Climate averages 1991–2020
Tawau weather
in November.
A hot, very wet month: the joint 7th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
November is a hot month in Tawau: daytime highs average 28.9°C and nights cool to about 24.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 192 mm of rain on roughly 28 days, which makes November a very wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 56 min on an average November day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Lahad Datu (99 km away). In November its highs average 28.9°C, about as warm as Tawau, with 153 mm of rain.
Among the 72 cities listed in Malaysia, Tawau ranks joint 20th of 72 for the warmest November highs and 4th of 72 for the driest November (rainfall, lowest first). The mean November high of those 72 cities is 28.7°C; Tawau is 0.2°C warmer than that mean.
From November to December, average highs stay level at 28.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 192 mm to 190 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
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, selected | 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
November in nearby cities
- Lahad Datu in NovemberMalaysia · 99 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 23.9°C · 153 mm rain
- Tarakan in NovemberIndonesia · 109 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 24.6°C · 278 mm rain
- Sandakan in NovemberMalaysia · 179 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 24.1°C · 278 mm rain
- Keningau in NovemberMalaysia · 227 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 21.5°C · 165 mm rain
- Putatan in NovemberMalaysia · 276 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 23.7°C · 229 mm rain
- Kota Kinabalu in NovemberMalaysia · 279 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 23.9°C · 229 mm rain
- Labuan in NovemberMalaysia · 315 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 24.8°C · 190 mm rain
- Bandar Seri Begawan in NovemberBrunei · 335 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 24.1°C · 232 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.