Climate averages 1991–2020
Tawau weather
in July.
A hot, very wet month: the coolest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
July is a hot month in Tawau: daytime highs average 28.7°C and nights cool to about 24.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 200 mm of rain on roughly 28 days, which makes July a very wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 20 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Lahad Datu (99 km away). In July its highs average 29.2°C, about as warm as Tawau, with 164 mm of rain.
Among the 72 cities listed in Malaysia, Tawau ranks joint 69th of 72 for the warmest July highs and 68th of 72 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 72 cities is 29.8°C; Tawau is 1.0°C cooler than that mean.
From July to August, average highs rise by 0.1°C to 28.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 200 mm to 186 mm.
The annual picture
July 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, selected | 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
July in nearby cities
- Lahad Datu in JulyMalaysia · 99 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 24.2°C · 164 mm rain
- Tarakan in JulyIndonesia · 109 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 24.9°C · 210 mm rain
- Sandakan in JulyMalaysia · 179 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 24.4°C · 222 mm rain
- Keningau in JulyMalaysia · 227 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 21.6°C · 118 mm rain
- Putatan in JulyMalaysia · 276 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 24.0°C · 166 mm rain
- Kota Kinabalu in JulyMalaysia · 279 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 24.2°C · 166 mm rain
- Labuan in JulyMalaysia · 315 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 25.3°C · 144 mm rain
- Bandar Seri Begawan in JulyBrunei · 335 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 24.5°C · 179 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.