Daro District

Daro
Daro
District
	Daro town as seen in February 2025.
	Seal
	Daro
	Coordinates: 2°31′0″N111°26′0″E / 2.51667°N 111.43333°E
Country	Malaysia
State	Sarawak
Division	Mukah
Seat	Daro
Area
• Total	1,226 km2 (473 sq mi)
Population (2020)
• Total	37,900
• Density	31/km2 (80/sq mi)
Website	matu-darodc.sarawak.gov.my

Last updated February 09, 2025

The Daro District is a district in Mukah Division, Sarawak, Malaysia. The district contains the eponymous town of Daro. The nearest town to Daro is Matu. Daro is administered under the Majlis Daerah Matu-Daro (Matu-Daro District Council), which is also the local authority for Matu District. The population in Daro was 37,900 in 2020, with Melanau making up the majority. There were ferries from Sibu to here, taking around two hours by using the channel of Rejang River.

Education

Secondary school

SMK Toh Puan Datuk Patinggi Hajjah Normah, Daro
SMK Matu
SMK Belawai
SMK SEMOP

Primary schools

SJK (C) Chung Hua
SK Campuran
SK Hijrah Badong
SK Nangar
SK Ulu Daro
SK Pangtray
SK Semop

Climate

Daro has a tropical rainforest climate (Af) with heavy to very heavy rainfall year-round.

Climate data for Daro
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)	30.1 (86.2)	30.3 (86.5)	31.3 (88.3)	32.1 (89.8)	32.6 (90.7)	32.3 (90.1)	32.2 (90.0)	31.9 (89.4)	31.8 (89.2)	31.5 (88.7)	31.4 (88.5)	30.7 (87.3)	31.5 (88.7)
Daily mean °C (°F)	26.2 (79.2)	26.3 (79.3)	27.0 (80.6)	27.4 (81.3)	27.9 (82.2)	27.5 (81.5)	27.3 (81.1)	27.1 (80.8)	27.2 (81.0)	27.0 (80.6)	27.0 (80.6)	26.5 (79.7)	27.0 (80.7)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)	22.4 (72.3)	22.4 (72.3)	22.8 (73.0)	22.8 (73.0)	23.2 (73.8)	22.8 (73.0)	22.4 (72.3)	22.4 (72.3)	22.6 (72.7)	22.6 (72.7)	22.6 (72.7)	22.4 (72.3)	22.6 (72.7)
Average rainfall mm (inches)	432 (17.0)	252 (9.9)	215 (8.5)	179 (7.0)	165 (6.5)	204 (8.0)	164 (6.5)	162 (6.4)	153 (6.0)	244 (9.6)	288 (11.3)	360 (14.2)	2,818 (110.9)
Source: Climate-Data.org^[2]

References

↑ "The Official Portal of the Sarawak Government". sarawak.gov.my. Retrieved 27 December 2022.
↑ "Climate: Daro". Climate-Data.org. Retrieved 29 October 2020.

External links

Matu & Daro District Council Official Website

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[1] "The Official Portal of the Sarawak Government". sarawak.gov.my. Retrieved 27 December 2022.

[2] "Climate: Daro". Climate-Data.org. Retrieved 29 October 2020.

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