Climate averages 1991–2020
Kota Bharu weather
in August.
A hot, very wet month: the joint 4th 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 Kota Bharu: daytime highs average 30.7°C and nights cool to about 24.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 213 mm of rain on roughly 26 days, which makes August a very wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 19 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Pasir Mas (14 km away). In August its highs average 31.2°C, about as warm as Kota Bharu, with 213 mm of rain.
Among the 72 cities listed in Malaysia, Kota Bharu ranks joint 6th of 72 for the warmest August highs and joint 60th of 72 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 72 cities is 29.8°C; Kota Bharu is 1.0°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 0.4°C to 30.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 213 mm to 244 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
Kota Bharu climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 27.7°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 173 | 20.3 | 11.812 h |
| February | 28.6°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 83 | 13.5 | 11.912 h |
| March | 30.0°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 114 | 15.7 | 12.112 h |
| April | 31.1°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 118 | 18.6 | 12.312 h |
| May | 31.3°C25.3°C | 25.3°C | 178 | 26.0 | 12.412 h |
| June | 31.0°C25.1°C | 25.1°C | 183 | 24.9 | 12.512 h |
| July | 30.7°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 185 | 25.3 | 12.412 h |
| August, selected | 30.7°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 213 | 26.0 | 12.312 h |
| September | 30.3°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 244 | 27.6 | 12.212 h |
| October | 29.3°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 310 | 29.1 | 12.012 h |
| November | 28.2°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 384 | 27.9 | 11.812 h |
| December | 27.5°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 412 | 26.0 | 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
- Pasir Mas in AugustMalaysia · 14 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 23.7°C · 213 mm rain
- Pasir Puteh in AugustMalaysia · 37 kmHigh 30.8°C · Low 24.3°C · 204 mm rain
- Kuala Krai in AugustMalaysia · 66 kmHigh 31.3°C · Low 23.4°C · 223 mm rain
- Yala in AugustThailand · 116 kmHigh 32.3°C · Low 23.4°C · 125 mm rain
- Kuala Nerus in AugustMalaysia · 120 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 23.6°C · 275 mm rain
- Kuala Terengganu in AugustMalaysia · 133 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 24.2°C · 155 mm rain
- Pendang in AugustMalaysia · 196 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 24.0°C · 211 mm rain
- Sungai Petani in AugustMalaysia · 201 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 Kota Bharu) is explained once on the Kota Bharu year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.
Pasir Mas lies in the same rainfall cell, so its rainfall figures are identical to these; temperatures differ because they come from smaller 0.1° cells.