About Kuching
Kuching is a city in Sarawak, Malaysia with a population of 402,738. It is the 26th largest of the 350 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Malaysia, and the 1,422nd largest worldwide. It lies 977 km from Kuala Lumpur.
Key Facts
Country
Region
Rank in region
#1of 33
Elevation
8 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Asia/Kuching
Coordinates
1.550, 110.333
Record updated
2026-04-14
Entry edited, not measured
City population, GeoNames. GeoNames publishes no year for its population figures, so “record updated” is when the entry was last edited — not the date the population was measured. Elevation is modelled from a digital elevation model rather than surveyed, so it is approximate.
Nearby Cities
All 350 in MalaysiaClosest listed cities by great-circle distance from the city centre.