Kota Kinabalu Intl
Weather station · 5.9°N 116.1°E · 9 m above sea level
ICAO WBKKWMO 96471Station data since 1955
Record high
34.3°C
in 2010
Record low
22.8°C
in 1961
Average high
31.8°C
all years on record
1.3°C short of the record for 23 September
Today’s high 33.0°C against 34.3°C in 2010. A reading that beats it is flagged here automatically, once a second cycle confirms it.
All-time record high
39.2°C
- Date
- Sunday, 28 February 1999
- Time of day
- Not recorded. The daily archive stores the day, not the hour.
- Location
- Kota Kinabalu Intl, Malaysia
- Position
- 5.94°N 116.05°E · 9 m
Highest highest in available records since 1955. Source: NOAA GHCN-Daily.
All-time record low
18.7°C
- Date
- Friday, 8 February 2019
- Time of day
- Not recorded. The daily archive stores the day, not the hour.
- Location
- Kota Kinabalu Intl, Malaysia
- Position
- 5.94°N 116.05°E · 9 m
Highest and lowest lowest in available records since 1955. Source: NOAA GHCN-Daily.
Where Kota Kinabalu Intl is
5.94°N 116.05°E
Kota Kinabalu Intl
Ground · satellite
Land surface temperature for 2026-09-22, from NASA GIBS. This is the temperature of the ground seen from orbit, not the air, and it is never ranked against air readings. Cloud hides the ground, so gaps are unread rather than guessed.
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Today is already hotter than 85% of all days recorded here since 1955.
From our dataToday's high against every day recorded at this station since 1955. - 2
Between its coldest night and its hottest day, this place has swung 20.5°C.
From our dataRecord high 39.2°C against record low 18.7°C. - 3
At 00:00 UTC this morning it was 28.0°C. By 05:30 UTC it was 33.0°C. The night never stood a chance.
From our dataToday so far at this station, in local time.
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Every year on record
1955 to 2025
Annual average · °C
Trend over 18 years with data: +0.34 °C per decade
Source: NOAA GHCN-Daily. Years the station did not cover are left as gaps, never joined across. The dashed line is a least squares trend through the years that have data.
Records by month
Jan
34.3°
19.4°
Feb
39.2°
18.7°
Mar
35.7°
18.9°
Apr
36.0°
21.1°
May
36.5°
22.1°
Jun
36.3°
20.4°
Jul
35.4°
19.5°
Aug
35.1°
20.6°
Sep
35.6°
Recent days
| Day | High | At | Low | At |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-23 | 33.0°C | 05:30 UTC | 28.0°C | 00:00 UTC |
| 2026-09-22 | 27.0°C | 15:30 UTC | 26.0°C | 17:00 UTC |
Nearby stations
- Labuan IntlMalaysia113.2 km
- Kudat ArptMalaysia139.4 km
- Brunei IntlBrunei166 km
- Brunei AirportBrunei166.3 km
- Sandakan ArptMalaysia222.4 km
- Miri ArptMalaysia290.3 km
Data sources for this page
| Figure | Source | Type |
|---|---|---|
| Right now, today so far | NOAA Aviation Weather Center (METAR) and NOAA NWS WMO bulletins (SYNOP) | Measured, station |
| All-time, monthly and on-this-day records | NOAA NCEI Global Historical Climatology Network daily (GHCN-Daily), 1955 to 2025 | Measured, station |
| Nearby stations and distances | Computed from station positions in our own database | Calculated |