Climate averages 1991–2020
Ipoh weather
in August.
A hot, wet month: the warmest and the 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Ipoh: daytime highs average 30.7°C and nights cool to about 23.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 110 mm of rain on roughly 18 days, which makes August a wet month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 16 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Taiping (49 km away). In August its highs average 30.2°C, 0.5°C cooler than Ipoh, with 178 mm of rain.
Among the 72 cities listed in Malaysia, Ipoh ranks joint 6th of 72 for the warmest August highs and 7th of 72 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 72 cities is 29.8°C; Ipoh is 0.9°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 0.6°C to 30.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 110 mm to 163 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
Ipoh climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.4°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 195 | 22.3 | 11.912 h |
| February | 30.2°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 143 | 19.1 | 12.012 h |
| March | 30.3°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 197 | 24.7 | 12.112 h |
| April | 30.0°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 227 | 27.5 | 12.212 h |
| May | 30.0°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 178 | 23.9 | 12.312 h |
| June | 30.3°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 90 | 16.5 | 12.412 h |
| July | 30.6°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 91 | 15.9 | 12.412 h |
| August, selected | 30.7°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 110 | 17.9 | 12.312 h |
| September | 30.1°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 163 | 20.8 | 12.112 h |
| October | 29.1°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 243 | 26.0 | 12.012 h |
| November | 28.7°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 319 | 28.0 | 11.912 h |
| December | 28.7°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 261 | 25.8 | 11.912 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
- Taiping in AugustMalaysia · 49 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 24.1°C · 178 mm rain
- Sitiawan in AugustMalaysia · 59 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 25.0°C · 163 mm rain
- Teluk Intan in AugustMalaysia · 63 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 23.8°C · 135 mm rain
- Val Dor in AugustMalaysia · 99 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 24.0°C · 164 mm rain
- Kulim in AugustMalaysia · 104 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 23.5°C · 164 mm rain
- Bukit Mertajam in AugustMalaysia · 110 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 24.0°C · 164 mm rain
- Tasek Glugor in AugustMalaysia · 119 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 24.2°C · 186 mm rain
- Butterworth in AugustMalaysia · 121 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 24.5°C · 217 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 Ipoh) is explained once on the Ipoh year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.