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Langkawi in August

Hot and wet, as the days hold steady.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

August in Langkawi is hot: highs near 86°F, lows near 76°F. Rain falls on about six days a week, more often as the month goes on, and daylight holds at about 12 hours 19 minutes.August in Langkawi is hot: highs near 30°C, lows near 24°C. Rain falls on about six days a week, more often as the month goes on, and daylight holds at about 12 hours 19 minutes.

High
86°F30°Caverage
Low
76°F24°Caverage
Wet days
6a week · 82% of days
Daylight
12h 19mon average

Is August a good time to visit Langkawi?

A good month, just outside Langkawi's most comfortable months, which run from December 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 86°F in August, against 85°F to 91°F through the year.Highs near 30°C in August, against 29°C to 33°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

82% of days in August, against 22% to 93% through the year.

Cloud cover

78% cover in August, against 65% to 79% through the year.

Daylight

12h 19m in August, against 11h 45m to 12h 29m 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. August86°30°low 76°low 24°6 wet days a weekRain on about six days a week.
  3. September86°30°low 76°low 24°6 wet days a weekRain on about six days a week.

Where Langkawi sits, in August

Asia/Kuala Lumpur
this place
typical high in August 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-August
7:16 AMsets 7:36 PM
Above the sea
190 mlow-lying
Latitude
6.4°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Penang (George Town)122 km south-east

The land around Langkawi, 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 Langkawi

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Langkawi. Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 3.1°F cold in the source data and are raised to match, and both highs and lows are adjusted for the town's height (190 m) against the climate model's (78 m).Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 1.7°C cold in the source data and are raised to match, and both highs and lows are adjusted for the town's height (190 m) against the climate model's (78 m). 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.