Climate averages 1991–2020
Lahad Datu weather
in February.
A hot, wet month: the 11th warmest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a hot month in Lahad Datu: daytime highs average 28.5°C and nights cool to about 23.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 119 mm of rain on roughly 19 days, which makes February a wet month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 58 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Sandakan (94 km away). In February its highs average 28.1°C, about as warm as Lahad Datu, with 217 mm of rain.
Among the 72 cities listed in Malaysia, Lahad Datu ranks 64th of 72 for the warmest February highs and joint 31st of 72 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 72 cities is 29.7°C; Lahad Datu is 1.1°C cooler than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 0.7°C to 29.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 119 mm to 123 mm.
The annual picture
February 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, selected | 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 | 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
February in nearby cities
- Sandakan in FebruaryMalaysia · 94 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 23.8°C · 217 mm rain
- Tawau in FebruaryMalaysia · 99 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 24.2°C · 113 mm rain
- Tarakan in FebruaryIndonesia · 207 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 24.8°C · 211 mm rain
- Keningau in FebruaryMalaysia · 243 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 21.3°C · 119 mm rain
- Putatan in FebruaryMalaysia · 270 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 23.3°C · 99 mm rain
- Kota Kinabalu in FebruaryMalaysia · 271 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 23.5°C · 99 mm rain
- Jolo in FebruaryPhilippines · 317 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 25.5°C · 57 mm rain
- Labuan in FebruaryMalaysia · 342 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 24.7°C · 82 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.