Climate averages 1991–2020
Sandakan weather
in February.
A hot, very wet month: the 11th warmest and the 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a hot month in Sandakan: daytime highs average 28.1°C and nights cool to about 23.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 217 mm of rain on roughly 24 days, which makes February a very wet month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 56 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Lahad Datu (94 km away). In February its highs average 28.5°C, about as warm as Sandakan, with 119 mm of rain.
Among the 72 cities listed in Malaysia, Sandakan ranks 69th of 72 for the warmest February highs and 70th of 72 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 72 cities is 29.7°C; Sandakan is 1.6°C cooler than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 1.0°C to 29.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 217 mm to 197 mm.
The annual picture
February 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, selected | 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 | 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
February in nearby cities
- Lahad Datu in FebruaryMalaysia · 94 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 23.5°C · 119 mm rain
- Tawau in FebruaryMalaysia · 179 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 24.2°C · 113 mm rain
- Keningau in FebruaryMalaysia · 224 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 21.3°C · 119 mm rain
- Kota Kinabalu in FebruaryMalaysia · 227 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 23.5°C · 99 mm rain
- Putatan in FebruaryMalaysia · 228 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 23.3°C · 99 mm rain
- Tarakan in FebruaryIndonesia · 287 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 24.8°C · 211 mm rain
- Jolo in FebruaryPhilippines · 320 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 25.5°C · 57 mm rain
- Labuan in FebruaryMalaysia · 324 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 24.7°C · 82 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.