Climate Bintulu Airport 2020-2024

Climate and trends: average temperature, flight conditions, precipitation, wind speed and direction.

Calculated from historical METAR data of Bintulu Airport (WBGB) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	94.5	95	99	96	96	93
February	93.4	98	97	98	96	91
March	96.3	99	99	97	99	95
April	96.1		94	98	99	100
May	96.7		98	97	98	96
June	95.9		98	97	99	94
July	96.9		99	97	99	95
August	94.5		98	97	97	98
September	89.4		97	97	99	96
October	95.4		97	97	98	97
November	96.8		98	98	99	94
December	94.4		97	97	100	97
Average	95.3	97.2	97.3	97.1	98.2	95.4

6th best VFR conditions of Malaysia

VFR conditions during daylight period

Percentage of observations where the VFR minimums for ceiling and visibility are met: visibility of 8 km or more and a ceiling of 3,000 ft or more. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Marginal VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	98.0	98	99	99	98	98
February	97.6	99	97	99	99	98
March	98.2	100	99	98	100	98
April	98.9		99	98	99	100
May	98.5		99	98	98	98
June	98.3		99	98	99	98
July	98.5		99	98	99	99
August	97.8		99	98	99	99
September	94.7		99	98	99	98
October	98.2		98	98	99	99
November	98.7		99	99	100	98
December	97.6		98	98	100	99
Average	98.0	98.9	98.8	98.2	99.1	98.5

Marginal VFR conditions or better during daylight period

Percentage of observations where the MVFR minimums for ceiling and visibility are met: visibility of 5 km or more and a ceiling of 1,000 ft or more. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Maximum temperatures (°C)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	30.8	31	31	30	30	31
February	30.5	31	30	31	30	31
March	31.3	32	31	32	32	32
April	32.1		32	32	32	32
May	32.2		33	33	32	32
June	31.8		32	32	32	32
July	32.1		32	32	33	31
August	32.0		32	32	31	32
September	31.8		32	31	32	32
October	31.6		32	31	32	32
November	31.5		32	31	32	31
December	30.9		32	31	31	31
Average	31.5	31.4	31.8	31.4	31.6	31.5

12th highest temperature of Malaysia

Average highest temperature per day

The maximum temperature is typically observed some hours after noon.

Minimum temperatures (°C)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	23.8	24	23	24	24	24
February	23.8	25	24	23	23	24
March	24.0	25	24	24	24	25
April	24.3		24	24	24	25
May	24.6		25	25	24	25
June	24.2		25	24	24	24
July	24.1		24	24	24	24
August	24.0		24	24	24	24
September	23.9		24	24	24	24
October	23.9		24	24	24	24
November	24.0		24	24	24	24
December	23.9		25	24	24	24
Average	24.1	24.5	24.1	23.8	23.9	24.3

5th lowest temperature of Malaysia

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	9.2	9	7	8	15	7
February	7.8	5	11	4	7	7
March	4.9	5	2	6	5	5
April	5.4		4	8	4	4
May	5.3		4	5	5	8
June	8.2		8	7	4	9
July	4.8		4	6	3	5
August	5.5		5	5	8	6
September	6.5		7	7	8	8
October	6.3		2	5	4	9
November	6.8		7	8	4	10
December	9.2		8	10	3	7
Average	6.6	6.2	5.6	6.4	5.7	6.9

Precipitation during daylight period

Percentage of observations with observed rain, drizzle, snow or hail. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Wind speed (knots)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	4.3	4	4	4	4	5
February	4.9	5	4	5	5	5
March	4.9	5	5	4	5	5
April	4.8		4	5	5	5
May	4.4		4	4	4	4
June	4.2		4	4	4	4
July	4.3		4	4	4	4
August	4.5		4	4	4	4
September	4.5		4	4	4	5
October	4.5		4	5	5	5
November	4.2		4	4	4	4
December	4.4		4	4	4	4
Average	4.5	4.5	4.1	4.3	4.3	4.6

12th highest wind speed of Malaysia

Average wind speed

Excluding wind gusts. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Prevailing wind direction

Month	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	345°	297°	330°	309°	344°
February	341°	337°	341°	342°	345°
March	335°	336°	319°	328°	320°
April		310°	290°	307°	319°
May		296°	311°	305°	311°
June		284°	287°	300°	288°
July		258°	304°	279°	282°
August		293°	294°	273°	291°
September		280°	290°	285°	280°
October		310°	260°	291°	288°
November		288°	286°	280°	281°
December		298°	290°	300°	264°

Prevailing wind direction

Average wind direction, weighed by wind speed. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.