Kota Kinabalu sits on the island of Borneo, where an equatorial climate brings heavy rainfall throughout the year with no pronounced dry season, though the northeast monsoon from November through February typically brings the heaviest totals.
Sabah’s capital sits on Borneo’s northwest coast, where heavy year-round rainfall is punctuated by especially wet weeks during the northeast monsoon. Many of Borneo’s towns sit along rivers that are the primary transport routes in the region, so a sustained heavy rain event upstream can raise water levels significantly downstream, making radar an important complement to river-level monitoring here. Learn more: Flash Flood Warning Signs on Radar · Open the full Rain Map