Climate averages 1991–2020
Sandakan weather
in August.
A hot, very wet month: the 2nd warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Sandakan: daytime highs average 30.2°C and nights cool to about 24.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 225 mm of rain on roughly 27 days, which makes August a very wet month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 18 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Lahad Datu (94 km away). In August its highs average 29.4°C, 0.8°C cooler than Sandakan, with 154 mm of rain.
Among the 72 cities listed in Malaysia, Sandakan ranks joint 15th of 72 for the warmest August highs and 70th of 72 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 72 cities is 29.8°C; Sandakan is 0.5°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 0.1°C to 30.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 225 mm to 243 mm.
The annual picture
August 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 | 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, selected | 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
August in nearby cities
- Lahad Datu in AugustMalaysia · 94 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 24.3°C · 154 mm rain
- Tawau in AugustMalaysia · 179 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 24.2°C · 186 mm rain
- Keningau in AugustMalaysia · 224 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 21.7°C · 124 mm rain
- Kota Kinabalu in AugustMalaysia · 227 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 24.3°C · 178 mm rain
- Putatan in AugustMalaysia · 228 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 24.1°C · 178 mm rain
- Tarakan in AugustIndonesia · 287 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 24.9°C · 211 mm rain
- Jolo in AugustPhilippines · 320 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 26.1°C · 106 mm rain
- Labuan in AugustMalaysia · 324 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 25.4°C · 140 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.