Climate averages 1991–2020
Sandakan weather
in March.
A hot, very wet month: the 8th warmest and the 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a hot month in Sandakan: daytime highs average 29.0°C and nights cool to about 24.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 197 mm of rain on roughly 24 days, which makes March a very wet month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 05 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Lahad Datu (94 km away). In March its highs average 29.3°C, about as warm as Sandakan, with 123 mm of rain.
Among the 72 cities listed in Malaysia, Sandakan ranks joint 67th of 72 for the warmest March highs and joint 41st of 72 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 72 cities is 30.1°C; Sandakan is 1.1°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 0.9°C to 30.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 197 mm to 169 mm.
The annual picture
March 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, selected | 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
March in nearby cities
- Lahad Datu in MarchMalaysia · 94 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 23.7°C · 123 mm rain
- Tawau in MarchMalaysia · 179 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 24.3°C · 144 mm rain
- Keningau in MarchMalaysia · 224 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 21.6°C · 134 mm rain
- Kota Kinabalu in MarchMalaysia · 227 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 23.9°C · 93 mm rain
- Putatan in MarchMalaysia · 228 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 23.7°C · 93 mm rain
- Tarakan in MarchIndonesia · 287 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 24.8°C · 235 mm rain
- Jolo in MarchPhilippines · 320 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 25.6°C · 58 mm rain
- Labuan in MarchMalaysia · 324 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 25.1°C · 54 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.