Kota Kinabalu
Malaysia
At a glance
1BR rent, centre
$394 / mo
Rainy season
🌧️ 27°C
Internet
Safety
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Living in Kota Kinabalu
Monthly living cost
Where to rent (1 bedroom)
- City centre / waterfrontMYR 1,300–MYR 1,900 (~$320–$468) / mo
- Penampang / Putatan / KepayanMYR 700–MYR 1,100 (~$173–$271) / mo
- LikasMYR 1,500–MYR 2,300 (~$370–$567) / mo
Monthly cost
- Big Mac
- $4
Rent (1 bedroom)
- City centre
- $394
- Outside centre
- $222
- Period
- 2026
Internet
- Download
- 259 Mbps
- Upload
- 112 Mbps
- Latency
- 21 ms
Weather
- Climate
- tropical
- Avg temp
- 26.8°C
- Humidity
- 79%
- Rainfall
- 2,519 mm/yr
- Sunshine
- 3,262 h/yr
Air quality
- AQI now
- 64
- AQI yearly avg
- 51
- PM2.5 yearly avg
- 10.5 µg/m³
City
- Population
- 500.4K
- Time zone
- Asia/Kuching
Sources
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Data updated 31 Oct 2026