Tap water safety in Kota Kinabalu (Malaysia 🇲🇾)

👎 In general, the water in Kota Kinabalu is not safe to drink.

Numbeo

According to the Numbeo water drinkability and accessibility index, tap water has a score of 31 / 100 (100 being best).

Numbeo considers this score to be "Low"

Scientific reports

We are working on providing you with scientific reports about the water quality in Kota Kinabalu, if you know a reliable source for that feel free to shoot us a message in the chat below or in the comments!

Advantages of drinking (filtered) tap water

1 adult could save about 372$ per year in Kota Kinabalu by drinking tap water instead of buying bottled water.

🐳 Drinking tap water would also help with reducing your plastic footprint and improve environmental pollution.

Warning

Even though drinking water might be considered safe, if you plan to travel to Kota Kinabalu, consider talking to your local contact to verify that. Old pipes could be leaking toxic material or water in that specific country could contain heavy metals or bacteria.

Explore other places in Malaysia

Like in most countries, water quality and accessibility differs from location to location, therefore it's the best to check the information available on that place.