Malinau weather by month & the best time to visit
🇮🇩 Indonesia · small town · tropical rainforest climate
The best time to visit Malinau is January — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 64/100), with February and March close behind. Malinau averages about 2,179 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 28°C / 82°F and roughly 239 mm of rain in January.
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- Sun hours / year
- 2,179
- Sunniest month
- January
- Peak score
- 64/100
- Rain / year
- 2,933 mm
- Midday UV at peak
- 10 (very high)
- Population
- 26k
- Elevation
- 6 m
When is the best time to visit Malinau?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Malinau is January, then February and March. The dullest month is January (64/100, 239 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Malinau?
Malinau gets a moderate 2,179 hours of sunshine a year. Conditions barely change through the year — only 0 Sunshine Score points separate January from January. It ranks #61 of 119 destinations in Indonesia for annual sunshine, below the national median of 2,183 hours. The year's 2,933 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 | 28° / 82°F | 23° / 73°F | 239 mm | 9 |
| February | 64 | 29° / 84°F | 23° / 73°F | 179 mm | 10 |
| March | 64 | 29° / 84°F | 23° / 73°F | 254 mm | 10 |
| April | 64 | 29° / 84°F | 24° / 75°F | 248 mm | 10 |
| May | 64 | 29° / 84°F | 24° / 75°F | 285 mm | 10 |
| June | 64 | 29° / 84°F | 24° / 75°F | 225 mm | 9 |
| July | 64 | 28° / 82°F | 24° / 75°F | 231 mm | 9 |
| August | 64 | 29° / 84°F | 24° / 75°F | 219 mm | 10 |
| September | 64 | 29° / 84°F | 24° / 75°F | 234 mm | 10 |
| October | 64 | 29° / 84°F | 24° / 75°F | 260 mm | 9 |
| November | 64 | 29° / 84°F | 24° / 75°F | 269 mm | 9 |
| December | 64 | 28° / 82°F | 24° / 75°F | 290 mm | 9 |
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Tarakan Indonesia · 108 km · best in Jan · 2,242 h sun/yr
- Tanjung Redeb - Borneo Island Indonesia · 182 km · best in Aug · 1,997 h sun/yr
- Tawau Malaysia · 186 km · best in Jan · 2,411 h sun/yr
- Bandar Seri Begawan Brunei · 242 km · best in Feb · 2,273 h sun/yr
- Kota Kinabalu Malaysia · 270 km · best in Feb · 2,194 h sun/yr
- Miri Malaysia · 304 km · best in Jan · 2,300 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Long Bawan Indonesia · 109 km · 2,128 h sun/yr · best in Jan
- Tanjung Selor-Borneo Island Indonesia · 117 km · 1,997 h sun/yr · best in Jan
- Bakalalan Malaysia · 120 km · 2,128 h sun/yr · best in Jan
- Bario Malaysia · 128 km · 2,128 h sun/yr · best in Jan
- Long Banga Malaysia · 141 km · 2,128 h sun/yr · best in Jan
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