Sandakan climate

Sandakan Weather in January

NASA POWER reanalysis for the half-degree grid cell around Sandakan, 1991-2020; a grid cell is an area average and can differ from a thermometer in town by several degrees

Average highs run from 28°C on January 1 to 28°C on January 31, and lows from 26°C to 26°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 335 mm over about 25 wet days.

January day by day

The normal high and low for each date, in °C.

Normal daily high and low temperature at Sandakan, in °C, with the record for each date.2224262830151015202530
  • Normal low
  • Normal high
  • Reanalysis extreme high
  • Reanalysis extreme low

January at a glance

Average high
28°C
Average low
26°C
Precipitation
335 mm
Reanalysis high
30°CJan 11, 2017
Reanalysis low
23°CJan 29, 1993
Daylight
11 h 48 min to 11 h 52 min
Cloud cover
72%
Humidity
87%
Dew point
24°C
Wind
10.4 km/h

Every day of the month

A wet day has at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis.

DateNormal highNormal lowReanalysis highReanalysis lowChance wet
Jan 128°C26°C29°C 201624°C 199785%
Jan 228°C26°C29°C 201624°C 199785%
Jan 328°C26°C29°C 201024°C 199785%
Jan 428°C26°C29°C 201624°C 199784%
Jan 528°C26°C29°C 201925°C 199785%
Jan 628°C26°C28°C 201625°C 199785%
Jan 728°C26°C28°C 199425°C 201885%
Jan 828°C26°C29°C 199925°C 199284%
Jan 928°C26°C29°C 201624°C 200084%
Jan 1028°C26°C29°C 201725°C 199282%
Jan 1128°C26°C30°C 201725°C 200281%
Jan 1228°C26°C29°C 201625°C 200281%
Jan 1328°C26°C29°C 201625°C 200181%
Jan 1428°C26°C29°C 199824°C 200181%
Jan 1528°C26°C29°C 201624°C 200181%
Jan 1628°C26°C29°C 199825°C 201879%
Jan 1728°C26°C29°C 201624°C 200578%
Jan 1828°C26°C29°C 199824°C 200578%
Jan 1928°C26°C29°C 202024°C 200576%
Jan 2028°C26°C29°C 202024°C 199275%
Jan 2128°C26°C29°C 202025°C 199274%
Jan 2228°C26°C29°C 201625°C 199374%
Jan 2328°C26°C28°C 201624°C 199773%
Jan 2428°C26°C29°C 202024°C 199373%
Jan 2528°C26°C29°C 202024°C 199373%
Jan 2628°C26°C29°C 202024°C 199373%
Jan 2728°C26°C29°C 202024°C 201472%
Jan 2828°C26°C29°C 202024°C 199371%
Jan 2928°C26°C29°C 201623°C 199370%
Jan 3028°C26°C29°C 201723°C 199370%
Jan 3128°C26°C29°C 200824°C 199370%

Chance of rain

The chance of at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis on each date at Sandakan, in percent.0204060801001102030
  • Chance of a wet day

Sunrise and sunset

Times for 2026, local time (GMT+8).

January 1
sunrise 6:17 AM, sunset 6:05 PM
January 31
sunrise 6:25 AM, sunset 6:17 PM

Every day of January: sun and moon

Other months

Sources

Cloud, humidity, wind and sunshine, and temperature and precipitation: NASA POWER (MERRA-2, CERES and GEWEX SRB), 1991-2020. The data was obtained from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Langley Research Center's Prediction Of Worldwide Energy Resources (POWER) project funded through the NASA Earth Science Division: POWER Daily API v2, accessed 2026-09-25. Sun and moon: computed with the NOAA solar equations and Meeus.