Mulu weather by month & the best time to visit

🇲🇾 Malaysia · small town · tropical rainforest climate

The best time to visit Mulu is January — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 65/100), with February and March close behind. Mulu averages about 2,273 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 29°C / 84°F and roughly 296 mm of rain in January.

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Sun hours / year

2,273

Sunniest month

January

Peak score

65/100

Rain / year

2,879 mm

Midday UV at peak

11 (extreme)

Population

3k

Elevation

33 m

When is the best time to visit Mulu?

For sunshine, the best time to visit Mulu is January, then February and March. The dullest month is January (65/100, 296 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.

How sunny is Mulu?

Mulu gets a moderate 2,273 hours of sunshine a year. Conditions barely change through the year — only 0 Sunshine Score points separate January from January. It ranks #11 of 34 destinations in Malaysia for annual sunshine, above the national median of 2,210 hours. The year's 2,879 mm of rain spreads fairly evenly across the months, with no pronounced dry season.

Sunshine Score by month

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Nearby places for sunshine

• Miri Malaysia · 96 km · best in Jan · 2,300 h sun/yr
• Bandar Seri Begawan Brunei · 101 km · best in Feb · 2,273 h sun/yr
• Kota Kinabalu Malaysia · 251 km · best in Feb · 2,194 h sun/yr
• Tarakan Indonesia · 317 km · best in Jan · 2,242 h sun/yr
• Tanjung Redeb - Borneo Island Indonesia · 360 km · best in Aug · 1,997 h sun/yr
• Tawau Malaysia · 369 km · best in Jan · 2,411 h sun/yr

Nearest destinations

• Long Seridan Malaysia · 30 km · 2,128 h sun/yr · best in Jan
• Marudi Malaysia · 55 km · 2,273 h sun/yr · best in Jan
• Long Datih Malaysia · 80 km · 2,128 h sun/yr · best in Jan
• Bario Malaysia · 82 km · 2,128 h sun/yr · best in Jan
• Limbang Malaysia · 88 km · 2,164 h sun/yr · best in Feb