Kota Kinabalu
Surf town · Malaysia
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348 places to stay within 2 km, 1 of them campsites.
Budget 2-star · Booking.com£30 a night
Mid-range 3-star · Booking.com£35 a night
Luxury 4-star · Booking.com£45 a night
Prices are our estimate of the country's average double room of each kind that month: not this town's price, and not a quote.
Room photos are examples, not these hotels (credits).
All 348 places to stay · Booking.comSpots near here: 1 surf spot
Surf · this week
Pulau Manukan · about 15 min by car
17 out of 100
Each score is the next week's out of 100, the mean of its best days, as on its own page. Green clears the bar. Distances are from the middle of Kota Kinabalu.
Places to eat
6 near Kota Kinabalu
Places to eat near Kota Kinabalu
- Suang Tain Seafood RestaurantSeafood · 0.1 km from the centre
- Uncle BOB Fried ChickenChicken · 0.1 km from the centre
- 雙天海鮮樓Seafood · 0.1 km from the centre
- 5 Star Hainanese Chicken Rice & BBQ PorkChinese · 0.2 km from the centre
- ChubsBar and grill · 0.2 km from the centre
- Der Master Restaurant, Delicatessen Grocer & BarGerman · 0.2 km from the centre
Within 2 km of the town centre, listed by how complete the listing is (website, opening hours, cuisine) and whether two sources name it. Not a judgement of the food: we have no reviews. Listings © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) and Overture Maps Foundation. Credits
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the town and every place near it
Each place is ringed by its best day this week, a surf spot for intermediates: green good, amber fair, pale red poor, as the key says. The dashed circle is 30 km from Kota Kinabalu.
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About Kota Kinabalu
where it is, what is near
Kota Kinabalu is a town in Sabah, Malaysia.
From Kota Kinabalu you can reach 1 surf spot.
The nearest is Pulau Manukan, a surf spot 8 km from the centre.
Overture lists 348 places to stay within 2 km of the centre, 1 of them campsites.
The nearest airport is Kota Kinabalu International Airport (BKI), 6 km away.
- 348 places to stay within 2 km of the centre, 1 of them campsites (Overture places)
- Nearest airports: Kota Kinabalu International Airport (BKI), 6 km, Labuan Airport (LBU), 118 km, Brunei International Airport (BWN), 171 km
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