Ranau
Pekan Ranau
Town and district capital
Ranau town centre
Ranau town centre.
Location of Ranau
Coordinates: 5°58′00″N 116°41′00″E / 5.96667°N 116.68333°E / 5.96667; 116.68333
Country Malaysia
State Sabah
DivisionWest Coast
DistrictRanau
Population
 (2010)
 • Total8,970

Ranau (Malay: Pekan Ranau) is the capital of the Ranau District in the West Coast Division of Sabah, Malaysia. Its population was estimated to be around 8,970 in 2010.[1]

The federal constituency represented in the Dewan Rakyat is Ranau (federal constituency).

Climate

Ranau has a tropical rainforest climate (Af) with heavy rainfall year-round.

Climate data for Ranau
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) 27.2
(81.0)		 27.3
(81.1)		 27.8
(82.0)		 28.5
(83.3)		 28.7
(83.7)		 28.2
(82.8)		 28.0
(82.4)		 28.1
(82.6)		 27.9
(82.2)		 27.8
(82.0)		 27.7
(81.9)		 27.5
(81.5)		 27.9
(82.2)
Daily mean °C (°F) 23.6
(74.5)		 23.7
(74.7)		 24.0
(75.2)		 24.6
(76.3)		 24.8
(76.6)		 24.3
(75.7)		 24.1
(75.4)		 24.2
(75.6)		 24.0
(75.2)		 24.1
(75.4)		 24.1
(75.4)		 23.9
(75.0)		 24.1
(75.4)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) 20.1
(68.2)		 20.1
(68.2)		 20.3
(68.5)		 20.7
(69.3)		 20.9
(69.6)		 20.5
(68.9)		 20.2
(68.4)		 20.3
(68.5)		 20.1
(68.2)		 20.4
(68.7)		 20.5
(68.9)		 20.4
(68.7)		 20.4
(68.7)
Average rainfall mm (inches) 216
(8.5)		 153
(6.0)		 136
(5.4)		 143
(5.6)		 234
(9.2)		 206
(8.1)		 175
(6.9)		 172
(6.8)		 203
(8.0)		 202
(8.0)		 220
(8.7)		 221
(8.7)		 2,281
(89.9)
Source: Climate-Data.org[2]

References

  1. ↑ "Population by ethnic group, Local Authority area and state, Malaysia" (PDF). Department of Statistics, Malaysia. 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 February 2012. Retrieved 5 November 2017.
  2. ↑ "Climate: Ranau". Climate-Data.org. Retrieved 30 October 2020.

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