Climate
Bandar Seri Begawan features a tropical rainforest climate with no real dry season. In fact, the city sees heavy precipitation throughout the course of the year with the driest month (March) on average having 120 mm (4.7 in) of rain per year. October through December are the rainiest months of the year in the city, when precipitation is seen roughly two out of every three days. As is common to cities with a tropical rainforest climate, average temperatures are relatively constant throughout the course of the year, with average highs temperatures of around 32 °C (90 °F) and average low temperatures of 23 °C (73 °F).
| Climate data for Bandar Seri Begawan | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Average high °C (°F) | 30.4 (86.7) |
30.7 (87.3) |
31.9 (89.4) |
32.5 (90.5) |
32.6 (90.7) |
32.5 (90.5) |
32.3 (90.1) |
32.4 (90.3) |
32.0 (89.6) |
31.6 (88.9) |
31.4 (88.5) |
31.0 (87.8) |
31.8 (89.2) |
| Average low °C (°F) | 23.3 (73.9) |
23.3 (73.9) |
23.5 (74.3) |
23.7 (74.7) |
23.7 (74.7) |
23.4 (74.1) |
23.0 (73.4) |
23.1 (73.6) |
23.1 (73.6) |
23.2 (73.8) |
23.2 (73.8) |
23.2 (73.8) |
23.3 (73.9) |
| Precipitation mm (inches) | 292.6 (11.52) |
158.9 (6.256) |
118.7 (4.673) |
189.4 (7.457) |
234.9 (9.248) |
210.1 (8.272) |
225.9 (8.894) |
226.6 (8.921) |
264.4 (10.409) |
312.3 (12.295) |
339.9 (13.382) |
339.6 (13.37) |
2,913.3 (114.697) |
| Avg. rainy days | 16 | 12 | 11 | 16 | 18 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 19 | 21 | 23 | 21 | 205 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 195.3 | 192.1 | 226.3 | 240.0 | 235.6 | 210.0 | 223.2 | 217.0 | 198.0 | 204.6 | 204.0 | 210.8 | 2,556.9 |
| Source #1: World Meteorological Organization | |||||||||||||
| Source #2: Hong Kong Observatory | |||||||||||||
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