Climate averages 1991–2020
Bandar Seri Begawan weather
in August.
A hot, very wet month: the joint 3rd warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Bandar Seri Begawan: daytime highs average 30.2°C and nights cool to about 24.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 182 mm of rain on roughly 21 days, which makes August a very wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 17 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Labuan (55 km away). In August its highs average 29.6°C, 0.6°C cooler than Bandar Seri Begawan, with 140 mm of rain.
From August to September, average highs fall by 0.3°C to 29.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 182 mm to 196 mm.
The annual picture
August in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Bandar Seri Begawan climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.7°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 162 | 19.2 | 11.912 h |
| February | 29.0°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 105 | 13.4 | 12.012 h |
| March | 29.9°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 91 | 15.7 | 12.112 h |
| April | 30.5°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 131 | 19.4 | 12.212 h |
| May | 30.5°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 148 | 21.5 | 12.312 h |
| June | 30.2°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 185 | 19.6 | 12.412 h |
| July | 30.0°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 179 | 21.1 | 12.412 h |
| August, selected | 30.2°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 182 | 21.3 | 12.312 h |
| September | 29.9°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 196 | 23.0 | 12.112 h |
| October | 29.2°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 254 | 26.9 | 12.012 h |
| November | 29.1°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 232 | 26.0 | 11.912 h |
| December | 28.9°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 222 | 24.7 | 11.812 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
August in nearby cities
- Labuan in AugustMalaysia · 55 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 25.4°C · 140 mm rain
- Marudi in AugustMalaysia · 105 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 23.5°C · 221 mm rain
- Miri in AugustMalaysia · 118 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 25.0°C · 183 mm rain
- Keningau in AugustMalaysia · 144 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 21.7°C · 124 mm rain
- Putatan in AugustMalaysia · 169 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 24.1°C · 178 mm rain
- Kota Kinabalu in AugustMalaysia · 174 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 24.3°C · 178 mm rain
- Bintulu in AugustMalaysia · 285 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 23.8°C · 196 mm rain
- Tawau in AugustMalaysia · 335 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 24.2°C · 186 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Bandar Seri Begawan) is explained once on the Bandar Seri Begawan year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.