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When to go to Sandakan
When to go
What the averages say
On these averages, Sandakan has a mean high between 18°C and 32°C and under 150 mm of rain in April.
- Wet months (150 mm of rain or more): May to March.
- Humid months (a high of 25°C or more with relative humidity of 70% or more): January to December.
- The warmest month is May (29°C) and the coolest January (27°C). The wettest is January (380 mm) and the driest April (148 mm); about 2,886 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 model's grid cell here is mostly sea, so the daily high and low sit closer together than they do on land: afternoons ashore are usually warmer, and nights cooler.
The year at a glance
- Mild to warm and dry
- Mild to warm, humid or showery
- Hot
- Cool
- Wet
- Cold
- JanWet
- FebWet
- MarWet
- AprMild–warm, mixed
- MayWet
- JunWet
- JulWet
- AugWet
- SeptWet
- OctWet
- NovWet
- DecWet
Month by month
Every month in Sandakan
| Month | High | Low | Rain | Humidity | Cloud | Sunlight (kWh/m²/day) | High in Dubai | What it is like |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 27°C | 26°C | 380 mm | 87% | 75% | 4.2 | 23°C | Wet |
| February | 28°C | 25°C | 250 mm | 85% | 65% | 4.8 | 24°C | Wet |
| March | 28°C | 26°C | 208 mm | 84% | 60% | 5.4 | 27°C | Wet |
| April | 29°C | 27°C | 148 mm | 83% | 54% | 5.7 | 31°C | Mild to warm, humid or showery |
| May | 29°C | 27°C | 156 mm | 84% | 64% | 5.5 | 35°C | Wet |
| June | 29°C | 26°C | 194 mm | 85% | 72% | 5.1 | 37°C | Wet |
| July | 28°C | 26°C | 216 mm | 85% | 77% | 5.1 | 39°C | Wet |
| August | 29°C | 26°C | 210 mm | 85% | 73% | 5.3 | 39°C | Wet |
| September | 29°C | 26°C | 230 mm | 84% | 75% | 5.2 | 37°C | Wet |
| October | 28°C | 26°C | 262 mm | 85% | 75% | 4.9 | 34°C | Wet |
| November | 28°C | 26°C | 273 mm | 86% | 71% | 4.6 | 29°C | Wet |
| December | 28°C | 26°C | 359 mm | 87% | 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
- Tawau179 kmGood for going: February
- Kota Kinabalu227 kmGood for going: February to April
- Bandar Seri Begawan367 kmGood for going: February
- Zamboanga453 kmGood for going: November to May
- Miri484 kmNo month mild to warm and not wet
- Samarinda712 kmGood for going: August
- Malingao718 kmGood for going: December to March
- Iligan726 kmGood for going: February to April
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Plan a trip to Sandakan
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