Climate averages 1991–2020
Labuan weather
in August.
A hot, wet month: the joint 3rd warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Labuan: daytime highs average 29.6°C and nights cool to about 25.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 140 mm of rain on roughly 18 days, which makes August a wet month (the 6th 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 Bandar Seri Begawan (55 km away). In August its highs average 30.2°C, 0.6°C warmer than Labuan, with 182 mm of rain.
Among the 72 cities listed in Malaysia, Labuan ranks joint 42nd of 72 for the warmest August highs and 17th of 72 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 72 cities is 29.8°C; Labuan is 0.1°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 0.3°C to 29.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 140 mm to 158 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
Labuan climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.4°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 131 | 16.6 | 11.912 h |
| February | 28.6°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 82 | 10.9 | 12.012 h |
| March | 29.4°C25.1°C | 25.1°C | 54 | 12.1 | 12.112 h |
| April | 29.9°C25.5°C | 25.5°C | 91 | 15.7 | 12.212 h |
| May | 29.9°C25.8°C | 25.8°C | 114 | 18.4 | 12.412 h |
| June | 29.6°C25.5°C | 25.5°C | 152 | 17.1 | 12.412 h |
| July | 29.5°C25.3°C | 25.3°C | 144 | 17.8 | 12.412 h |
| August, selected | 29.6°C25.4°C | 25.4°C | 140 | 17.5 | 12.312 h |
| September | 29.3°C25.2°C | 25.2°C | 158 | 19.8 | 12.212 h |
| October | 28.7°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 201 | 24.7 | 12.012 h |
| November | 28.6°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 190 | 24.5 | 11.912 h |
| December | 28.5°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 187 | 22.6 | 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
- Bandar Seri Begawan in AugustBrunei · 55 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 24.6°C · 182 mm rain
- Keningau in AugustMalaysia · 101 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 21.7°C · 124 mm rain
- Putatan in AugustMalaysia · 115 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 24.1°C · 178 mm rain
- Kota Kinabalu in AugustMalaysia · 120 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 24.3°C · 178 mm rain
- Marudi in AugustMalaysia · 160 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 23.5°C · 221 mm rain
- Miri in AugustMalaysia · 170 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 25.0°C · 183 mm rain
- Tawau in AugustMalaysia · 315 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 24.2°C · 186 mm rain
- Sandakan in AugustMalaysia · 324 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 24.5°C · 225 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 Labuan) is explained once on the Labuan year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.