Climate averages 1991–2020

Lahad Datu weather
in March.

A hot, wet month: the joint 5th warmest and the 3rd driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 29.3°C Daytime mean, March

Average low 23.7°C Night-time mean, March

Rainfall 123 mm 21 days with ≥1 mm

Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

March is a hot month in Lahad Datu: daytime highs average 29.3°C and nights cool to about 23.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 5th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 123 mm of rain on roughly 21 days, which makes March a wet month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 05 min on an average March day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Sandakan (94 km away). In March its highs average 29.0°C, about as warm as Lahad Datu, with 197 mm of rain.

Among the 72 cities listed in Malaysia, Lahad Datu ranks joint 62nd of 72 for the warmest March highs and 9th of 72 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 72 cities is 30.1°C; Lahad Datu is 0.9°C cooler than that mean.

From March to April, average highs rise by 0.5°C to 29.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 123 mm to 121 mm.

The annual picture

March in context

30-year average

Average highAverage low°C

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm

Averages 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

1991–2020

Monthly climate averages for Lahad Datu, 1991–2020
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, selected	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

March in nearby cities

Distance from Lahad Datu

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 limits

How 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.