Climate averages 1991–2020
Sandakan weather
in April.
A hot, wet month: the joint 5th warmest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a hot month in Sandakan: daytime highs average 30.0°C and nights cool to about 24.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 169 mm of rain on roughly 22 days, which makes April a wet month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 15 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Lahad Datu (94 km away). In April its highs average 29.8°C, about as warm as Sandakan, with 121 mm of rain.
Among the 72 cities listed in Malaysia, Sandakan ranks joint 36th of 72 for the warmest April highs and 15th of 72 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 72 cities is 30.1°C; Sandakan is 0.1°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 0.3°C to 30.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 169 mm to 237 mm.
The annual picture
April 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
Sandakan climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 27.8°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 287 | 27.8 | 11.812 h |
| February | 28.1°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 217 | 23.8 | 11.912 h |
| March | 29.0°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 197 | 23.5 | 12.112 h |
| April, selected | 30.0°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 169 | 21.9 | 12.212 h |
| May | 30.3°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 237 | 26.9 | 12.412 h |
| June | 30.1°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 244 | 26.3 | 12.512 h |
| July | 30.0°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 222 | 26.0 | 12.412 h |
| August | 30.2°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 225 | 26.6 | 12.312 h |
| September | 30.1°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 243 | 26.8 | 12.212 h |
| October | 29.5°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 282 | 29.0 | 12.012 h |
| November | 28.9°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 278 | 28.5 | 11.912 h |
| December | 28.5°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 289 | 29.5 | 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
April in nearby cities
- Lahad Datu in AprilMalaysia · 94 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 24.2°C · 121 mm rain
- Tawau in AprilMalaysia · 179 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 24.4°C · 163 mm rain
- Keningau in AprilMalaysia · 224 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 22.0°C · 155 mm rain
- Kota Kinabalu in AprilMalaysia · 227 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 24.5°C · 110 mm rain
- Putatan in AprilMalaysia · 228 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 24.2°C · 110 mm rain
- Tarakan in AprilIndonesia · 287 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 24.9°C · 226 mm rain
- Jolo in AprilPhilippines · 320 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 26.1°C · 56 mm rain
- Labuan in AprilMalaysia · 324 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 25.5°C · 91 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 Sandakan) is explained once on the Sandakan year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.