Bakalalan weather by month & the best time to visit
🇲🇾 Malaysia · small town · tropical rainforest climate
The best time to visit Bakalalan is January — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 64/100), with February and March close behind. Bakalalan averages about 2,128 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 25°C / 77°F and roughly 233 mm of rain in January.
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- Sun hours / year
- 2,128
- Sunniest month
- January
- Peak score
- 64/100
- Rain / year
- 2,739 mm
- Midday UV at peak
- 11 (extreme)
- Population
- 38k
- Elevation
- 922 m
When is the best time to visit Bakalalan?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Bakalalan is January, then February and March. The dullest month is January (64/100, 233 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Bakalalan?
Bakalalan gets a moderate 2,128 hours of sunshine a year. Conditions barely change through the year — only 0 Sunshine Score points separate January from January. It ranks #22 of 34 destinations in Malaysia for annual sunshine, below the national median of 2,210 hours. The year's 2,739 mm of rain spreads fairly evenly across the months, with no pronounced dry season.
Sunshine Score by month
| Month | Score | Day high | Night low | Rain | UV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 64 | 25° / 77°F | 18° / 64°F | 233 mm | 9 |
| February | 64 | 26° / 79°F | 18° / 64°F | 157 mm | 10 |
| March | 64 | 26° / 79°F | 19° / 66°F | 173 mm | 11 |
| April | 64 | 26° / 79°F | 19° / 66°F | 230 mm | 11 |
| May | 64 | 26° / 79°F | 19° / 66°F | 253 mm | 10 |
| June | 64 | 25° / 77°F | 19° / 66°F | 230 mm | 9 |
| July | 64 | 25° / 77°F | 18° / 64°F | 219 mm | 10 |
| August | 64 | 25° / 77°F | 18° / 64°F | 207 mm | 10 |
| September | 64 | 25° / 77°F | 18° / 64°F | 216 mm | 10 |
| October | 64 | 25° / 77°F | 19° / 66°F | 277 mm | 9 |
| November | 64 | 25° / 77°F | 19° / 66°F | 278 mm | 9 |
| December | 64 | 25° / 77°F | 19° / 66°F | 266 mm | 9 |
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Bandar Seri Begawan Brunei · 132 km · best in Feb · 2,273 h sun/yr
- Miri Malaysia · 185 km · best in Jan · 2,300 h sun/yr
- Kota Kinabalu Malaysia · 223 km · best in Feb · 2,194 h sun/yr
- Tarakan Indonesia · 228 km · best in Jan · 2,242 h sun/yr
- Tawau Malaysia · 280 km · best in Jan · 2,411 h sun/yr
- Tanjung Redeb - Borneo Island Indonesia · 286 km · best in Aug · 1,997 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Long Bawan Indonesia · 11 km · 2,128 h sun/yr · best in Jan
- Bario Malaysia · 31 km · 2,128 h sun/yr · best in Jan
- Long Seridan Malaysia · 61 km · 2,128 h sun/yr · best in Jan
- Long Datih Malaysia · 80 km · 2,128 h sun/yr · best in Jan
- Long Banga Malaysia · 89 km · 2,128 h sun/yr · best in Jan
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