Meulaboh weather in August

In August, Meulaboh sees average daytime highs of 29°C and overnight lows near 23°C, with 217 mm of rain across 19.1 wet days and about 12.1 hours of daylight. It is the 4th-warmest and 9th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 29°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 3% of the time in August, and the air most often feels oppressive.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 12 min at the start of August to 12 h 06 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Meulaboh's 6th-clearest and 3rd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Meulaboh's year-round climate.

Daytime high
29°
4th warmest
Overnight low
23°
7th coldest
Rainfall
217 mm
19.1 wet days
Daylight
12 h 06 min
6:35 AM – 6:44 PM
Cloud cover
87%
6th clearest
Wind
5 km/h
3rd windiest
Solar energy
5.09 kWh/m²
Travel score
4.0
out of 10

Meulaboh is administrative village of Indonesia.

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

Temperature in August

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 29°C through the month.

A typical August day in Meulaboh reaches about 29°C in the afternoon and slips back to 23°C overnight — a 6°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 27°C and 31°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs on par with July and on par with September.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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How August really feels in Meulaboh

Once humidity and wind are folded in, August averages 22 days that feel above 32°C and 0 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C
22
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
wind chill below the day's low

The story in August is heat — humidity pushes the afternoon "feels like" well above the raw temperature.

Meulaboh weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 4th-warmest and 9th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan29° / 23°24626.311.83.4
Feb29° / 23°21623.511.93.4
Mar29° / 23°25428.1123.1
Apr29° / 24°33427.612.13.0
May30° / 24°2582112.23.6
Jun30° / 24°14915.112.24.2
Jul30° / 23°1671612.24.3
Aug29° / 23°21719.112.14.0
Sep29° / 23°25820.1123.9
Oct28° / 23°44525.311.93.6
Nov28° / 23°48427.911.83.4
Dec28° / 23°36327.911.83.4

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 3% of the time in August.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 6% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 92%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
11288
21288
31288
41288
51189
61189
71189
81189
91090
101090
111090
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13991
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Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Meulaboh gets around 217 mm of rain over 19.1 wet days in August. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 62% and peaks near 69% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
148
249
349
450
551
652
753
855
956
1057
1159
1260
1362
1463
1564
1665
1766
1866
1967
2068
2168
2268
2368
2469
2569
2669
2769
2868
2968
3068
3168

Humidity in August

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of August feels oppressive — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, August lands in the oppressive band about 88% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

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Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
11783
21783
31783
41684
51684
61585
71585
81486
91486
101387
111387
121288
131288
141288
151189
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28892
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30892
31892

Wind in August

Winds average 5 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 5 km/h on the calmest days to 5 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
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Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 12 min at the start of August to 12 h 06 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 6 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 6:36 AM to 6:33 AM, and sunset from 6:47 PM to 6:38 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.26:366:47
212.26:366:47
312.26:366:47
412.26:366:47
512.26:366:46
612.26:366:46
712.26:366:46
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1012.26:366:45
1112.26:366:45
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2412.16:346:41
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2812.16:346:39
2912.16:336:39
3012.16:336:38
3112.16:336:38

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 5.09 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.06 kWh/m² to a high of 5.5 kWh/m² in February across the year — August's 5.09 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
15.3Bright
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45.3Bright
55.3Bright
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95.3Bright
105.2Bright
115.2Bright
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135.2Bright
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244.9Bright
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294.9Bright
304.9Bright
315.0Bright
Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for Meulaboh

In seasonPeak

None of Meulaboh's seasonal hazards are active in August. The full-year calendar below shows when the rainy season, cyclone risk and dust haze do peak.

Meulaboh sits in the North Indian Ocean cyclone zone; the season peaks May and October–November.

Cyclone
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Is August a good time to visit Meulaboh?

Our two travel scores rate August for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

4.0
Sightseeing
3rd-best month of the year
5.2
Beach & pool
3rd-best month of the year

August is a reasonable time to visit Meulaboh for sightseeing.

What to pack for Meulaboh in August

From August's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In August, Meulaboh sees daytime highs around 29°C and nights near 23°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 19 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

Sea temperature near Meulaboh in August

The nearest coast averages about 30°C in August — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea offshore is warmest in May at about 30°C and coldest in October near 29°C.

The water stays above 20°C all year — warm enough for a swim any month.

28°30°32°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecwarmtropicalcomfortable to swim
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan29Tropical
Feb30Tropical
Mar30Tropical
Apr30Tropical
May30Tropical
Jun30Tropical
Jul30Tropical
Aug30Tropical
Sep29Tropical
Oct29Tropical
Nov29Tropical
Dec29Tropical

UV index in Meulaboh in August

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in August peaks around 12 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Meulaboh peaks around February 21 at about 14 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near July 13 at about 11 (extreme).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — every month of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeFeb 21UV 14Jul 13UV 11
UV index (midday)Level
Jan12Extreme
Feb14Extreme
Mar14Extreme
Apr14Extreme
May12Extreme
Jun11Extreme
Jul11Extreme
Aug12Extreme
Sep13Extreme
Oct13Extreme
Nov11Extreme
Dec11Extreme
Location & terrain

Where is Meulaboh?

Meulaboh sits at 4.1°N, 96.1°E, 7 m above sea level, in Indonesia. The nearest listed city is Blangpidie, 91 km away.

Topography around Meulaboh

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Meulaboh.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Meulaboh has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 18 m around an average of 2 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 71 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,936 m.

The land around Meulaboh is covered by water (53%) and trees (21%) within 3 km, water (51%) and trees (41%) within 16 km, and trees (64%) and water (34%) within 80 km.

3 km
18 m
16 km
71 m
80 km
2,936 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetland
August weather nearby: Blangpidie 91 km · Reuleuet 121 km · Bireun 134 km · Sigli 139 km · Lhokseumawe 162 km · Banda Aceh 179 km · Langsa 207 km · Sabang 214 km

Indonesia travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 2
Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs
Type C / F
230 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 29% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$5,060
2025
Happiness
5.6 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
30%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
0.3
per 100k, 2022
Road deaths
11.3
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
Upper middle
World Bank
English
Low
EF EPI 471
Religion
Muslim 87%Protestant 8%Roman Catholic 3%Hindu 2%

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Meulaboh (4.144°, 96.1266°, elevation 7 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. Tropical-cyclone seasons are the published climatological basin seasons (NOAA National Hurricane Center / regional warning centres). Sea temperatures are the NOAA OISST v2.1 1991–2020 monthly climatology (public domain), sampled at the nearest ocean point. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).