Climate averages 1991–2020
Keningau weather
in August.
A hot, wet month: the joint 3rd warmest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Keningau: daytime highs average 30.0°C and nights cool to about 21.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 124 mm of rain on roughly 18 days, which makes August a wet month (the 4th 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 Putatan (66 km away). In August its highs average 29.5°C, 0.5°C cooler than Keningau, with 178 mm of rain.
Among the 72 cities listed in Malaysia, Keningau ranks joint 24th of 72 for the warmest August highs and 8th of 72 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 72 cities is 29.8°C; Keningau is 0.3°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 0.1°C to 29.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 124 mm to 122 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
Keningau climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.7°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 158 | 19.9 | 11.812 h |
| February | 29.4°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 119 | 17.0 | 11.912 h |
| March | 30.0°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 134 | 19.7 | 12.112 h |
| April | 30.4°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 155 | 21.4 | 12.212 h |
| May | 30.1°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 163 | 23.0 | 12.412 h |
| June | 29.7°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 132 | 19.8 | 12.412 h |
| July | 29.6°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 118 | 17.4 | 12.412 h |
| August, selected | 30.0°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 124 | 18.0 | 12.312 h |
| September | 29.9°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 122 | 18.8 | 12.212 h |
| October | 29.1°C21.5°C | 21.5°C | 157 | 23.0 | 12.012 h |
| November | 28.9°C21.5°C | 21.5°C | 165 | 25.0 | 11.912 h |
| December | 28.7°C21.5°C | 21.5°C | 162 | 22.9 | 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
- Putatan in AugustMalaysia · 66 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 24.1°C · 178 mm rain
- Kota Kinabalu in AugustMalaysia · 72 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 24.3°C · 178 mm rain
- Labuan in AugustMalaysia · 101 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 25.4°C · 140 mm rain
- Bandar Seri Begawan in AugustBrunei · 144 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 24.6°C · 182 mm rain
- Sandakan in AugustMalaysia · 224 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 24.5°C · 225 mm rain
- Tawau in AugustMalaysia · 227 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 24.2°C · 186 mm rain
- Marudi in AugustMalaysia · 241 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 23.5°C · 221 mm rain
- Lahad Datu in AugustMalaysia · 243 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 24.3°C · 154 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 Keningau) is explained once on the Keningau year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.