Climate averages 1991–2020
Tawau weather
in August.
A hot, very wet month: the joint 7th warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Tawau: daytime highs average 28.9°C and nights cool to about 24.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 186 mm of rain on roughly 28 days, which makes August a very wet month (the 6th 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 Lahad Datu (99 km away). In August its highs average 29.4°C, 0.6°C warmer than Tawau, with 154 mm of rain.
Among the 72 cities listed in Malaysia, Tawau ranks joint 64th of 72 for the warmest August highs and joint 44th of 72 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 72 cities is 29.8°C; Tawau is 0.9°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 0.1°C to 29.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 186 mm to 176 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
Tawau climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.9°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 156 | 21.5 | 11.912 h |
| February | 29.3°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 113 | 16.7 | 12.012 h |
| March | 29.6°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 144 | 21.9 | 12.112 h |
| April | 29.6°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 163 | 25.4 | 12.212 h |
| May | 29.3°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 216 | 29.5 | 12.312 h |
| June | 28.9°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 212 | 28.1 | 12.412 h |
| July | 28.7°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 200 | 28.1 | 12.312 h |
| August, selected | 28.9°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 186 | 27.9 | 12.312 h |
| September | 29.0°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 176 | 26.6 | 12.112 h |
| October | 29.0°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 214 | 28.7 | 12.012 h |
| November | 28.9°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 192 | 27.9 | 11.912 h |
| December | 28.9°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 190 | 26.4 | 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
- Lahad Datu in AugustMalaysia · 99 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 24.3°C · 154 mm rain
- Tarakan in AugustIndonesia · 109 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 24.9°C · 211 mm rain
- Sandakan in AugustMalaysia · 179 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 24.5°C · 225 mm rain
- Keningau in AugustMalaysia · 227 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 21.7°C · 124 mm rain
- Putatan in AugustMalaysia · 276 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 24.1°C · 178 mm rain
- Kota Kinabalu in AugustMalaysia · 279 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 24.3°C · 178 mm rain
- Labuan in AugustMalaysia · 315 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 25.4°C · 140 mm rain
- Bandar Seri Begawan in AugustBrunei · 335 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 24.6°C · 182 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 Tawau) is explained once on the Tawau year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.