Ranau Pekan Ranau | |
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Town and district capital | |
![]() Ranau town centre. | |
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Coordinates: 5°58′00″N116°41′00″E / 5.96667°N 116.68333°E | |
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State | ![]() |
Division | West Coast |
District | Ranau |
Population (2010) | |
• Total | 8,970 |
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).
Ranau has a tropical rainforest climate (Af) with heavy rainfall year-round.
Climate data for Ranau | |||||||||||||
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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] |
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