Sandakan climate

Sandakan Weather in March

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 March 1 to 29°C on March 31, and lows from 26°C to 26°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 183 mm over about 19 wet days.

March 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.2426283032151015202530
  • Normal low
  • Normal high
  • Reanalysis extreme high
  • Reanalysis extreme low

March at a glance

Average high
28°C
Average low
26°C
Precipitation
183 mm
Reanalysis high
31°CMar 21, 1998
Reanalysis low
24°CMar 1, 2019
Daylight
12 h 00 min to 12 h 10 min
Cloud cover
55%
Humidity
84%
Dew point
24°C
Wind
9.4 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
Mar 128°C26°C29°C 202024°C 201953%
Mar 228°C26°C29°C 199825°C 200253%
Mar 328°C26°C29°C 200424°C 199652%
Mar 428°C26°C29°C 201624°C 200251%
Mar 528°C26°C30°C 199825°C 201451%
Mar 628°C26°C29°C 201625°C 199752%
Mar 728°C26°C29°C 199825°C 199752%
Mar 828°C26°C29°C 202025°C 199751%
Mar 928°C26°C30°C 201624°C 201751%
Mar 1028°C26°C30°C 199825°C 201751%
Mar 1128°C26°C30°C 199825°C 200651%
Mar 1228°C26°C30°C 199825°C 199652%
Mar 1328°C26°C30°C 199825°C 201553%
Mar 1428°C26°C30°C 199825°C 199153%
Mar 1528°C26°C30°C 199825°C 199354%
Mar 1628°C26°C30°C 199825°C 201554%
Mar 1728°C26°C30°C 199825°C 201555%
Mar 1828°C26°C30°C 199825°C 201557%
Mar 1928°C26°C30°C 199825°C 199358%
Mar 2028°C26°C30°C 199825°C 199360%
Mar 2128°C26°C31°C 199825°C 199860%
Mar 2228°C26°C31°C 199825°C 199362%
Mar 2328°C26°C30°C 201625°C 201162%
Mar 2428°C26°C30°C 201625°C 201164%
Mar 2528°C26°C30°C 199825°C 199766%
Mar 2629°C26°C30°C 199825°C 201166%
Mar 2729°C26°C30°C 199825°C 199966%
Mar 2829°C26°C30°C 199825°C 199166%
Mar 2929°C26°C31°C 199826°C 201467%
Mar 3029°C26°C30°C 199826°C 200067%
Mar 3129°C26°C30°C 201625°C 201266%

Chance of rain

The chance of at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis on each date at Sandakan, in percent.0204060801102030
  • Chance of a wet day

Sunrise and sunset

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

March 1
sunrise 6:20 AM, sunset 6:20 PM
March 31
sunrise 6:07 AM, sunset 6:17 PM

Every day of March: 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.