Climate averages 1991–2020
Lahad Datu weather
in May.
A hot, wet month: the 2nd warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a hot month in Lahad Datu: daytime highs average 29.6°C and nights cool to about 24.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 177 mm of rain on roughly 27 days, which makes May a wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 21 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Sandakan (94 km away). In May its highs average 30.3°C, 0.7°C warmer than Lahad Datu, with 237 mm of rain.
Among the 72 cities listed in Malaysia, Lahad Datu ranks joint 56th of 72 for the warmest May highs and joint 14th of 72 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 72 cities is 30.1°C; Lahad Datu is 0.4°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 0.3°C to 29.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 177 mm to 168 mm.
The annual picture
May 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, selected | 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
May in nearby cities
- Sandakan in MayMalaysia · 94 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 24.9°C · 237 mm rain
- Tawau in MayMalaysia · 99 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 24.5°C · 216 mm rain
- Tarakan in MayIndonesia · 207 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 25.2°C · 249 mm rain
- Keningau in MayMalaysia · 243 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 22.1°C · 163 mm rain
- Putatan in MayMalaysia · 270 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 24.5°C · 163 mm rain
- Kota Kinabalu in MayMalaysia · 271 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 24.8°C · 163 mm rain
- Jolo in MayPhilippines · 317 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 26.3°C · 104 mm rain
- Labuan in MayMalaysia · 342 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 25.8°C · 114 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.