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When to go to Tawau
When to go
What the averages say
On these averages, Tawau has a mean high between 18°C and 32°C and under 150 mm of rain in February.
- Wet months (150 mm of rain or more): March to January.
- 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 (28°C). The wettest is December (261 mm) and the driest February (146 mm); about 2,491 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
- FebMild–warm, mixed
- MarWet
- AprWet
- MayWet
- JunWet
- JulWet
- AugWet
- SeptWet
- OctWet
- NovWet
- DecWet
Month by month
Every month in Tawau
| Month | High | Low | Rain | Humidity | Cloud | Sunlight (kWh/m²/day) | High in Dubai | What it is like |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28°C | 26°C | 217 mm | 84% | 82% | 4.5 | 23°C | Wet |
| February | 28°C | 26°C | 146 mm | 83% | 75% | 5 | 24°C | Mild to warm, humid or showery |
| March | 29°C | 27°C | 204 mm | 81% | 74% | 5.3 | 27°C | Wet |
| April | 29°C | 27°C | 207 mm | 80% | 70% | 5.3 | 31°C | Wet |
| May | 29°C | 28°C | 221 mm | 81% | 78% | 5.1 | 35°C | Wet |
| June | 28°C | 27°C | 206 mm | 82% | 81% | 4.8 | 37°C | Wet |
| July | 28°C | 27°C | 209 mm | 83% | 81% | 4.9 | 39°C | Wet |
| August | 28°C | 27°C | 219 mm | 83% | 77% | 5.1 | 39°C | Wet |
| September | 28°C | 27°C | 169 mm | 82% | 79% | 5.1 | 37°C | Wet |
| October | 28°C | 27°C | 214 mm | 81% | 82% | 4.9 | 34°C | Wet |
| November | 28°C | 27°C | 218 mm | 82% | 80% | 4.8 | 29°C | Wet |
| December | 28°C | 27°C | 261 mm | 83% | 80% | 4.6 | 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
- Sandakan179 kmGood for going: April
- Kota Kinabalu279 kmGood for going: February to April
- Bandar Seri Begawan335 kmGood for going: February
- Miri433 kmNo month mild to warm and not wet
- Samarinda533 kmGood for going: August
- Zamboanga550 kmGood for going: November to May
- Palu614 kmGood for going: July to February
- Balikpapan624 kmGood for going: August and September
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