Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia Pollen Count
Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia · Last updated Friday, November 6, 2026
This page shows the most recent reading available for Kota Kinabalu — from Friday, November 6, 2026 (1 day ago) — not today's reading.
Pollen Overview
Today's overall pollen level and the dominant type (trees, weeds, grass, or mold).
Total Pollen Index
The combined pollen level across all types (0–100).
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Weeds Index
How active weeds pollen is today (0–100).
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Pollen Types
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5-Day Kota Kinabalu Overall Pollen Forecast
Bars are colored by severity (Low/Moderate/High).
Pollen count Kota Kinabalu residents check each morning
The Kota Kinabalu pollen count today is 15 (Low). The main driver is Ragweed, with weed pollen at 14 today. Grass pollen is the highest single category in the split at 16 (Low), ahead of weed pollen at 14 and tree pollen at 12. The sections below break that headline number down by plant, by day and by what the band means in practice. Pollen Atlas updated this count on Friday, November 6, 2026.
A Low band on the Pollen Atlas index means the Total Pollen Index has stayed in the lower part of the 0–100 scale. Readings in this band are built from low individual category values rather than from one large spike, and the category split above matters more than the headline number: a low total can still contain one category, such as grass pollen, reading noticeably higher than the rest, which is why the split is printed on every Kota Kinabalu page.
Fall is ragweed season across most of the United States: ragweed plants release pollen from late summer into autumn, and weed pollen is typically the last major outdoor pollen category to fade as the weather cools. That pattern is why an autumn total is so often weed-led even when the headline number is low — tree and grass pollen have usually receded by then, leaving weed pollen, and on damp days mold, to make up most of what the index records.
To see whether today’s pollen level holds, check the 5-day Kota Kinabalu pollen forecast below — it is currently mixed, with Tuesday the highest day in the window.
This is the pollen count Kota Kinabalu residents check each morning, built from the day’s tree, grass, weed and mold readings.
What is the Kota Kinabalu pollen count today?
The Kota Kinabalu pollen count today is 15 out of 100 (Low) on the Pollen Atlas Total Pollen Index, driven mainly by Ragweed.
Short answer for anyone searching pollen count today Kota Kinabalu: this page is updated every morning with the day’s modelled reading.
Kota Kinabalu allergies today
Kota Kinabalu allergies today are set by the same reading as the pollen count above: the Total Pollen Index is 15 (Low), driven mainly by Ragweed. When people ask about Kota Kinabalu allergies, this is the number that answers them — one daily index built from today’s tree, grass, weed and mold readings for Kota Kinabalu.
Allergies in Kota Kinabalu follow the Malaysia calendar set out below — the chapters, the plants behind them, and the 5-day forecast on this page show whether today is typical for the season or an exception to it. If you are checking allergies today in Kota Kinabalu before heading outdoors, the split at the top of this page is the part to read: it shows which pollen is doing the work today, not just how high the total sits.
Read the five-day table on this page as the Kota Kinabalu allergy forecast: today reads 15 (Low), and the day-by-day outlook shows whether Kota Kinabalu allergies are set to ease or build across the week — the days to plan outdoor time around are the ones where the index steps down, not just today.
In practice, the allergy count Kota Kinabalu today records is this same combined reading — tree, grass, weed and mold in one index.
The Kota Kinabalu allergy count today is 15 (Low) — the same Total Pollen Index as the pollen count above, in one combined reading.
Pollen count today Kota Kinabalu: the 5-day forecast
| Day | Total Pollen Index | Band |
|---|---|---|
| Friday, November 6 | 15 | Low |
| Saturday, November 7 | 22 | Low |
| Sunday, November 8 | 11 | Low |
| Monday, November 9 | 22 | Low |
| Tuesday, November 10 | 24 | Low |
Pollen Atlas forecasts Kota Kinabalu’s pollen count to peak on Tuesday at 24 (Low) over the next 5 days.
Pollen by type in Kota Kinabalu
What is driving Kota Kinabalu’s pollen today
The shape of today’s 15 (Low) is set by grass pollen at 16 (Low on its own scale) — about 38% of the four category readings added together, 2 points clear of the next category, weed pollen at 14. Grass-led totals tend to hold a level for days at a time rather than spike and clear, because grasses pollinate over an extended period. Grass pollen leading in November is a modelled reading, reported as modelled — no regional calendar is asserted for Malaysia, and the modelled value outranks any general seasonal expectation.
Plant-level detail is not in today’s feed for Kota Kinabalu, so the drivers have to be read from the category split above — it shows how much of today’s total each category is actually carrying, and plant detail returns here automatically on any day the feed includes it.
Across the five-day window the Total Pollen Index runs from 11 to 24, never changing band. Today’s 15 sits 4 points below the window’s average of 18.8 — a moving window, worth reading day by day rather than from the average.
Plants affecting Kota Kinabalu now
Detailed plant-by-plant readings for Kota Kinabalu were not returned in today\u2019s source data, so this section summarises the pollen types the index above is built from instead of listing individual plants.
Tree pollen is one of the categories with a non-zero reading today, at 12 (Low).
Grass pollen is one of the categories with a non-zero reading today, at 16 (Low).
Weed pollen is one of the categories with a non-zero reading today, at 14 (Low).
In the Global pattern, the plants that shape this city’s year vary with its local climate and vegetation, and no single regional calendar is published for this area — named here as regional context only, not as today\u2019s measurements.
Plant detail returns here automatically on any day the source data includes it.
Every pollen type, with photos and seasons: the pollen directory.
Kota Kinabalu pollen through the year
The Kota Kinabalu pollen year runs in chapters, set by the Global pattern and the Malaysia calendar. Trees come first: tree pollen seasons vary with local climate and vegetation, so this page reports the measured readings first and treats any calendar as background only. Grasses take the middle of the year: grass pollen seasons vary with local climate and vegetation, and the measured value outranks any general seasonal expectation. Weeds close it out: weed pollen seasons vary with local climate and vegetation, and no regional calendar is asserted for this area.
No Malaysia allergy season guide is published yet, so this page does not single out signature pollens for Kota Kinabalu — the calendar above is the Global regional pattern, and the plant detail on this page names what today’s feed actually records.
November in Kota Kinabalu is reported from its modelled readings, not from a regional calendar — no regional calendar is asserted for Malaysia, so the calendar alone explains little today, and the modelled split above carries the story. No Malaysia allergy season guide is published yet — this calendar follows the Global regional pattern. See Kota Kinabalu pollen count rankings and Kota Kinabalu on the pollen heatmap.
How to read this index
Pollen Atlas reports the Kota Kinabalu pollen count on a Total Pollen Index from 0 to 100, built from separate tree, grass and weed readings. The total is a summary, not an average of the three: a single strong category can lift it, and three quiet categories can hold it down even in a month when Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia pollen is usually more active. Index values are a modelled pollen risk index computed by Pollen Atlas from open weather, vegetation and phenology data, calibrated against CDC/NAB season data, with plant detail by the Google Pollen API. The index is a modelled 0–100 scale, not a measured count, and figures update through the day, so a morning and an evening visit to this page can legitimately show different numbers.
Kota Kinabalu in today’s national picture
At 15 (Low), Kota Kinabalu ranks joint 68240th of the 90896 cities Pollen Atlas tracks today — in the middle of the national table. The highest reading in the country today is Beja, Portugal at 52, and the lowest is Los Ángeles de San Rafael, Spain at 5. The whole table spans 47 points today — a wide-open day, when the top and bottom of the table are effectively in different seasons.
Around Kota Kinabalu: Sandakan, Malaysia (227 km away) reads 8 (Low); Tawau, Malaysia (279 km away) reads 17 (Low); Miri, Malaysia (289 km away) reads 11 (Low). Kota Kinabalu reads 7 points higher than its nearest tracked neighbour today. Across Malaysia’s 43 tracked cities, today runs from 8 in Kuala Kubu Baharu to 17 in Tawau.
Pollen totals are population numbers; symptoms are personal. The same reading can leave one Kota Kinabalu resident untouched and floor another, depending on which pollens they are sensitised to. If this pattern finds you every season, allergists in Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia can test whether tree, grass, weed or mold is the category that matters for you — the four readings at the top of this page are the starting point for that conversation.
Kota Kinabalu in its local area
Kota Kinabalu is in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia. Its population is 500,421 (GeoNames).
Across Malaysia’s 43 tracked cities, Kota Kinabalu ranks 4th today.
Like every Pollen Atlas city page, the Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia pollen count is refreshed each morning.
Nearby cities
- Sandakan pollen count (227 km away)
- Tawau pollen count (279 km away)
- Miri pollen count (289 km away)
- Sibu pollen count (624 km away)
- Kuching pollen count (805 km away)
- Kuantan pollen count (1432 km away)
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Pollen indexes: a modelled pollen risk index computed by Pollen Atlas from open weather, vegetation and phenology data, calibrated against CDC/NAB season data. Plant detail: Google Pollen API. Index values are modelled, not measured counts. Sources: CDC/NAB; USA-NPN; GBIF (CC BY); ESA WorldCover (CC BY 4.0).