Climate averages 1991–2020
Kuala Lumpur weather
in August.
A hot, very wet month: the 7th warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Kuala Lumpur: daytime highs average 29.7°C and nights cool to about 23.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 214 mm of rain on roughly 26 days, which makes August a very wet month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 13 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Setapak (9 km away). In August its highs average 29.9°C, about as warm as Kuala Lumpur, with 214 mm of rain.
Among the 72 cities listed in Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur ranks joint 39th of 72 for the warmest August highs and joint 62nd of 72 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 72 cities is 29.8°C; Kuala Lumpur is level with that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 0.1°C to 29.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 214 mm to 234 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
Kuala Lumpur climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.3°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 201 | 20.4 | 12.012 h |
| February | 30.2°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 166 | 17.6 | 12.012 h |
| March | 30.4°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 263 | 25.1 | 12.112 h |
| April | 30.1°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 296 | 27.8 | 12.212 h |
| May | 30.0°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 241 | 26.3 | 12.312 h |
| June | 30.0°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 173 | 22.8 | 12.312 h |
| July | 29.8°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 181 | 24.7 | 12.312 h |
| August, selected | 29.7°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 214 | 25.5 | 12.212 h |
| September | 29.6°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 234 | 25.2 | 12.112 h |
| October | 29.4°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 293 | 26.4 | 12.012 h |
| November | 28.9°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 371 | 28.0 | 12.012 h |
| December | 28.7°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 275 | 25.3 | 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
- Setapak in AugustMalaysia · 9 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 23.0°C · 214 mm rain
- Ampang in AugustMalaysia · 9 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 23.2°C · 214 mm rain
- Petaling Jaya in AugustMalaysia · 10 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 23.5°C · 109 mm rain
- Bukit Jalil in AugustMalaysia · 10 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 22.9°C · 185 mm rain
- Selayang Baru Utara in AugustMalaysia · 13 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 23.3°C · 214 mm rain
- Bandar Mahkota Cheras in AugustMalaysia · 16 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 22.7°C · 185 mm rain
- Bukit Rahman Putra in AugustMalaysia · 16 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 23.1°C · 128 mm rain
- Kampung Baru Subang in AugustMalaysia · 17 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 23.8°C · 128 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 Kuala Lumpur) is explained once on the Kuala Lumpur year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.
Selayang Baru Utara, Setapak and Ampang lie in the same rainfall cell, so their rainfall figures are identical to these; temperatures differ because they come from smaller 0.1° cells.