Climate averages 1991–2020

Sitiawan weather
in August.

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

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

Average high 29.2°C Daytime mean, August
Average low 25.0°C Night-time mean, August
Rainfall 163 mm 22 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
Every month in Sitiawan · average highYear overview

August is a hot month in Sitiawan: daytime highs average 29.2°C and nights cool to about 25.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 163 mm of rain on roughly 22 days, which makes August a wet month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 15 min on an average August day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Teluk Intan (42 km away). In August its highs average 30.3°C, 1.1°C warmer than Sitiawan, with 135 mm of rain.

Among the 72 cities listed in Malaysia, Sitiawan ranks joint 54th of 72 for the warmest August highs and 23rd of 72 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 72 cities is 29.8°C; Sitiawan is 0.5°C cooler than that mean.

From August to September, average highs fall by 0.3°C to 29.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 163 mm to 209 mm.

The annual picture

August in context

30-year average
Average highAverage low°C
Average daily high and low temperatures by month The same values are available in the monthly table below. Lines show mean daily maxima and minima, not a forecast interval. 20253035 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm
Average monthly rainfall totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 4000

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

Every month, side by side

Sitiawan climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Sitiawan, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 28.4°C24.2°C24.2°C21125.811.912 h
February 29.0°C24.4°C24.4°C15622.312.012 h
March 29.4°C24.9°C24.9°C21327.212.112 h
April 29.5°C25.2°C25.2°C23528.412.212 h
May 29.7°C25.4°C25.4°C20425.912.312 h
June 29.6°C25.4°C25.4°C13319.912.412 h
July 29.3°C25.1°C25.1°C13620.812.312 h
August, selected 29.2°C25.0°C25.0°C16322.412.312 h
September 29.0°C24.8°C24.8°C20924.112.112 h
October 28.6°C24.7°C24.7°C28227.612.012 h
November 28.4°C24.5°C24.5°C35628.811.912 h
December 28.2°C24.4°C24.4°C29727.811.912 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 Sitiawan

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 Sitiawan) is explained once on the Sitiawan year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.