Climate averages 1991–2020
Lahad Datu weather
in January.
A hot, wet month: the coolest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a hot month in Lahad Datu: daytime highs average 28.2°C and nights cool to about 23.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 160 mm of rain on roughly 24 days, which makes January a wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 52 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Sandakan (94 km away). In January its highs average 27.8°C, about as warm as Lahad Datu, with 287 mm of rain.
Among the 72 cities listed in Malaysia, Lahad Datu ranks joint 58th of 72 for the warmest January highs and 22nd of 72 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 72 cities is 28.9°C; Lahad Datu is 0.6°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 0.3°C to 28.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 160 mm to 119 mm.
The annual picture
January 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, selected | 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 | 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
January in nearby cities
- Sandakan in JanuaryMalaysia · 94 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 23.8°C · 287 mm rain
- Tawau in JanuaryMalaysia · 99 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 24.1°C · 156 mm rain
- Tarakan in JanuaryIndonesia · 207 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 24.6°C · 263 mm rain
- Keningau in JanuaryMalaysia · 243 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 21.3°C · 158 mm rain
- Putatan in JanuaryMalaysia · 270 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 23.3°C · 153 mm rain
- Kota Kinabalu in JanuaryMalaysia · 271 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 23.6°C · 153 mm rain
- Jolo in JanuaryPhilippines · 317 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 25.6°C · 89 mm rain
- Labuan in JanuaryMalaysia · 342 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 24.7°C · 131 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.