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Johor Bahru in August

Hot and wet, as the days hold steady.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

August in Johor Bahru is hot: highs near 87°F, lows near 77°F. Rain falls on about six days a week, and daylight holds at about 12 hours 10 minutes.August in Johor Bahru is hot: highs near 31°C, lows near 25°C. Rain falls on about six days a week, and daylight holds at about 12 hours 10 minutes.

High
87°F31°Caverage
Low
77°F25°Caverage
Wet days
6a week · 85% of days
Daylight
12h 10mon average

Is August a good time to visit Johor Bahru?

A good month, just outside Johor Bahru's most comfortable months, which run from November to February.

How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 70°F to 80°F, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 21°C to 27°C, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.

How August sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 87°F in August, against 86°F to 89°F through the year.Highs near 31°C in August, against 30°C to 32°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

85% of days in August, against 64% to 95% through the year.

Cloud cover

75% cover in August, against 73% to 79% through the year.

Daylight

12h 10m in August, against 12h 02m to 12h 12m through the year.

Week by week, lightly smoothed, with August shaded. The olive line marks the most comfortable months. Hover or tap a week for its figures.

Either side

  1. July87°31°low 77°low 25°6 wet days a weekRain on about six days a week.
  2. August87°31°low 77°low 25°6 wet days a weekRain on about six days a week.
  3. September87°31°low 76°low 24°6 wet days a weekRain on about six days a week.

Where Johor Bahru sits, in August

Asia/Kuala Lumpur
this place
typical high in August 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-August
7:05 AMsets 7:15 PM
Above the sea
10 mlow-lying
Latitude
1.5°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Bandar Penawar54 km east

The land around Johor Bahru, shaded by its typical high in August, the planning map's own layer. Hover the map for the figure at that spot; tap it on a phone. Clock times are local, for the 15th.

Elsewhere in Malaysia in August

high · low · wet days
See August on the planning mapThe whole year in Johor Bahru

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Johor Bahru. Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 3.1°F cold in the source data and are raised to match.Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 1.7°C cold in the source data and are raised to match. Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not. Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.

Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not.

Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.