Climate averages 1991–2020
Tawau weather
in December.
A hot, very wet month: the joint 7th warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a hot month in Tawau: daytime highs average 28.9°C and nights cool to about 24.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 190 mm of rain on roughly 26 days, which makes December a very wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 53 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Lahad Datu (99 km away). In December its highs average 28.6°C, about as warm as Tawau, with 164 mm of rain.
Among the 72 cities listed in Malaysia, Tawau ranks joint 16th of 72 for the warmest December highs and joint 9th of 72 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 72 cities is 28.5°C; Tawau is 0.4°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs stay level at 28.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 190 mm to 156 mm.
The annual picture
December 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 | 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, selected | 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
December in nearby cities
- Lahad Datu in DecemberMalaysia · 99 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 23.8°C · 164 mm rain
- Tarakan in DecemberIndonesia · 109 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 24.6°C · 298 mm rain
- Sandakan in DecemberMalaysia · 179 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 24.0°C · 289 mm rain
- Keningau in DecemberMalaysia · 227 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 21.5°C · 162 mm rain
- Putatan in DecemberMalaysia · 276 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 23.6°C · 212 mm rain
- Kota Kinabalu in DecemberMalaysia · 279 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 23.9°C · 212 mm rain
- Labuan in DecemberMalaysia · 315 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 24.8°C · 187 mm rain
- Bandar Seri Begawan in DecemberBrunei · 335 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 24.0°C · 222 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.