Climate averages 1991–2020
Butterworth weather
in August.
A hot, very wet month: the 7th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Butterworth: daytime highs average 30.3°C and nights cool to about 24.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 217 mm of rain on roughly 24 days, which makes August a very wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 18 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Paya Terubong (10 km away). In August its highs average 28.6°C, 1.6°C cooler than Butterworth, with 201 mm of rain.
Among the 72 cities listed in Malaysia, Butterworth ranks joint 11th of 72 for the warmest August highs and joint 66th of 72 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 72 cities is 29.8°C; Butterworth is 0.5°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 0.6°C to 29.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 217 mm to 242 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
Butterworth climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.8°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 96 | 16.0 | 11.812 h |
| February | 30.8°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 90 | 15.8 | 11.912 h |
| March | 31.2°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 161 | 22.2 | 12.112 h |
| April | 30.7°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 204 | 27.6 | 12.212 h |
| May | 30.4°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 231 | 26.3 | 12.412 h |
| June | 30.5°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 166 | 20.6 | 12.412 h |
| July | 30.4°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 173 | 21.0 | 12.412 h |
| August, selected | 30.3°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 217 | 23.5 | 12.312 h |
| September | 29.7°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 242 | 25.6 | 12.212 h |
| October | 29.1°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 334 | 29.0 | 12.012 h |
| November | 29.0°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 292 | 27.0 | 11.912 h |
| December | 29.1°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 167 | 20.1 | 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
- Paya Terubong in AugustMalaysia · 10 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 24.3°C · 201 mm rain
- Bukit Mertajam in AugustMalaysia · 12 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 24.0°C · 164 mm rain
- Kampung Sungai Ara in AugustMalaysia · 13 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 25.0°C · 201 mm rain
- Tasek Glugor in AugustMalaysia · 17 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 24.2°C · 186 mm rain
- Kota Kuala Muda in AugustMalaysia · 21 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 24.8°C · 217 mm rain
- Val Dor in AugustMalaysia · 22 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 24.0°C · 164 mm rain
- Kulim in AugustMalaysia · 22 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 23.5°C · 164 mm rain
- Sungai Petani in AugustMalaysia · 31 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 24.3°C · 192 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 Butterworth) is explained once on the Butterworth year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.
Kota Kuala Muda lies in the same rainfall cell, so its rainfall figures are identical to these; temperatures differ because they come from smaller 0.1° cells.