Average temperature in January is 25.4 °C
Average daytime temperature is 27.9 °C
Average night temperature is 23.3 °C
Absolute maximum temperature: 29.8 °C
Absolute minimum temperature: 22.4 °C
Number of sunny days:
Number of rainy days: 31
Number of snow days:
Precipitation sum: 290 mm
* Weather data for Kota Kinabalu Malaysia is based on climate observations for 2023 year
| January (°C) | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 |
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| Maximum temperature | 28.3 | 28 | 24.8 | 27.7 | 27.7 | 28.3 | 26.6 | 27.5 | 27.8 | 28.8 | 28.6 | 28.9 | 27.8 | 27.6 | 27.7 | 27.7 | 28.6 | 29 | 28.7 | 27.9 | 28.8 | 28.2 | 26.8 | 28.1 | 27.1 | 29.8 | 27.5 | 27.4 | 29 | 26.2 | 27.6 |
| Apparent max temperature | 35 | 34.1 | 30 | 32.4 | 33.3 | 34 | 32.3 | 33.9 | 34.2 | 33.7 | 34.5 | 35.9 | 35 | 34.1 | 34.4 | 34.8 | 34.5 | 35.2 | 36.1 | 34.3 | 35.2 | 35.3 | 32.3 | 33.6 | 32.1 | 35.4 | 33.2 | 33.5 | 35.7 | 31.5 | 34.2 |
| Mean temperature | 25.1 | 25.6 | 24 | 25.4 | 25.7 | 25.8 | 25 | 25.7 | 25.5 | 25.9 | 25.4 | 26 | 25.3 | 25.1 | 24.7 | 25.1 | 25.9 | 25.2 | 25.1 | 25.6 | 25.8 | 26 | 25.2 | 25.1 | 25.1 | 26.6 | 25.5 | 25.5 | 26.3 | 24.9 | 25.6 |
| Apparent mean temperature | 26.8 | 26.9 | 26.7 | 28.1 | 28.4 | 27.8 | 27.4 | 28 | 26.3 | 27.4 | 26.6 | 27.4 | 27.4 | 26.6 | 26.1 | 26.9 | 26.7 | 25.8 | 26.3 | 26.4 | 27.5 | 29.2 | 28 | 28.2 | 27.6 | 27.8 | 27.5 | 27.1 | 29 | 28 | 28 |
| Minimum temperature | 22.9 | 23.5 | 22.9 | 23.4 | 23.9 | 23.6 | 23.5 | 23.8 | 23.5 | 23.8 | 22.9 | 23.4 | 23.5 | 23.1 | 22.7 | 23.2 | 23 | 22.4 | 22.4 | 22.5 | 23.4 | 24.2 | 23.4 | 23.7 | 23.7 | 23.4 | 23.4 | 23 | 24.1 | 23.6 | 23.5 |
| Apparent min temperature | 30.1 | 30.5 | 28.5 | 29.8 | 30.4 | 31.1 | 29.8 | 30.6 | 29.9 | 30.5 | 30.2 | 31.3 | 30.2 | 29.7 | 29.2 | 29.9 | 30.7 | 29.9 | 30 | 30.5 | 30.8 | 31.4 | 30.4 | 29.9 | 29.9 | 31.8 | 30.3 | 30.8 | 31.6 | 29.7 | 30.9 |
| January | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 |
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| Daylight duration (h) | 11.8 | 11.8 | 11.8 | 11.8 | 11.8 | 11.8 | 11.8 | 11.8 | 11.8 | 11.8 | 11.8 | 11.8 | 11.8 | 11.8 | 11.8 | 11.8 | 11.8 | 11.8 | 11.8 | 11.8 | 11.8 | 11.8 | 11.8 | 11.8 | 11.8 | 11.8 | 11.9 | 11.9 | 11.9 | 11.9 | 11.9 |
| Sunshine duration (h) | 8.8 | 9.6 | 1 | 10 | 8.3 | 7.3 | 4.9 | 7.4 | 9 | 9.1 | 5.6 | 7.5 | 10.9 | 10.9 | 10.4 | 9.8 | 10.8 | 9 | 8.3 | 10 | 10.7 | 9.8 | 2 | 4.6 | 4.5 | 10 | 5.9 | 11 | 11 | 5.8 | 5 |
| Precipitation (mm) | 19.4 | 5.6 | 27.9 | 24.9 | 9.8 | 7.7 | 1.8 | 7.1 | 4.7 | 9.6 | 6.8 | 0.4 | 0.8 | 1.8 | 4.8 | 6.2 | 2.6 | 26 | 14 | 3 | 2.6 | 8.8 | 10.5 | 35.7 | 12.4 | 0.2 | 3.4 | 9.6 | 1.5 | 18.6 | 1.5 |
| Precipitation hours | 11 | 11 | 15 | 21 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 11 | 10 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 16 | 21 | 20 | 8 | 1 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 15 | 4 |
| Wind speed (m/s) | 17.1 | 13 | 9.2 | 17.6 | 12.3 | 9.5 | 8.7 | 14.8 | 11 | 10.3 | 8.7 | 6.1 | 9.8 | 8.7 | 10.5 | 7.2 | 10.6 | 13.1 | 10.8 | 9.4 | 9.7 | 6.6 | 8.9 | 11.8 | 13 | 11.8 | 10.5 | 9.5 | 11.3 | 10.4 | 8.7 |
In January 2023, the highest daytime temperature in Kota Kinabalu was 29.8°C.
While the minimum temperature at night dropped to 22.4°C.
The average nighttime and daytime temperatures during January in Kota Kinabalu are 23.3°C and 27.9°C respectively.
The precipitation sum in January is about 290 mm.