Climate averages 1991–2020
Lahad Datu weather
in December.
A hot, wet month: the 10th warmest and the joint 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a hot month in Lahad Datu: daytime highs average 28.6°C and nights cool to about 23.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 164 mm of rain on roughly 27 days, which makes December a wet month (the joint 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 50 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Sandakan (94 km away). In December its highs average 28.5°C, about as warm as Lahad Datu, with 289 mm of rain.
Among the 72 cities listed in Malaysia, Lahad Datu ranks joint 32nd of 72 for the warmest December highs and 5th of 72 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 72 cities is 28.5°C; Lahad Datu is 0.1°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 0.4°C to 28.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 164 mm to 160 mm.
The annual picture
December 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 | 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, selected | 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
December in nearby cities
- Sandakan in DecemberMalaysia · 94 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 24.0°C · 289 mm rain
- Tawau in DecemberMalaysia · 99 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 24.2°C · 190 mm rain
- Tarakan in DecemberIndonesia · 207 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 24.6°C · 298 mm rain
- Keningau in DecemberMalaysia · 243 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 21.5°C · 162 mm rain
- Putatan in DecemberMalaysia · 270 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 23.6°C · 212 mm rain
- Kota Kinabalu in DecemberMalaysia · 271 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 23.9°C · 212 mm rain
- Jolo in DecemberPhilippines · 317 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 25.8°C · 110 mm rain
- Labuan in DecemberMalaysia · 342 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 24.8°C · 187 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.