Climate averages 1991–2020
Miri weather
in August.
A hot, very wet month: the joint 2nd 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 Miri: daytime highs average 29.4°C and nights cool to about 25.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 183 mm of rain on roughly 20 days, which makes August a very wet month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 16 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Marudi (43 km away). In August its highs average 30.9°C, 1.5°C warmer than Miri, with 221 mm of rain.
Among the 72 cities listed in Malaysia, Miri ranks joint 49th of 72 for the warmest August highs and 38th of 72 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 72 cities is 29.8°C; Miri is 0.4°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 0.2°C to 29.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 183 mm to 195 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
Miri climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.3°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 202 | 22.8 | 11.912 h |
| February | 28.3°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 112 | 17.2 | 12.012 h |
| March | 28.9°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 82 | 16.6 | 12.112 h |
| April | 29.4°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 124 | 20.5 | 12.212 h |
| May | 29.6°C25.3°C | 25.3°C | 159 | 21.5 | 12.312 h |
| June | 29.4°C25.1°C | 25.1°C | 201 | 19.4 | 12.412 h |
| July | 29.3°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 187 | 19.3 | 12.312 h |
| August, selected | 29.4°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 183 | 20.4 | 12.312 h |
| September | 29.2°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 195 | 22.6 | 12.112 h |
| October | 28.7°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 280 | 27.1 | 12.012 h |
| November | 28.6°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 276 | 28.1 | 11.912 h |
| December | 28.4°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 293 | 28.0 | 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
- Marudi in AugustMalaysia · 43 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 23.5°C · 221 mm rain
- Bandar Seri Begawan in AugustBrunei · 118 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 24.6°C · 182 mm rain
- Labuan in AugustMalaysia · 170 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 25.4°C · 140 mm rain
- Bintulu in AugustMalaysia · 173 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 23.8°C · 196 mm rain
- Keningau in AugustMalaysia · 262 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 21.7°C · 124 mm rain
- Putatan in AugustMalaysia · 285 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 24.1°C · 178 mm rain
- Kota Kinabalu in AugustMalaysia · 289 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 24.3°C · 178 mm rain
- Sibu in AugustMalaysia · 336 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 23.5°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 Miri) is explained once on the Miri year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.