Climate Kuching International Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Kuching International Airport (WBGG) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	83.1	88	91	77	74	84
February	86.0	92	87	91	82	82
March	89.6	94	89	91	88	87
April	88.9	97	82	92	89	91
May	91.4		94	93	90	92
June	93.4		94	94	92	92
July	93.6		99	94	93	90
August	78.7		75	85	87	90
September	72.8		75	90	92	81
October	86.3		76	88	89	85
November	89.8		92	91	87	83
December	86.2		95	85	88	85
Average	87.2	92.6	87.3	89.2	87.6	86.9

21st 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	94.2	94	97	91	93	93
February	94.5	95	93	98	94	91
March	96.8	97	96	97	98	93
April	96.8	99	95	97	98	97
May	97.0		96	98	97	98
June	97.6		97	98	98	98
July	98.1		99	97	98	98
August	94.8		94	96	96	97
September	87.2		98	95	97	96
October	96.6		96	96	97	95
November	96.8		97	97	97	96
December	94.8		98	90	96	97
Average	95.5	96.2	96.3	95.9	96.6	95.8

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	30.4	31	30	30	30	30
February	30.3	30	31	32	30	30
March	31.2	31	30	32	31	31
April	32.4	33	33	32	33	32
May	32.7		34	33	33	33
June	32.4		33	32	32	32
July	32.4		33	32	33	32
August	32.4		33	32	31	33
September	32.0		33	31	32	31
October	32.1		33	31	32	32
November	31.9		32	32	32	31
December	31.2		32	31	31	31
Average	31.7	31.1	32.0	31.5	31.6	31.5

10th 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	23.9	24	24	24	24	25
February	23.9	25	24	24	23	24
March	24.0	25	24	24	24	25
April	24.2	25	24	24	24	25
May	24.4		25	25	24	25
June	24.0		24	24	24	24
July	24.0		24	24	24	24
August	23.8		24	24	24	24
September	23.9		25	24	24	24
October	23.9		24	24	24	24
November	23.9		24	24	24	24
December	23.9		25	24	24	24
Average	24.0	24.6	24.1	23.7	23.8	24.1

2nd 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	18.7	17	20	20	27	21
February	16.6	15	19	5	22	22
March	11.0	16	18	7	10	13
April	6.6	8	4	7	4	3
May	6.0		7	5	6	2
June	6.3		5	7	7	9
July	6.3		6	7	6	10
August	8.6		5	13	12	7
September	12.2		8	14	12	17
October	9.1		5	13	9	10
November	9.6		8	10	11	14
December	13.9		8	11	16	19
Average	10.8	13.9	9.2	9.9	11.7	12.1

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	5	5
February	4.7	4	4	4	5	5
March	4.2	4	4	4	4	4
April	4.0	4	4	4	4	4
May	3.8		4	4	4	4
June	3.9		4	4	4	4
July	4.2		5	4	4	4
August	4.3		4	4	4	4
September	4.2		4	4	4	4
October	4.0		4	4	4	4
November	3.9		4	4	4	4
December	4.2		4	4	4	5
Average	4.1	3.8	4.0	4.0	4.1	4.2

10th 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	016°	306°	343°	334°	357°
February	355°	341°	021°	351°	014°
March	005°	008°	360°	360°	009°
April	004°	360°	270°	343°	347°
May		144°	085°	072°	031°
June		131°	270°	114°	156°
July		147°	131°	142°	125°
August		146°	163°	108°	120°
September		144°	144°	108°	144°
October		062°	286°	150°	207°
November		265°	247°	186°	267°
December		355°	316°	313°	309°

Prevailing wind direction

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