Climate averages 1991–2020
Sandakan weather
in June.
A hot, very wet month: the joint 3rd warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
June is a hot month in Sandakan: daytime highs average 30.1°C and nights cool to about 24.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 244 mm of rain on roughly 26 days, which makes June a very wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 27 min on an average June day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Lahad Datu (94 km away). In June its highs average 29.3°C, 0.8°C cooler than Sandakan, with 168 mm of rain.
Among the 72 cities listed in Malaysia, Sandakan ranks joint 29th of 72 for the warmest June highs and 72nd of 72 for the driest June (rainfall, lowest first). The mean June high of those 72 cities is 29.9°C; Sandakan is 0.2°C warmer than that mean.
From June to July, average highs fall by 0.1°C to 30.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 244 mm to 222 mm.
The annual picture
June 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, selected | 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
June in nearby cities
- Lahad Datu in JuneMalaysia · 94 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 24.4°C · 168 mm rain
- Tawau in JuneMalaysia · 179 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 24.4°C · 212 mm rain
- Keningau in JuneMalaysia · 224 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 21.8°C · 132 mm rain
- Kota Kinabalu in JuneMalaysia · 227 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 24.5°C · 187 mm rain
- Putatan in JuneMalaysia · 228 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 24.3°C · 187 mm rain
- Tarakan in JuneIndonesia · 287 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 25.1°C · 217 mm rain
- Jolo in JunePhilippines · 320 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 26.2°C · 135 mm rain
- Labuan in JuneMalaysia · 324 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 25.5°C · 152 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.