Climate averages 1991–2020
Sandakan weather
in November.
A hot, very wet month: the 9th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
November is a hot month in Sandakan: daytime highs average 28.9°C and nights cool to about 24.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 278 mm of rain on roughly 29 days, which makes November a very wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 52 min on an average November day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Lahad Datu (94 km away). In November its highs average 28.9°C, about as warm as Sandakan, with 153 mm of rain.
Among the 72 cities listed in Malaysia, Sandakan ranks joint 20th of 72 for the warmest November highs and 16th of 72 for the driest November (rainfall, lowest first). The mean November high of those 72 cities is 28.7°C; Sandakan is 0.2°C warmer than that mean.
From November to December, average highs fall by 0.4°C to 28.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 278 mm to 289 mm.
The annual picture
November 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 | 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, selected | 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
November in nearby cities
- Lahad Datu in NovemberMalaysia · 94 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 23.9°C · 153 mm rain
- Tawau in NovemberMalaysia · 179 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 24.1°C · 192 mm rain
- Keningau in NovemberMalaysia · 224 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 21.5°C · 165 mm rain
- Kota Kinabalu in NovemberMalaysia · 227 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 23.9°C · 229 mm rain
- Putatan in NovemberMalaysia · 228 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 23.7°C · 229 mm rain
- Tarakan in NovemberIndonesia · 287 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 24.6°C · 278 mm rain
- Jolo in NovemberPhilippines · 320 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 25.9°C · 130 mm rain
- Labuan in NovemberMalaysia · 324 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 24.8°C · 190 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.