 °C in the afternoons
200 h sunshine · 12.2 h daylight
239 mm rain · 85% humidity
Days 30 °C, nights 25 °C
Feels like 39 °C in the afternoons
180 h sunshine · 12.0 h daylight
272 mm rain · 85% humidity
Days 30 °C, nights 25 °C
Feels like 38 °C in the afternoons
169 h sunshine · 11.9 h daylight
356 mm rain · 87% humidity
Days 30 °C, nights 26 °C
Feels like 39 °C in the afternoons
171 h sunshine · 11.7 h daylight
282 mm rain · 86% humidity
Days 30 °C, nights 25 °C
Feels like 39 °C in the afternoons
164 h sunshine · 11.7 h daylight
270 mm rain · 87% humidity
Living in Kota Kinabalu means living under Malaysia's tax and legal system. The essentials, from our country research:
Would Malaysia actually work for your taxes?
It runs regimes like Foreign-Source Income Exemption (Resident Individual), and whether they fit depends on your income, assets and citizenship, not on averages.
Best February, June and July
Best December to February
Best February, June and July
Best February, June and July
Best February, June and July
Best February, June and July
Best February, June and July
Best December to February
Best January to March
Each month scores 0 to 10 from four weighted components: temperature (35%), sunshine (25%), humidity (20%) and rain (20%), with an extra penalty when heat and humidity combine. Personal tolerances reshape the score: your heat limit compares to how afternoons feel (heat index), your cold limit to typical nights. Data: NASA POWER climatology 2001-2020 with elevation corrections, daylight computed from latitude.
City data: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0) · Climate normals: NASA POWER (2001-2020) · Live weather: MET Norway (CC BY 4.0)
CityCompass
Best time to be here: February to April. Every month below carries its climate normals and a comfort score you can tune to your own tolerances.
Dots are the other cities we cover here. Click one to switch.
Days 30 °C, nights 25 °C
Feels like 38 °C in the afternoons
155 h sunshine · 11.7 h daylight
198 mm rain · 87% humidity
Days 30 °C, nights 24 °C
Feels like 39 °C in the afternoons
161 h sunshine · 11.8 h daylight
97 mm rain · 87% humidity
Days 30 °C, nights 25 °C
Feels like 41 °C in the afternoons
193 h sunshine · 12.0 h daylight
123 mm rain · 85% humidity
Days 31 °C, nights 26 °C
Feels like 42 °C in the afternoons
200 h sunshine · 12.1 h daylight
138 mm rain · 83% humidity
Days 31 °C, nights 26 °C
Feels like 41 °C in the afternoons
206 h sunshine · 12.3 h daylight
218 mm rain · 85% humidity
Days 30 °C, nights 26 °C
Feels like 39 °C in the afternoons
198 h sunshine · 12.3 h daylight
263 mm rain · 85% humidity
Days 30 °C, nights 26 °C
Feels like 38 °C in the afternoons
199 h sunshine · 12.3 h daylight
260 mm rain · 85% humidity
Days 30 °C, nights 26 °C
Feels like 38 °C in the afternoons
200 h sunshine · 12.2 h daylight
239 mm rain · 85% humidity
Days 30 °C, nights 25 °C
Feels like 39 °C in the afternoons
180 h sunshine · 12.0 h daylight
272 mm rain · 85% humidity
Days 30 °C, nights 25 °C
Feels like 38 °C in the afternoons
169 h sunshine · 11.9 h daylight
356 mm rain · 87% humidity
Days 30 °C, nights 26 °C
Feels like 39 °C in the afternoons
171 h sunshine · 11.7 h daylight
282 mm rain · 86% humidity
Days 30 °C, nights 25 °C
Feels like 39 °C in the afternoons
164 h sunshine · 11.7 h daylight
270 mm rain · 87% humidity
Living in Kota Kinabalu means living under Malaysia's tax and legal system. The essentials, from our country research:
Would Malaysia actually work for your taxes?
It runs regimes like Foreign-Source Income Exemption (Resident Individual), and whether they fit depends on your income, assets and citizenship, not on averages.
Best February, June and July
Best December to February
Best February, June and July
Best February, June and July
Best February, June and July
Best February, June and July
Best February, June and July
Best December to February
Best January to March
Each month scores 0 to 10 from four weighted components: temperature (35%), sunshine (25%), humidity (20%) and rain (20%), with an extra penalty when heat and humidity combine. Personal tolerances reshape the score: your heat limit compares to how afternoons feel (heat index), your cold limit to typical nights. Data: NASA POWER climatology 2001-2020 with elevation corrections, daylight computed from latitude.
City data: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0) · Climate normals: NASA POWER (2001-2020) · Live weather: MET Norway (CC BY 4.0)