Sandakan climate: monthly averages: annual mean temperature 27.2 C; warmest month May (27.8 C); coldest month Feb (26.4 C).
Annual mean temperature: 27.2 C
Warmest month: May (27.8 C)
Coldest month: Feb (26.4 C)
Wettest month: Jan (12.27 mm/day)
All-time record high: 32.0 C
All-time record low: 23.1 C
One page for Sandakan climate: monthly averages, sourced from public APIs and refreshed automatically. Expect 26.4 C at the coldest (Feb) and 27.8 C at the warmest (May) — a 1.4 C spread. Expect a wet month and a dry month but no real season: 12.27 mm/day in Jan against 4.94 mm/day in Apr. Taken together that is roughly 2,882 mm of rain a year for the grid cell. Because each page is rebuilt independently, one unavailable upstream never takes the rest of the site down. Exact monthly values are in the table; links below cover adjacent locations and years.
Annual mean temperature 27.2 C
Warmest month May (27.8 C)
Coldest month Feb (26.4 C)
Wettest month Jan (12.27 mm/day)
All-time record high 32.0 C
All-time record low 23.1 C
Annual precipitation 2,884 mm / year
Coordinates 5.8402, 118.1179
Population 439,050
Average monthly temperature and rainfall in Sandakan
Month
Mean temp (C)
Rain (mm/day)
Record high (C)
Record low (C)
Jan
26.5
12.27
29.8
23.8
Feb
26.4
8.85
29.4
23.1
Mar
26.9
6.70
30.1
24.1
Apr
27.7
4.94
31.8
25.1
May
27.8
5.02
32.0
25.4
Jun
27.4
6.46
30.4
25.1
Jul
27.2
6.97
30.8
24.9
Aug
27.3
6.77
31.4
24.8
Sep
27.4
7.67
31.3
25.1
Oct
27.3
8.45
30.7
25.0
Nov
27.2
9.11
29.9
25.1
Dec
27.0
11.59
29.7
24.2
What the Sandakan climate table shows
Values are multi-decadal climatological averages for the 5.8402, 118.1179 grid cell, not a single year. Rain is the daily mean, so a value of 2.00 mm/day is about 60 mm across a 30-day month. Averages smooth over extremes, so use them for planning rather than for what to pack for next Tuesday.
Frequently asked questions
Does Sandakan get the same every year?
Close to it. Averaging decades smooths variation, so treat these as typical rather than guaranteed.