Administrative division(s):

• Level 1: Sabah

Current local time in Sandakan:

11:08 AM, Sunday
Difference from your time zone: hours

Sandakan on map:^[1]

Sandakan GPS coordinates^[2]

5° 50' 24.72" North, 118° 7' 4.44" East

Map corner	latitude	longitude
Upper-left	6.53922°,	117.41478°
Center:	5.8402°,	118.1179°
Lower-right:	5.14031°,	118.82103°
Map W x H:	155.5×155.5 km	= 96.6×96.6mi

max Lat:	6.88732°   ⇑17.4% North
Sandakan:	5.8402°
min Lat:	⇓82.6% South 1.24722°

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min Long	Sandakan	max Long
99.68252°	118.1179°	118.61119°
W 98.9%⇐		⇒1.1% E

Elevation

Elevation of Sandakan is 10 m = 33 ft, and this is 34.7 m = 114 ft below average elevation for this country.

Max E:	1488 m = 4882 ft	64.6%
Avg.	44.7 m = 147 ft
Sandakan	10 m = 33 ft
Min E:	0 m = 0 ft	35.4%

See also: Sandakan elevation on elevation.city.

Geographical zone

Sandakan is located in North Torrid zone (between Equator and Tropic of Cancer). Distance of Equator is 649.4 km =403.5 mi to South.

Distance of	km	miles	from Sandakan
North Pole	9357.7	5814.6	to North
Arctic Circle	6751.8	4195.4	to North
Tropic Cancer	1956.5	1215.7	to North
Equator	649.4	403.5	to South

Nearby cities:

15 places around Sandakan: (largest is in red/bold)

• Beaufort 268.2 km =166.7 mi, 258°
• Donggongon 223.2 km =138.7 mi, 271°
• Keningau 223.7 km =139 mi, 255°
• Kg Ramayah 224 km =139.2 mi, 271°
• Kinarut 229.1 km =142.4 mi, 269°
• Kota Belud 195 km =121.2 mi, 286°
• Kota Kinabalu 226.7 km =140.9 mi, 273°
• Kudat 184.4 km =114.6 mi, 309°
• Lahad Datu 93.8 km =58.3 mi, 165°
• Papar 242 km =150.4 mi, 267°
• Putatan 227.7 km =141.5 mi, 272°
• Ranau 161.3 km =100.2 mi, 274°
• Semporna 160.6 km =99.8 mi, 160°
• Taman Rajawali 10 km =6.2 mi, 307°
• Tawau 179.2 km =111.3 mi, 188°

In other languages:

• In Russian: Сандакан
• In Chinese: 山打根