Climate averages 1991–2020
Lahad Datu weather
in July.
A hot, wet month: the 8th warmest and the joint 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
July is a hot month in Lahad Datu: daytime highs average 29.2°C and nights cool to about 24.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 164 mm of rain on roughly 26 days, which makes July a wet month (the joint 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 23 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Sandakan (94 km away). In July its highs average 30.0°C, 0.8°C warmer than Lahad Datu, with 222 mm of rain.
Among the 72 cities listed in Malaysia, Lahad Datu ranks joint 55th of 72 for the warmest July highs and joint 39th of 72 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 72 cities is 29.8°C; Lahad Datu is 0.6°C cooler than that mean.
From July to August, average highs rise by 0.3°C to 29.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 164 mm to 154 mm.
The annual picture
July 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, selected | 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
July in nearby cities
- Sandakan in JulyMalaysia · 94 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 24.4°C · 222 mm rain
- Tawau in JulyMalaysia · 99 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 24.1°C · 200 mm rain
- Tarakan in JulyIndonesia · 207 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 24.9°C · 210 mm rain
- Keningau in JulyMalaysia · 243 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 21.6°C · 118 mm rain
- Putatan in JulyMalaysia · 270 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 24.0°C · 166 mm rain
- Kota Kinabalu in JulyMalaysia · 271 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 24.2°C · 166 mm rain
- Jolo in JulyPhilippines · 317 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 26.1°C · 129 mm rain
- Labuan in JulyMalaysia · 342 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 25.3°C · 144 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.