Climate averages 1991–2020

Kuantan weather
in August.

A hot, very wet month: the 4th warmest and the 6th driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 29.8°C Daytime mean, August

Average low 24.2°C Night-time mean, August

Rainfall 190 mm 25 days with ≥1 mm

Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

August is a hot month in Kuantan: daytime highs average 29.8°C and nights cool to about 24.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 190 mm of rain on roughly 25 days, which makes August a very wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 14 min on an average August day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Cukai (50 km away). In August its highs average 29.0°C, 0.8°C cooler than Kuantan, with 107 mm of rain.

Among the 72 cities listed in Malaysia, Kuantan ranks joint 37th of 72 for the warmest August highs and 46th of 72 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 72 cities is 29.8°C; Kuantan is level with that mean.

From August to September, average highs fall by 0.1°C to 29.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 190 mm to 214 mm.

The annual picture

August in context

30-year average

Average highAverage low°C

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Kuantan climate table

1991–2020

Monthly climate averages for Kuantan, 1991–2020
Month	Average highHigh / low	Average low	Rainfall mm/month	Rain days ≥1 mm/day	Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day
January	27.4°C23.3°C	23.3°C	193	19.5	11.912 h
February	28.2°C23.5°C	23.5°C	84	13.7	12.012 h
March	29.3°C24.0°C	24.0°C	143	18.5	12.112 h
April	30.1°C24.5°C	24.5°C	156	23.0	12.212 h
May	30.4°C24.8°C	24.8°C	195	26.1	12.312 h
June	30.1°C24.6°C	24.6°C	169	23.2	12.312 h
July	29.7°C24.3°C	24.3°C	164	23.2	12.312 h
August, selected	29.8°C24.2°C	24.2°C	190	24.9	12.212 h
September	29.7°C24.1°C	24.1°C	214	24.2	12.112 h
October	29.3°C23.9°C	23.9°C	288	27.5	12.012 h
November	28.1°C23.7°C	23.7°C	331	28.7	11.912 h
December	27.4°C23.5°C	23.5°C	345	25.0	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

Distance from Kuantan

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 limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Kuantan) is explained once on the Kuantan year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.