Climate averages 1991–2020
Tawau weather
in April.
A hot, wet month: one of the warmest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a hot month in Tawau: daytime highs average 29.6°C and nights cool to about 24.4°C. By daytime temperature it is one of the warmest months of the year.
Expect about 163 mm of rain on roughly 25 days, which makes April a wet month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 13 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Lahad Datu (99 km away). In April its highs average 29.8°C, about as warm as Tawau, with 121 mm of rain.
Among the 72 cities listed in Malaysia, Tawau ranks joint 57th of 72 for the warmest April highs and 14th of 72 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 72 cities is 30.1°C; Tawau is 0.5°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs fall by 0.3°C to 29.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 163 mm to 216 mm.
The annual picture
April 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
Tawau climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.9°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 156 | 21.5 | 11.912 h |
| February | 29.3°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 113 | 16.7 | 12.012 h |
| March | 29.6°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 144 | 21.9 | 12.112 h |
| April, selected | 29.6°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 163 | 25.4 | 12.212 h |
| May | 29.3°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 216 | 29.5 | 12.312 h |
| June | 28.9°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 212 | 28.1 | 12.412 h |
| July | 28.7°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 200 | 28.1 | 12.312 h |
| August | 28.9°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 186 | 27.9 | 12.312 h |
| September | 29.0°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 176 | 26.6 | 12.112 h |
| October | 29.0°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 214 | 28.7 | 12.012 h |
| November | 28.9°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 192 | 27.9 | 11.912 h |
| December | 28.9°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 190 | 26.4 | 11.912 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
April in nearby cities
- Lahad Datu in AprilMalaysia · 99 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 24.2°C · 121 mm rain
- Tarakan in AprilIndonesia · 109 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 24.9°C · 226 mm rain
- Sandakan in AprilMalaysia · 179 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 24.6°C · 169 mm rain
- Keningau in AprilMalaysia · 227 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 22.0°C · 155 mm rain
- Putatan in AprilMalaysia · 276 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 24.2°C · 110 mm rain
- Kota Kinabalu in AprilMalaysia · 279 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 24.5°C · 110 mm rain
- Labuan in AprilMalaysia · 315 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 25.5°C · 91 mm rain
- Bandar Seri Begawan in AprilBrunei · 335 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 24.7°C · 131 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 Tawau) is explained once on the Tawau year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.