Climate averages 1991–2020
Lahad Datu weather
in October.
A hot, very wet month: the joint 5th warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a hot month in Lahad Datu: daytime highs average 29.3°C and nights cool to about 23.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 193 mm of rain on roughly 28 days, which makes October a very wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 01 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Sandakan (94 km away). In October its highs average 29.5°C, about as warm as Lahad Datu, with 282 mm of rain.
Among the 72 cities listed in Malaysia, Lahad Datu ranks joint 28th of 72 for the warmest October highs and 7th of 72 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 72 cities is 29.2°C; Lahad Datu is 0.1°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 0.4°C to 28.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 193 mm to 153 mm.
The annual picture
October 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 | 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Sandakan in OctoberMalaysia · 94 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 24.2°C · 282 mm rain
- Tawau in OctoberMalaysia · 99 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 24.1°C · 214 mm rain
- Tarakan in OctoberIndonesia · 207 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 24.8°C · 260 mm rain
- Keningau in OctoberMalaysia · 243 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 21.5°C · 157 mm rain
- Putatan in OctoberMalaysia · 270 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 23.7°C · 264 mm rain
- Kota Kinabalu in OctoberMalaysia · 271 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 24.0°C · 264 mm rain
- Jolo in OctoberPhilippines · 317 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 25.9°C · 145 mm rain
- Labuan in OctoberMalaysia · 342 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 24.8°C · 201 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.