Climate averages 1991–2020
Taiping weather
in August.
A hot, wet month: the joint 3rd warmest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Taiping: daytime highs average 30.2°C and nights cool to about 24.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 178 mm of rain on roughly 23 days, which makes August a wet month (the 4th 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 Ipoh (49 km away). In August its highs average 30.7°C, 0.5°C warmer than Taiping, with 110 mm of rain.
Among the 72 cities listed in Malaysia, Taiping ranks joint 15th of 72 for the warmest August highs and joint 34th of 72 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 72 cities is 29.8°C; Taiping is 0.4°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 0.5°C to 29.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 178 mm to 219 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
Taiping climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.3°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 185 | 23.5 | 11.912 h |
| February | 29.9°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 145 | 20.9 | 12.012 h |
| March | 30.1°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 215 | 26.6 | 12.112 h |
| April | 30.1°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 236 | 28.5 | 12.212 h |
| May | 30.3°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 210 | 26.2 | 12.312 h |
| June | 30.4°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 137 | 19.9 | 12.412 h |
| July | 30.2°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 136 | 20.6 | 12.412 h |
| August, selected | 30.2°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 178 | 22.6 | 12.312 h |
| September | 29.7°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 219 | 25.0 | 12.112 h |
| October | 29.1°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 298 | 28.1 | 12.012 h |
| November | 28.9°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 331 | 28.6 | 11.912 h |
| December | 28.9°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 258 | 26.3 | 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
- Ipoh in AugustMalaysia · 49 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 23.4°C · 110 mm rain
- Val Dor in AugustMalaysia · 52 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 24.0°C · 164 mm rain
- Kulim in AugustMalaysia · 60 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 23.5°C · 164 mm rain
- Bukit Mertajam in AugustMalaysia · 64 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 24.0°C · 164 mm rain
- Sitiawan in AugustMalaysia · 71 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 25.0°C · 163 mm rain
- Butterworth in AugustMalaysia · 74 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 24.5°C · 217 mm rain
- Kampung Sungai Ara in AugustMalaysia · 74 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 25.0°C · 201 mm rain
- Tasek Glugor in AugustMalaysia · 75 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 24.2°C · 186 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 Taiping) is explained once on the Taiping year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.