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When to go to Lahad Datu
When to go
What the averages say
No month in Lahad Datu is both between 18°C and 32°C on average and under 150 mm of rain.
- Wet months (150 mm of rain or more): January to December.
- Humid months (a high of 25°C or more with relative humidity of 70% or more): January to December.
- The warmest month is April (29°C) and the coolest January (27°C). The wettest is January (305 mm) and the driest April (160 mm); about 2,619 mm of rain falls in a year.
How these sentences are worded
Each sentence is written from the figures by fixed rules, and says no more than they do. Mild to warm: a mean daily high from 18°C up to 32°C. Hot: 32°C or more. Cool: 10°C up to 18°C. Cold: under 10°C. Dry: under 50 mm of rain in the month; wet: 150 mm or more. Humid: a high of 25°C or more with relative humidity of 70% or more. A month is described as good for going when it is mild to warm and not wet.
The year at a glance
- Mild to warm and dry
- Mild to warm, humid or showery
- Hot
- Cool
- Wet
- Cold
- JanWet
- FebWet
- MarWet
- AprWet
- MayWet
- JunWet
- JulWet
- AugWet
- SeptWet
- OctWet
- NovWet
- DecWet
Month by month
Every month in Lahad Datu
| Month | High | Low | Rain | Humidity | Cloud | Sunlight (kWh/m²/day) | High in Dubai | What it is like |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 27°C | 23°C | 305 mm | 92% | 75% | 4.2 | 23°C | Wet |
| February | 28°C | 22°C | 199 mm | 90% | 65% | 4.8 | 24°C | Wet |
| March | 28°C | 23°C | 198 mm | 89% | 60% | 5.4 | 27°C | Wet |
| April | 29°C | 24°C | 160 mm | 88% | 54% | 5.7 | 31°C | Wet |
| May | 29°C | 24°C | 175 mm | 89% | 64% | 5.5 | 35°C | Wet |
| June | 28°C | 24°C | 195 mm | 90% | 72% | 5.1 | 37°C | Wet |
| July | 28°C | 24°C | 216 mm | 91% | 77% | 5.1 | 39°C | Wet |
| August | 28°C | 24°C | 223 mm | 90% | 73% | 5.3 | 39°C | Wet |
| September | 28°C | 24°C | 182 mm | 89% | 75% | 5.2 | 37°C | Wet |
| October | 28°C | 24°C | 226 mm | 90% | 75% | 4.9 | 34°C | Wet |
| November | 28°C | 24°C | 237 mm | 91% | 71% | 4.6 | 29°C | Wet |
| December | 28°C | 23°C | 303 mm | 92% | 74% | 4.3 | 25°C | Wet |
The Dubai column is Dubai's mean daily high, for comparison.
Modelled averages for an area about 50 km across, not a weather station's record: NASA POWER climatology, 2001–2020. These data were obtained from the NASA Langley Research Center (LaRC) POWER Project funded through the NASA Earth Science/Applied Science Program.
When to go nearby
When to go nearby
- Sandakan94 kmGood for going: April
- Tawau99 kmGood for going: February
- Kota Kinabalu271 kmGood for going: February to April
- Bandar Seri Begawan376 kmGood for going: February
- Zamboanga464 kmGood for going: November to May
- Miri486 kmNo month mild to warm and not wet
- Samarinda627 kmGood for going: August
- Palu681 kmGood for going: July to February
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