Miri weather in July

In July, Miri sees average daytime highs of 29°C and overnight lows near 26°C, with 187 mm of rain across 19.3 wet days and about 12.2 hours of daylight. It is the 3rd-warmest and 7th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 29°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 10% of the time in July, and the air most often feels miserable.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 18 min at the start of July to 12 h 12 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, July is Miri's 3rd-clearest and 9th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Miri's year-round climate.

Daytime high
29°
3rd warmest
Overnight low
26°
10th coldest
Rainfall
187 mm
19.3 wet days
Daylight
12 h 12 min
6:23 AM – 6:37 PM
Cloud cover
78%
3rd clearest
Wind
11 km/h
9th windiest
Solar energy
5.44 kWh/m²
Travel score
4.3
out of 10

Miri is city in Sarawak, Malaysia.

Density
301/km²
people per km²
Founded
1910

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

Temperature in July

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 29°C through the month.

A typical July day in Miri reaches about 29°C in the afternoon and slips back to 26°C overnight — a 2°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 28°C and 30°C. Set against its neighbours, July runs on par with June and on par with August.

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How July really feels in Miri

Once humidity and wind are folded in, July averages 31 days that feel above 32°C and 0 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C
31
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
wind chill below the day's low

The story in July is heat — humidity pushes the afternoon "feels like" well above the raw temperature.

Miri weather by month

How July compares with the rest of the year at a glance. July is the 3rd-warmest and 7th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan27° / 25°20022.611.84.3
Feb27° / 25°1111711.94.9
Mar28° / 26°8316.6125.2
Apr28° / 26°12420.612.14.2
May29° / 26°15921.512.23.9
Jun29° / 26°20119.412.24.1
Jul29° / 26°18719.312.24.3
Aug29° / 26°18320.412.14.1
Sep28° / 26°19522.7123.8
Oct28° / 26°28027.111.93.6
Nov28° / 26°27628.111.83.4
Dec28° / 25°2932811.73.6

Cloud cover in July

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 10% of the time in July.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 12% of July, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 78%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
12179
22179
32179
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52179
62278
72278
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102377
112377
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Chance of precipitation in July

Any precipitation

Miri gets around 187 mm of rain over 19.3 wet days in July. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 62% and peaks near 64% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
163
263
363
463
563
663
763
863
963
1063
1163
1264
1364
1464
1564
1664
1764
1864
1963
2063
2163
2262
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2561
2661
2760
2860
2960
3059
3159

Humidity in July

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of July feels miserable — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, July lands in the miserable band about 52% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

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Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
14753
24951
35050
45149
55149
65248
75248
85347
95347
105347
115248
125248
135149
145149
155050
164951
174951
184852
194852
204753
214753
224654
234654
244555
254555
264456
274357
284357
294258
304159
314060

Wind in July

Winds average 11 km/h in July.

Across July, daily wind ranges from about 10 km/h on the calmest days to 11 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
110calm
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Sunrise & sunset in July

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 18 min at the start of July to 12 h 12 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 6 minutes over July. Sunrise moves from 6:20 AM to 6:24 AM, and sunset from 6:35 PM to 6:36 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.36:206:35
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312.36:206:35
412.26:206:35
512.26:216:36
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Solar energy in July

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in July, about 5.44 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.68 kWh/m² to a high of 5.96 kWh/m² in April across the year — July's 5.44 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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Planning a trip in July

Hazard calendar for Miri

In seasonPeak

In July, Miri sits inside its pacific typhoon season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

Miri sits in the Pacific typhoon belt; the season peaks July–October.

Pacific typhoon
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Is July a good time to visit Miri?

Our two travel scores rate July for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

4.3
Sightseeing
3rd-best month of the year
5.3
Beach & pool
2nd-best month of the year

July is a reasonable time to visit Miri for sightseeing.

What to pack for Miri in July

From July's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In July, Miri sees daytime highs around 29°C and nights near 26°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 19 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

Sea temperature near Miri in July

The nearest coast averages about 30°C in July — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea at the nearest coast (about 13 km away) is warmest in June at about 30°C and coldest in February near 27°C.

The water stays above 20°C all year — warm enough for a swim any month.

26°28°30°32°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecwarmtropicalcomfortable to swim
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan28Warm
Feb27Warm
Mar28Tropical
Apr29Tropical
May30Tropical
Jun30Tropical
Jul30Tropical
Aug30Tropical
Sep30Tropical
Oct29Tropical
Nov29Tropical
Dec29Tropical

UV index in Miri in July

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in July peaks around 11 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Miri peaks around February 17 at about 14 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near November 22 at about 11 (extreme).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — every month of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeFeb 17UV 14Nov 22UV 11
UV index (midday)Level
Jan13Extreme
Feb14Extreme
Mar14Extreme
Apr14Extreme
May13Extreme
Jun12Extreme
Jul11Extreme
Aug13Extreme
Sep13Extreme
Oct13Extreme
Nov11Extreme
Dec11Extreme

Air quality in Miri in July

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where July falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Miri is worst in May — around 68 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 5.1× the cleanest month (October, 13 µg/m³).

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

020406080JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModeratePoorModerateMay 1764 µg/m³Oct 1815 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan17Moderate
Feb48Poor
Mar47Poor
Apr34Moderate
May68Unhealthy
Jun35Moderate
Jul23Moderate
Aug23Moderate
Sep28Moderate
Oct13Moderate
Nov24Moderate
Dec24Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Miri?

Miri sits at 4.4°N, 114.0°E, 8 m above sea level, in Malaysia. The nearest listed city is Kuala Belait, 34 km away.

Topography around Miri

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Miri.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Miri has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 87 m around an average of 10 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 112 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 531 m.

The land around Miri is covered by trees (33%), water (31%) and artificial surfaces (25%) within 3 km, water (44%) and trees (40%) within 16 km, and trees (57%) and water (40%) within 80 km.

3 km
87 m
16 km
112 m
80 km
531 m
treesgrasslandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
July weather nearby: Kuala Belait 34 km · Marudi 43 km · Seria 44 km · Beluru 48 km · Liang 64 km · Niah 67 km · Tutong 86 km · Sengkurong 108 km

Malaysia travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 1
Exercise Normal Precautions
Power plugs
Type C / G / M
230 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 32% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$13,125
2025
Happiness
6.0 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
95%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
0.7
per 100k, 2023
Road deaths
22.5
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
Upper middle
World Bank
English
High
EF EPI 581
Religion
Muslim 64%Buddhist 19%Christian 9%Hindu 6%

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Miri (4.3993°, 113.9916°, elevation 8 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. Tropical-cyclone seasons are the published climatological basin seasons (NOAA National Hurricane Center / regional warning centres). Sea temperatures are the NOAA OISST v2.1 1991–2020 monthly climatology (public domain), sampled at the nearest ocean point. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).