Climate Sandakan Airport 2020-2024

Climate and trends: average temperature, flight conditions, precipitation, wind speed and direction.

Calculated from historical METAR data of Sandakan Airport (WBKS) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	89.0	95	87	83	83	93
February	93.1	95	89	93	91	96
March	94.7	98	97	90	94	97
April	97.0		98	96	97	98
May	97.3		97	94	96	98
June	97.3		96	98	98	97
July	97.2		94	98	98	99
August	98.4		100	97	99	98
September	93.4		95	96	98	95
October	96.8		98	97	92	97
November	94.3		93	94	92	95
December	91.9		89	97	85	96
Average	95.1	96.2	94.3	94.3	93.4	96.5

16th best VFR conditions of Malaysia

VFR conditions during daylight period

Percentage of observations where the VFR minimums for ceiling and visibility are met: visibility of 8 km or more and a ceiling of 3,000 ft or more. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Marginal VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	95.1	99	93	96	91	97
February	97.2	98	96	97	97	98
March	97.7	100	99	98	97	100
April	98.8		99	100	99	99
May	99.2		99	99	99	99
June	98.8		100	99	99	98
July	99.1		98	100	99	100
August	99.4		100	99	99	99
September	97.1		98	99	99	99
October	98.4		100	99	95	98
November	97.7		98	99	97	97
December	96.6		96	98	94	99
Average	98.0	98.6	97.8	98.5	97.0	98.6

Marginal VFR conditions or better during daylight period

Percentage of observations where the MVFR minimums for ceiling and visibility are met: visibility of 5 km or more and a ceiling of 1,000 ft or more. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Maximum temperatures (°C)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	29.5	30	30	29	29	30
February	29.8	30	30	30	30	30
March	30.6	31	31	30	31	31
April	31.3		32	31	31	32
May	32.3		33	32	32	33
June	32.2		32	32	32	32
July	32.2		33	32	32	32
August	32.4		33	32	32	32
September	32.0		32	32	32	32
October	31.5		32	32	32	31
November	30.7		31	31	30	30
December	30.1		30	30	29	31
Average	31.1	30.5	31.4	30.9	30.8	31.1

18th highest temperature of Malaysia

Average highest temperature per day

The maximum temperature is typically observed some hours after noon.

Minimum temperatures (°C)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	24.8	26	24	25	24	25
February	25.0	26	25	24	25	26
March	25.0	26	26	25	25	25
April	25.1		26	25	25	26
May	25.4		26	25	25	26
June	24.8		25	25	25	25
July	24.8		25	25	25	25
August	24.7		25	24	25	25
September	24.7		25	24	25	25
October	24.8		25	25	25	25
November	24.9		25	25	25	24
December	24.8		26	25	25	25
Average	25.0	26.0	25.1	24.7	24.7	25.0

20th lowest temperature of Malaysia

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	17.6	9	21	24	23	12
February	10.0	6	15	9	13	4
March	6.3	3	2	9	9	3
April	4.1		1	5	5	3
May	3.0		2	5	5	2
June	3.4		4	2	1	4
July	4.6		7	4	6	3
August	2.1		1	2	3	3
September	4.1		3	3	4	8
October	4.7		2	4	4	11
November	9.2		13	7	11	8
December	12.9		13	11	15	12
Average	6.9	6.1	6.9	6.8	8.0	5.9

Precipitation during daylight period

Percentage of observations with observed rain, drizzle, snow or hail. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Wind speed (knots)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	6.1	8	6	6	5	6
February	7.2	8	7	6	7	9
March	6.6	8	7	5	5	7
April	5.9		6	5	6	6
May	5.1		5	5	5	6
June	4.7		4	5	5	5
July	4.6		5	5	5	5
August	4.8		5	5	5	5
September	4.8		5	5	5	5
October	4.9		5	5	5	5
November	5.0		5	5	5	5
December	5.2		5	5	6	5
Average	5.7	7.7	5.4	5.0	5.2	5.5

18th highest wind speed of Malaysia

Average wind speed

Excluding wind gusts. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Prevailing wind direction

Month	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	032°	003°	024°	012°	037°
February	038°	020°	028°	002°	035°
March	041°	027°	021°	019°	039°
April		029°	024°	021°	043°
May		033°	056°	048°	061°
June		050°	047°	060°	065°
July		144°	079°	016°	080°
August		082°	071°	052°	060°
September		037°	026°	031°	064°
October		034°	357°	015°	357°
November		360°	008°	358°	017°
December		025°	342°	003°	004°

Prevailing wind direction

Average wind direction, weighed by wind speed. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.