Kota Kinabalu Weather

Kota Kinabalu is always hot and humid, almost all enclosed establishments however are air conditioned.

Temperatures are perpetually around 30 degrees Celsius, but can drop to the lower twenties when it rains, especially during the night. Around the areas of Kundasang and Mt. Kinabalu, the interior, the climate is significantly cooler, whilst at the summit of Mt. Kinabalu (4095m) it's down right cold.

It can rain any time of year, although it is said that the wetter season is from October to February. Rain, whenever it occurs, is rarely a full-day event and often lasts for anything from 15 minutes to 2 hours and is somewhat predictable.Officially though, the wetter season runs from October to February and the dryer season from March to September.

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