Sandakan

16 · Malaysia

Sandakan is a mid-sized city of Malaysia, with a population of around 439k. This page covers the essentials — climate, currency, transit links — so you can plan a stop here without digging through a guidebook.

Population

439k

Timezone

Asia/Kuching

Currency

MYR

Coordinates

5.840, 118.118

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Nearest airports

SDK — Sandakan Airport (9 km) LDU — Lahad Datu Airport (93 km) TWU — Tawau Airport (170 km)

Other cities in Malaysia

Kuala Lumpur Johor Bahru Kampung Baru Subang Petaling Jaya Ipoh Shah Alam Subang Jaya Bukit Rahman Putra Pelentong Malacca

City data from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0).