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CityCompass
Best time to be here: March to May. Every month below carries its climate normals and a comfort score you can tune to your own tolerances.
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Days 27 °C, nights 26 °C
Feels like 32 °C in the afternoons
147 h sunshine · 11.7 h daylight
380 mm rain · 87% humidity
Days 28 °C, nights 25 °C
Feels like 32 °C in the afternoons
156 h sunshine · 11.8 h daylight
248 mm rain · 85% humidity
Days 28 °C, nights 26 °C
Feels like 33 °C in the afternoons
199 h sunshine · 12.0 h daylight
208 mm rain · 84% humidity
Days 29 °C, nights 27 °C
Feels like 35 °C in the afternoons
213 h sunshine · 12.1 h daylight
148 mm rain · 83% humidity
Days 29 °C, nights 27 °C
Feels like 35 °C in the afternoons
220 h sunshine · 12.3 h daylight
156 mm rain · 84% humidity
Days 29 °C, nights 26 °C
Feels like 34 °C in the afternoons
196 h sunshine · 12.3 h daylight
194 mm rain · 85% humidity
Days 28 °C, nights 26 °C
Feels like 34 °C in the afternoons
200 h sunshine · 12.3 h daylight
216 mm rain · 85% humidity
Days 29 °C, nights 26 °C
Feels like 34 °C in the afternoons
204 h sunshine · 12.2 h daylight
210 mm rain · 85% humidity
Days 29 °C, nights 26 °C
Feels like 34 °C in the afternoons
184 h sunshine · 12.0 h daylight
230 mm rain · 84% humidity
Days 28 °C, nights 26 °C
Feels like 34 °C in the afternoons
177 h sunshine · 11.9 h daylight
262 mm rain · 85% humidity
Days 28 °C, nights 26 °C
Feels like 33 °C in the afternoons
166 h sunshine · 11.7 h daylight
273 mm rain · 86% humidity
Days 28 °C, nights 26 °C
Feels like 33 °C in the afternoons
160 h sunshine · 11.7 h daylight
359 mm rain · 87% humidity
Living in Sandakan means living under Malaysia's tax and legal system. The essentials, from our country research:
Would Malaysia actually work for your taxes?
It runs regimes like Foreign-Source Income Exemption (Resident Individual), and whether they fit depends on your income, assets and citizenship, not on averages.
Best February, June and July
Best December to February
Best February, June and July
Best February, June and July
Best February, June and July
Best February, June and July
Best February, June and July
Best December to February
Best January to March
Each month scores 0 to 10 from four weighted components: temperature (35%), sunshine (25%), humidity (20%) and rain (20%), with an extra penalty when heat and humidity combine. Personal tolerances reshape the score: your heat limit compares to how afternoons feel (heat index), your cold limit to typical nights. Data: NASA POWER climatology 2001-2020 with elevation corrections, daylight computed from latitude.
City data: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0) · Climate normals: NASA POWER (2001-2020) · Live weather: MET Norway (CC BY 4.0)
CityCompass
Best time to be here: March to May. Every month below carries its climate normals and a comfort score you can tune to your own tolerances.
Dots are the other cities we cover here. Click one to switch.
Days 27 °C, nights 26 °C
Feels like 32 °C in the afternoons
147 h sunshine · 11.7 h daylight
380 mm rain · 87% humidity
Days 28 °C, nights 25 °C
Feels like 32 °C in the afternoons
156 h sunshine · 11.8 h daylight
248 mm rain · 85% humidity
Days 28 °C, nights 26 °C
Feels like 33 °C in the afternoons
199 h sunshine · 12.0 h daylight
208 mm rain · 84% humidity
Days 29 °C, nights 27 °C
Feels like 35 °C in the afternoons
213 h sunshine · 12.1 h daylight
148 mm rain · 83% humidity
Days 29 °C, nights 27 °C
Feels like 35 °C in the afternoons
220 h sunshine · 12.3 h daylight
156 mm rain · 84% humidity
Days 29 °C, nights 26 °C
Feels like 34 °C in the afternoons
196 h sunshine · 12.3 h daylight
194 mm rain · 85% humidity
Days 28 °C, nights 26 °C
Feels like 34 °C in the afternoons
200 h sunshine · 12.3 h daylight
216 mm rain · 85% humidity
Days 29 °C, nights 26 °C
Feels like 34 °C in the afternoons
204 h sunshine · 12.2 h daylight
210 mm rain · 85% humidity
Days 29 °C, nights 26 °C
Feels like 34 °C in the afternoons
184 h sunshine · 12.0 h daylight
230 mm rain · 84% humidity
Days 28 °C, nights 26 °C
Feels like 34 °C in the afternoons
177 h sunshine · 11.9 h daylight
262 mm rain · 85% humidity
Days 28 °C, nights 26 °C
Feels like 33 °C in the afternoons
166 h sunshine · 11.7 h daylight
273 mm rain · 86% humidity
Days 28 °C, nights 26 °C
Feels like 33 °C in the afternoons
160 h sunshine · 11.7 h daylight
359 mm rain · 87% humidity
Living in Sandakan means living under Malaysia's tax and legal system. The essentials, from our country research:
Would Malaysia actually work for your taxes?
It runs regimes like Foreign-Source Income Exemption (Resident Individual), and whether they fit depends on your income, assets and citizenship, not on averages.
Best February, June and July
Best December to February
Best February, June and July
Best February, June and July
Best February, June and July
Best February, June and July
Best February, June and July
Best December to February
Best January to March
Each month scores 0 to 10 from four weighted components: temperature (35%), sunshine (25%), humidity (20%) and rain (20%), with an extra penalty when heat and humidity combine. Personal tolerances reshape the score: your heat limit compares to how afternoons feel (heat index), your cold limit to typical nights. Data: NASA POWER climatology 2001-2020 with elevation corrections, daylight computed from latitude.
City data: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0) · Climate normals: NASA POWER (2001-2020) · Live weather: MET Norway (CC BY 4.0)