Climate averages 1991–2020
Sungai Petani weather
in August.
A hot, very wet month: the 8th 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 Sungai Petani: daytime highs average 29.9°C and nights cool to about 24.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 192 mm of rain on roughly 24 days, which makes August a very wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 18 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kota Kuala Muda (14 km away). In August its highs average 30.0°C, about as warm as Sungai Petani, with 217 mm of rain.
Among the 72 cities listed in Malaysia, Sungai Petani ranks joint 30th of 72 for the warmest August highs and joint 47th of 72 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 72 cities is 29.8°C; Sungai Petani is 0.2°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 0.5°C to 29.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 192 mm to 231 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
Sungai Petani climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 30.2°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 82 | 11.9 | 11.812 h |
| February | 31.3°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 85 | 12.5 | 11.912 h |
| March | 31.2°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 163 | 21.1 | 12.112 h |
| April | 30.4°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 212 | 26.5 | 12.212 h |
| May | 30.2°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 215 | 27.1 | 12.412 h |
| June | 30.2°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 153 | 21.8 | 12.412 h |
| July | 30.0°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 152 | 22.0 | 12.412 h |
| August, selected | 29.9°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 192 | 24.4 | 12.312 h |
| September | 29.4°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 231 | 26.5 | 12.212 h |
| October | 28.8°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 313 | 29.2 | 12.012 h |
| November | 28.9°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 277 | 26.1 | 11.912 h |
| December | 29.1°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 161 | 17.8 | 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
- Kota Kuala Muda in AugustMalaysia · 14 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 24.8°C · 217 mm rain
- Tasek Glugor in AugustMalaysia · 19 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 24.2°C · 186 mm rain
- Butterworth in AugustMalaysia · 31 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 24.5°C · 217 mm rain
- Bukit Mertajam in AugustMalaysia · 32 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 24.0°C · 164 mm rain
- Kulim in AugustMalaysia · 32 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 23.5°C · 164 mm rain
- Paya Terubong in AugustMalaysia · 38 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 24.3°C · 201 mm rain
- Pendang in AugustMalaysia · 39 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 24.0°C · 211 mm rain
- Kampung Sungai Ara in AugustMalaysia · 43 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 25.0°C · 201 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 Sungai Petani) is explained once on the Sungai Petani year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.