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12 kn+. A kite day has at least 3 hours of 12 to 35 knots between 10:00 and 19:00. How we count.

Best Kitespots in Sabah

1 spot · Malaysia

Kite days stay under 30 % in every month.

Median of 1 spot with model data, one per grid cell.

Kite spots
1 spot
Median kite days
9 % of days
median spot, over the year
Water
30 °C
median, 2023 to 2025
Best spot
Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia
9 % kite days per year

Kitesurfing in Sabah

Sabah in Malaysia has 1 kite spot in our data. The median spot reaches 9 % kite days over the year; Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia leads with 9 %.

Water about 30 °C.

Best time to visit Sabah

  • Prime 60 % and more
  • Good 40 to 59 %
  • Possible 20 to 39 %
  • Off under 20 %
  • No data hatched
  • Ringed: this month

Prime also needs a good month in at least 7 of the 9 years, so one freak year cannot make a month Prime. A month with 60 %+ but fewer good years shows as Good.

Kite days at the median spot range from 0 % in May to 25 % in February.

Water 29 °C in March to 31 °C in May. Air 28 °C in February to 29 °C in May, day maximum.

Kitesurfing in Sabah: quick answers

When is the best time to kitesurf in Sabah?

No month reaches 50 % kite days at the median spot. The windiest month is February with 25 %, from 2017 to 2025.

Which is the best kite spot in Sabah?

Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia has the most kite days in Sabah: 9 % of days averaged over the year, 2017 to 2025.

How warm is the water in Sabah?

The water ranges from 29 °C in March to 31 °C in May at the median spot. Wetsuit: boardshorts in March, boardshorts in May.

Good for learning

Kite schools teach here, checked against kite guides. Only spots we checked appear.

None checked in Sabah yet.

All spots in Sabah

Kite days per year, % of days

  1. 1
    Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia

    Malaysia

    9 %
    January: 21 % kite days (Possible)February: 25 % kite days (Possible)March: 13 % kite days (Off)April: 2 % kite days (Off)May: 0 % kite days (Off)June: 3 % kite days (Off)July: 7 % kite days (Off)August: 7 % kite days (Off)September: 8 % kite days (Off)October: 13 % kite days (Off)November: 4 % kite days (Off)December: 8 % kite days (Off)
    Kite days by month at Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia: Jan 21 %, Feb 25 %, Mar 13 %, Apr 2 %, May 0 %, Jun 3 %, Jul 7 %, Aug 7 %, Sep 8 %, Oct 13 %, Nov 4 %, Dec 8 %

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kiteCOMPASS · method k3h-10to19-v1 · 2017 to 2025

Kite days by month for Sabah: median of 1 spots with model wind data (one per grid cell), 2017 to 2025; water temperature 2023 to 2025.

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kiteCOMPASS, kite spots in Sabah, data 2017 to 2025. https://kitecompass.app/best-kitespots/malaysia/sabah

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