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Satellite view of Likas Beach; the pin marks the beach
Satellite view: Sentinel-2 cloudless · EOX, CC BY 4.0, colour-adjusted by Coastya. About 6 km of coast; the pin marks the beach.

Beach

Likas Beach

MalaysiaSabah · Malaysia · South China Sea

5.9946, 116.1034 · Inanam, 3 km

  • 30°Sea · June
  • 28°High · April
  • 8.0 hSunshine · April
The dot marks Likas Beach. About 140 km of coast, north at the top.

Your month at the beach

Likas Beach in October

  • 27°CAir, daytime high22°C at night
  • 29°CSea temperature
  • 5.4 hSunshine a day
  • 26 daysRainy days in the month356 mm in total
  • 8 km/hAverage wind

Averages for 1991–2020. A rainy day is a day with at least 1 mm of rain.

The beach itself

  • 110Places to stay within 5 kmHotels, guest houses, apartments and campsites · OpenStreetMap
  • 9 kmAirport: Kota Kinabalu International Airport (BKI)In a straight line; by road it is further

No reliable information yet on: bathing water quality, wheelchair access, lifeguards.

October from 2020 to 2025

In October 2025 the sea averaged 29.6 °C — about the same as the 1991–2020 average.

Sea temperature 2025: +0.1 °C

1991–2020 average: 29.5 °C

Air, daytime high 2025: +0.4 °C

1991–2020 average: 26.6 °C

Each bar is one year. Above the dashed line (the 1991–2020 average), that month was warmer than usual; below it, cooler.

When to go

1991–2020 averages
Warmest seaMay and June30 °C
Most sunshineApril and May8 h of sun a day
Least rainFebruary and March98 mm in the month

The year at a glance

  1. Jan28°5 h198 mm
  2. Feb27°6 h98 mm
  3. Mar28°7 h123 mm
  4. Apr29°8 h138 mm
  5. May30°7 h218 mm
  6. Jun30°6 h263 mm
  7. Jul30°6 h260 mm
  8. Aug30°6 h239 mm
  9. Sep30°6 h272 mm
  10. Oct29°5 h356 mm
  11. Nov29°5 h282 mm
  12. Dec29°5 h270 mm
8°C20°C32°C

Each card is a month. The colour is the sea temperature, on the same scale as the map; in bold, the two best months for each.

Sea temperature

1991–2020 averages
28°30°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 28°Feb: 27°Mar: 28°Apr: 29°May: 30°Jun: 30°Jul: 30°Aug: 30°Sep: 30°Oct: 29°Nov: 29°Dec: 29°27°30°
8°C20°C32°C

Climate through the year

1991–2020 averages
22°25°28°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 24 °C (High 26° / Low 22°)Feb: 24 °C (High 27° / Low 21°)Mar: 24 °C (High 27° / Low 22°)Apr: 25 °C (High 28° / Low 23°)May: 25 °C (High 28° / Low 23°)Jun: 25 °C (High 27° / Low 23°)Jul: 25 °C (High 27° / Low 22°)Aug: 25 °C (High 27° / Low 22°)Sep: 25 °C (High 27° / Low 22°)Oct: 24 °C (High 27° / Low 22°)Nov: 25 °C (High 27° / Low 22°)Dec: 24 °C (High 27° / Low 22°)25°24°
AverageLow – High
8°C20°C32°C

Rain

0 mm200 mm400 mmJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 198 mmFeb: 98 mm98Mar: 123 mmApr: 138 mmMay: 218 mmJun: 263 mmJul: 260 mmAug: 239 mmSep: 272 mmOct: 356 mm356Nov: 282 mmDec: 270 mm

Sunshine

0 h2.5 h5 h7.5 hJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 4.9 hFeb: 6.3 hMar: 7.1 hApr: 8.0 h8.0May: 7.2 hJun: 6.4 hJul: 6.3 hAug: 6.3 hSep: 5.9 hOct: 5.4 hNov: 5.4 hDec: 4.8 h4.8

Sunshine hours are estimated from measured solar radiation, not observed directly.

Month by month

1991–2020 averages

Every month at Likas Beach: air, sea, rain and sunshine. Averages for 1991–2020.

Every month at Likas Beach: air, sea, rain and sunshine. Averages for 1991–2020.
MonthHigh°CLow°CSea°CRainmmRainy daysdaysSunshineh/dayWindkm/h
January262228198174.99
February27212798116.39
March272228123137.18
April282329138178.07
May282330218217.26
Junewarmest sea272330263216.47
July272230260216.37
August272230239226.38
September272230272235.98
October272229356265.48
November272229282255.47
December272229270244.88

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Photos

Photos shared by their authors on Wikimedia Commons, with its colours adjusted.

Likas Beach: Kota Kinabalu ocean view from Likas beach - 02
Photo: Wiki Asmah · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 4.0 · stylised; this version keeps the same licence.
Likas Beach: Likas beach exercising lanes view from Likas beach 03052026 - 03
Photo: Wiki Asmah · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 4.0 · stylised; this version keeps the same licence.
Likas Beach: Sunrise image of Kota Kinabalu City Mosque taken from Taman Awam Teluk Likas
Photo: Allan Jay Quesada · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0 · stylised; this version keeps the same licence.

About these numbers

Averages are for 1991–2020; the recent years (2020–2025) are what actually happened. Neither is today's weather.

WhatWhere it comes from Nearest measurement
Air, rain and sunshineNASA POWER16 km away
Sea temperatureNOAA OISST v2.1, 1991–202015 km away
2020–2025, month by monthNASA POWER · NOAA OISST v2.116 km away
Lifeguards and places to stayOpenStreetMapwithin 1–5 km
Nearest airportOurAirportsstraight-line distance
Image at the topSentinel-2 cloudless (EOX)at this spot

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