Climate averages 1991–2020
Port Dickson weather
in August.
A hot, very wet month: the joint 7th warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Port Dickson: daytime highs average 29.1°C and nights cool to about 24.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 210 mm of rain on roughly 26 days, which makes August a very wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 12 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Sepang (19 km away). In August its highs average 28.9°C, about as warm as Port Dickson, with 170 mm of rain.
Among the 72 cities listed in Malaysia, Port Dickson ranks joint 57th of 72 for the warmest August highs and 58th of 72 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 72 cities is 29.8°C; Port Dickson is 0.7°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs stay level at 29.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 210 mm to 214 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
Port Dickson climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.9°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 137 | 18.2 | 12.012 h |
| February | 29.6°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 86 | 14.8 | 12.012 h |
| March | 29.9°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 145 | 21.9 | 12.112 h |
| April | 29.7°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 192 | 25.8 | 12.212 h |
| May | 29.6°C25.3°C | 25.3°C | 218 | 26.7 | 12.212 h |
| June | 29.5°C25.3°C | 25.3°C | 188 | 23.7 | 12.312 h |
| July | 29.2°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 208 | 25.0 | 12.312 h |
| August, selected | 29.1°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 210 | 26.3 | 12.212 h |
| September | 29.1°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 214 | 25.3 | 12.112 h |
| October | 28.9°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 236 | 27.0 | 12.112 h |
| November | 28.6°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 301 | 28.2 | 12.012 h |
| December | 28.5°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 244 | 25.7 | 12.012 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
- Sepang in AugustMalaysia · 19 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 24.6°C · 170 mm rain
- Seremban in AugustMalaysia · 28 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 23.7°C · 200 mm rain
- Cyberjaya in AugustMalaysia · 47 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 23.4°C · 185 mm rain
- Kajang in AugustMalaysia · 52 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 23.0°C · 185 mm rain
- Puchong in AugustMalaysia · 57 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 23.6°C · 109 mm rain
- Bandar Mahkota Cheras in AugustMalaysia · 59 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 22.7°C · 185 mm rain
- Bukit Jalil in AugustMalaysia · 60 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 22.9°C · 185 mm rain
- Malacca in AugustMalaysia · 61 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 25.1°C · 193 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 Port Dickson) is explained once on the Port Dickson year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.