Climate averages 1991–2020
Lahad Datu weather
in August.
A hot, wet month: the 4th warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Lahad Datu: daytime highs average 29.4°C and nights cool to about 24.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 154 mm of rain on roughly 26 days, which makes August a wet month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 17 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Sandakan (94 km away). In August its highs average 30.2°C, 0.8°C warmer than Lahad Datu, with 225 mm of rain.
Among the 72 cities listed in Malaysia, Lahad Datu ranks joint 49th of 72 for the warmest August highs and 19th of 72 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 72 cities is 29.8°C; Lahad Datu is 0.3°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 0.1°C to 29.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 154 mm to 168 mm.
The annual picture
August 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 | 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, selected | 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
August in nearby cities
- Sandakan in AugustMalaysia · 94 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 24.5°C · 225 mm rain
- Tawau in AugustMalaysia · 99 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 24.2°C · 186 mm rain
- Tarakan in AugustIndonesia · 207 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 24.9°C · 211 mm rain
- Keningau in AugustMalaysia · 243 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 21.7°C · 124 mm rain
- Putatan in AugustMalaysia · 270 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 24.1°C · 178 mm rain
- Kota Kinabalu in AugustMalaysia · 271 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 24.3°C · 178 mm rain
- Jolo in AugustPhilippines · 317 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 26.1°C · 106 mm rain
- Labuan in AugustMalaysia · 342 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 25.4°C · 140 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.