Climate averages 1991–2020
Sandakan weather
in October.
A hot, very wet month: the 7th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a hot month in Sandakan: daytime highs average 29.5°C and nights cool to about 24.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 282 mm of rain on roughly 29 days, which makes October a very wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 00 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Lahad Datu (94 km away). In October its highs average 29.3°C, about as warm as Sandakan, with 193 mm of rain.
Among the 72 cities listed in Malaysia, Sandakan ranks joint 17th of 72 for the warmest October highs and joint 43rd of 72 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 72 cities is 29.2°C; Sandakan is 0.3°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 0.6°C to 28.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 282 mm to 278 mm.
The annual picture
October 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Lahad Datu in OctoberMalaysia · 94 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 23.9°C · 193 mm rain
- Tawau in OctoberMalaysia · 179 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 24.1°C · 214 mm rain
- Keningau in OctoberMalaysia · 224 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 21.5°C · 157 mm rain
- Kota Kinabalu in OctoberMalaysia · 227 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 24.0°C · 264 mm rain
- Putatan in OctoberMalaysia · 228 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 23.7°C · 264 mm rain
- Tarakan in OctoberIndonesia · 287 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 24.8°C · 260 mm rain
- Jolo in OctoberPhilippines · 320 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 25.9°C · 145 mm rain
- Labuan in OctoberMalaysia · 324 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 24.8°C · 201 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.