Climate averages 1991–2020
Lahad Datu weather
in April.
A hot, wet month: the warmest and the 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a hot month in Lahad Datu: daytime highs average 29.8°C and nights cool to about 24.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 121 mm of rain on roughly 22 days, which makes April a wet month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 14 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Sandakan (94 km away). In April its highs average 30.0°C, about as warm as Lahad Datu, with 169 mm of rain.
Among the 72 cities listed in Malaysia, Lahad Datu ranks joint 48th of 72 for the warmest April highs and 8th of 72 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 72 cities is 30.1°C; Lahad Datu is 0.3°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs fall by 0.2°C to 29.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 121 mm to 177 mm.
The annual picture
April in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Lahad Datu climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.2°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 160 | 24.0 | 11.912 h |
| February | 28.5°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 119 | 19.1 | 12.012 h |
| March | 29.3°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 123 | 21.0 | 12.112 h |
| April, selected | 29.8°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 121 | 21.9 | 12.212 h |
| May | 29.6°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 177 | 27.2 | 12.312 h |
| June | 29.3°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 168 | 26.1 | 12.412 h |
| July | 29.2°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 164 | 26.4 | 12.412 h |
| August | 29.4°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 154 | 26.1 | 12.312 h |
| September | 29.5°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 168 | 25.9 | 12.112 h |
| October | 29.3°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 193 | 27.6 | 12.012 h |
| November | 28.9°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 153 | 27.2 | 11.912 h |
| December | 28.6°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 164 | 27.3 | 11.812 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
April in nearby cities
- Sandakan in AprilMalaysia · 94 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 24.6°C · 169 mm rain
- Tawau in AprilMalaysia · 99 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 24.4°C · 163 mm rain
- Tarakan in AprilIndonesia · 207 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 24.9°C · 226 mm rain
- Keningau in AprilMalaysia · 243 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 22.0°C · 155 mm rain
- Putatan in AprilMalaysia · 270 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 24.2°C · 110 mm rain
- Kota Kinabalu in AprilMalaysia · 271 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 24.5°C · 110 mm rain
- Jolo in AprilPhilippines · 317 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 26.1°C · 56 mm rain
- Labuan in AprilMalaysia · 342 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 25.5°C · 91 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Lahad Datu) is explained once on the Lahad Datu year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.