Sandakan climate

Name: Sandakan
Address: Borneo, Malaysia

Malaysia · Borneo · 5.840° N, 118.118° E

Köppen Aftropical rainforestTropical

Steamy NE Borneo coast: consistently hot and very wet with a slight northeast-monsoon rainfall peak.

Hot all year, with the seasons set by rainfall rather than temperature.

What the year looks like

Average monthly temperature — °F / °C

Average high Average low

Average monthly precipitation — in / mm

Rain

Warmest month

August, 86°F / 30°C

Coldest month

December, 76°F / 24°C

Annual swing

10°F / 6°C

Wettest month

January

Driest month

April

Rain per year

125.8" / 3195 mm

Elevation

49 ft / 15 m

Time zone

Asia/Kuching

2019-2023 averages from Open-Meteo Historical Weather API (ERA5 reanalysis). Imperial / metric.
Month	High °F/°C	Low °F/°C	Rain in/mm	Humidity	Wind mph/km/h	Cloud
January	82 / 28	76 / 25	15.64 / 397	87%	6.9 / 11.1	83%
February	82 / 28	76 / 25	7.93 / 201	84%	7.6 / 12.2	74%
March	84 / 29	77 / 25	6.89 / 175	84%	6.3 / 10.1	71%
April	85 / 30	78 / 25	6.25 / 159	84%	5.3 / 8.5	69%
May	86 / 30	78 / 25	9.86 / 250	86%	4.2 / 6.8	76%
June	86 / 30	77 / 25	10.55 / 268	86%	4.2 / 6.8	83%
July	86 / 30	77 / 25	9.54 / 242	86%	4.9 / 7.9	82%
August	86 / 30	77 / 25	8.34 / 212	85%	4.9 / 7.9	77%
September	86 / 30	77 / 25	9.54 / 242	86%	4.5 / 7.2	80%
October	85 / 29	77 / 25	12.64 / 321	87%	4.3 / 6.9	86%
November	84 / 29	76 / 25	14.38 / 365	88%	4.7 / 7.6	86%
December	83 / 28	76 / 24	14.22 / 361	88%	5.7 / 9.2	87%

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