Climate averages 1991–2020
Sandakan weather
in July.
A hot, very wet month: the joint 5th warmest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
July is a hot month in Sandakan: daytime highs average 30.0°C and nights cool to about 24.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 222 mm of rain on roughly 26 days, which makes July a very wet month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 25 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Lahad Datu (94 km away). In July its highs average 29.2°C, 0.8°C cooler than Sandakan, with 164 mm of rain.
Among the 72 cities listed in Malaysia, Sandakan ranks joint 24th of 72 for the warmest July highs and 71st of 72 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 72 cities is 29.8°C; Sandakan is 0.2°C warmer than that mean.
From July to August, average highs rise by 0.2°C to 30.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 222 mm to 225 mm.
The annual picture
July 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, selected | 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
July in nearby cities
- Lahad Datu in JulyMalaysia · 94 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 24.2°C · 164 mm rain
- Tawau in JulyMalaysia · 179 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 24.1°C · 200 mm rain
- Keningau in JulyMalaysia · 224 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 21.6°C · 118 mm rain
- Kota Kinabalu in JulyMalaysia · 227 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 24.2°C · 166 mm rain
- Putatan in JulyMalaysia · 228 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 24.0°C · 166 mm rain
- Tarakan in JulyIndonesia · 287 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 24.9°C · 210 mm rain
- Jolo in JulyPhilippines · 320 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 26.1°C · 129 mm rain
- Labuan in JulyMalaysia · 324 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 25.3°C · 144 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.