Bentong Town weather in August

In August, Bentong Town sees average daytime highs of 30°C and overnight lows near 22°C, with 151 mm of rain across 22.5 wet days and about 12.1 hours of daylight. It is the 7th-warmest and 8th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 30°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 2% 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 Bentong Town's 7th-clearest and 3rd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Bentong Town's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 30°; 7th warmest
Overnight low: 22°; 8th coldest
Rainfall: 151 mm; 22.5 wet days
Daylight: 12 h 06 min; 7:13 AM – 7:20 PM
Cloud cover: 83%; 7th clearest
Wind: 4 km/h; 3rd windiest
Solar energy: 4.96 kWh/m²
Travel score: 3.2; out of 10

Bentong Town is human settlement in Malaysia.

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

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Temperature in August

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 30°C through the month.

A typical August day in Bentong Town reaches about 30°C in the afternoon and slips back to 22°C overnight — a 8°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 29°C and 32°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs on par with July and on par with September.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Avg high (°C)	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30
Avg low (°C)	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	31	22
2	31	22
3	31	22
4	31	22
5	31	22
6	31	22
7	31	22
8	31	22
9	31	22
10	31	22
11	31	22
12	31	22
13	31	22
14	31	22
15	30	22
16	30	22
17	30	22
18	30	22
19	30	22
20	30	22
21	30	22
22	30	22
23	30	22
24	30	22
25	30	22
26	30	22
27	30	22
28	30	22
29	30	22
30	30	22
31	30	22

How August really feels in Bentong Town

Once humidity and wind are folded in, August averages 31 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

heat index over the day's high

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

wind chill below the day's low

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

Bentong Town weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 7th-warmest and 8th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	29° / 22°	150	19.2	11.8	4.0
Feb	31° / 22°	100	14.3	11.9	3.8
Mar	31° / 22°	174	21.4	12	3.1
Apr	31° / 23°	191	24.8	12.1	2.7
May	31° / 23°	177	24.7	12.2	2.8
Jun	31° / 22°	131	20.9	12.2	3.2
Jul	30° / 22°	124	21.8	12.2	3.3
Aug	30° / 22°	151	22.5	12.1	3.2
Sep	31° / 22°	154	23.2	12	3.1
Oct	30° / 22°	221	25.6	11.9	2.9
Nov	29° / 22°	283	27.4	11.8	2.9
Dec	29° / 22°	232	24.6	11.8	3.5

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 2% of the time in August.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 9% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 88%.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Clearer (%)	14	14	13	14	14	14	14	13	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	12	12	12	11	11	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10
Cloudier (%)	86	86	87	86	86	86	86	87	86	86	86	86	87	87	87	88	88	88	89	89	90	91	91	91	91	91	91	91	91	90	90

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	14	86
2	14	86
3	13	87
4	14	86
5	14	86
6	14	86
7	14	86
8	13	87
9	14	86
10	14	86
11	14	86
12	14	86
13	13	87
14	13	87
15	13	87
16	12	88
17	12	88
18	12	88
19	11	89
20	11	89
21	10	90
22	9	91
23	9	91
24	9	91
25	9	91
26	9	91
27	9	91
28	9	91
29	9	91
30	10	90
31	10	90

Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Bentong Town gets around 151 mm of rain over 22.5 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 73% and peaks near 78% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Rain chance (%)	65	65	65	65	66	66	67	68	69	70	71	71	72	73	74	74	75	75	76	76	77	77	77	77	77	77	77	78	78	78	78

	Rain chance (%)
1	65
2	65
3	65
4	65
5	66
6	66
7	67
8	68
9	69
10	70
11	71
12	71
13	72
14	73
15	74
16	74
17	75
18	75
19	76
20	76
21	77
22	77
23	77
24	77
25	77
26	77
27	77
28	78
29	78
30	78
31	78

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 86% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Muggy (%)	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13
Oppressive (%)	85	85	85	85	85	85	85	85	85	85	85	86	86	86	87	87	87	87	87	88	88	88	88	88	88	88	87	87	87	87	87

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	15	85
2	15	85
3	15	85
4	15	85
5	15	85
6	15	85
7	15	85
8	15	85
9	15	85
10	15	85
11	15	85
12	14	86
13	14	86
14	14	86
15	13	87
16	13	87
17	13	87
18	13	87
19	13	87
20	12	88
21	12	88
22	12	88
23	12	88
24	12	88
25	12	88
26	12	88
27	13	87
28	13	87
29	13	87
30	13	87
31	13	87

Wind in August

Winds average 4 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 4 km/h on the calmest days to 4 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Wind speed (km/h)	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Feels	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	4	calm
2	4	calm
3	4	calm
4	4	calm
5	4	calm
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30	4	calm
31	4	calm

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 7:14 AM to 7:10 AM, and sunset from 7:23 PM to 7:15 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Daylight (h)	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1
Sunrise (AM)	7:14	7:14	7:14	7:14	7:14	7:14	7:14	7:14	7:14	7:14	7:13	7:13	7:13	7:13	7:13	7:13	7:13	7:13	7:13	7:12	7:12	7:12	7:12	7:12	7:12	7:11	7:11	7:11	7:11	7:11	7:10
Sunset (PM)	7:23	7:23	7:23	7:23	7:22	7:22	7:22	7:22	7:22	7:21	7:21	7:21	7:21	7:21	7:20	7:20	7:20	7:19	7:19	7:19	7:18	7:18	7:18	7:17	7:17	7:17	7:16	7:16	7:15	7:15	7:15

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.2	7:14	7:23
2	12.2	7:14	7:23
3	12.2	7:14	7:23
4	12.1	7:14	7:23
5	12.1	7:14	7:22
6	12.1	7:14	7:22
7	12.1	7:14	7:22
8	12.1	7:14	7:22
9	12.1	7:14	7:22
10	12.1	7:14	7:21
11	12.1	7:13	7:21
12	12.1	7:13	7:21
13	12.1	7:13	7:21
14	12.1	7:13	7:21
15	12.1	7:13	7:20
16	12.1	7:13	7:20
17	12.1	7:13	7:20
18	12.1	7:13	7:19
19	12.1	7:13	7:19
20	12.1	7:12	7:19
21	12.1	7:12	7:18
22	12.1	7:12	7:18
23	12.1	7:12	7:18
24	12.1	7:12	7:17
25	12.1	7:12	7:17
26	12.1	7:11	7:17
27	12.1	7:11	7:16
28	12.1	7:11	7:16
29	12.1	7:11	7:15
30	12.1	7:11	7:15
31	12.1	7:10	7:15

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 4.96 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.96 kWh/m² to a high of 5.44 kWh/m² in March across the year — August's 4.96 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	4.9	4.9	4.9	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0
Level	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	5.0	Bright
2	5.0	Bright
3	5.0	Bright
4	5.0	Bright
5	5.0	Bright
6	5.0	Bright
7	5.0	Bright
8	5.0	Bright
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10	5.0	Bright
11	5.0	Bright
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18	5.0	Bright
19	5.0	Bright
20	5.0	Bright
21	5.0	Bright
22	5.0	Bright
23	5.0	Bright
24	4.9	Bright
25	4.9	Bright
26	4.9	Bright
27	5.0	Bright
28	5.0	Bright
29	5.0	Bright
30	5.0	Bright
31	5.0	Bright

Planning a trip in August

Is August a good time to visit Bentong Town?

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

3.2

Sightseeing

5th-best month of the year

4.6

Beach & pool

6th-best month of the year

August is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Bentong Town.

What to pack for Bentong Town in August

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

In August, Bentong Town sees daytime highs around 30°C and nights near 22°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 23 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Bentong Town in August

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in August peaks around 13 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Bentong Town peaks around February 19 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near July 10 at about 10 (extreme).

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	13	15	14	15	13	11	10	13	14	13	11	11
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	13	Extreme
Feb	15	Extreme
Mar	14	Extreme
Apr	15	Extreme
May	13	Extreme
Jun	11	Extreme
Jul	10	Extreme
Aug	13	Extreme
Sep	14	Extreme
Oct	13	Extreme
Nov	11	Extreme
Dec	11	Extreme

Air quality in Bentong Town in August

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where August falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Bentong Town is worst in September — around 33 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 1.7× the cleanest month (December, 19 µg/m³).

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	20	20	25	26	25	26	29	29	33	29	21	19
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	20	Moderate
Feb	20	Moderate
Mar	25	Moderate
Apr	26	Moderate
May	25	Moderate
Jun	26	Moderate
Jul	29	Moderate
Aug	29	Moderate
Sep	33	Moderate
Oct	29	Moderate
Nov	21	Moderate
Dec	19	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Bentong Town?

Bentong Town sits at 3.5°N, 101.9°E, 95 m above sea level, in Malaysia. The nearest listed city is Bentung, 1.0 km away.

Topography around Bentong Town

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Bentong Town has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 460 m around an average of 176 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,617 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,184 m.

The land around Bentong Town is covered by trees (81%) within 3 km, trees (94%) within 16 km, and trees (91%) within 80 km.

3 km

460 m

trees 81%

16 km

1,617 m

trees 94%

80 km

2,184 m

trees 91%

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← July Bentong Town year-round climate September →Best places to visit in August

August weather nearby: Bentung 1.0 km · Fraser's Hill 28 km · Kuala Kubu Baharu 28 km · Raub 30 km · Hulu Yam Lama 31 km · Serendah 38 km · Taman Melawati 39 km · Taman Melati 39 km

Malaysia travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 1; Exercise Normal Precautions
Power plugs: Type C / G / M; 230 V · 50 Hz
Prices: ≈ 32% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $13,125; 2025
Happiness: 6.0 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water: 95%; of population, 2024
Homicide rate: 0.7; per 100k, 2023
Road deaths: 22.5; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: Upper middle; World Bank
English: High; EF EPI 581
Religion

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 Bentong Town (3.5223°, 101.9087°, elevation 95 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. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	31	22
2	31	22
3	31	22
4	31	22
5	31	22
6	31	22
7	31	22
8	31	22
9	31	22
10	31	22
11	31	22
12	31	22
13	31	22
14	31	22
15	30	22
16	30	22
17	30	22
18	30	22
19	30	22
20	30	22
21	30	22
22	30	22
23	30	22
24	30	22
25	30	22
26	30	22
27	30	22
28	30	22
29	30	22
30	30	22
31	30	22

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	14	86
2	14	86
3	13	87
4	14	86
5	14	86
6	14	86
7	14	86
8	13	87
9	14	86
10	14	86
11	14	86
12	14	86
13	13	87
14	13	87
15	13	87
16	12	88
17	12	88
18	12	88
19	11	89
20	11	89
21	10	90
22	9	91
23	9	91
24	9	91
25	9	91
26	9	91
27	9	91
28	9	91
29	9	91
30	10	90
31	10	90

	Rain chance (%)
1	65
2	65
3	65
4	65
5	66
6	66
7	67
8	68
9	69
10	70
11	71
12	71
13	72
14	73
15	74
16	74
17	75
18	75
19	76
20	76
21	77
22	77
23	77
24	77
25	77
26	77
27	77
28	78
29	78
30	78
31	78

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	15	85
2	15	85
3	15	85
4	15	85
5	15	85
6	15	85
7	15	85
8	15	85
9	15	85
10	15	85
11	15	85
12	14	86
13	14	86
14	14	86
15	13	87
16	13	87
17	13	87
18	13	87
19	13	87
20	12	88
21	12	88
22	12	88
23	12	88
24	12	88
25	12	88
26	12	88
27	13	87
28	13	87
29	13	87
30	13	87
31	13	87

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	31	22
2	31	22
3	31	22
4	31	22
5	31	22
6	31	22
7	31	22
8	31	22
9	31	22
10	31	22
11	31	22
12	31	22
13	31	22
14	31	22
15	30	22
16	30	22
17	30	22
18	30	22
19	30	22
20	30	22
21	30	22
22	30	22
23	30	22
24	30	22
25	30	22
26	30	22
27	30	22
28	30	22
29	30	22
30	30	22
31	30	22

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	14	86
2	14	86
3	13	87
4	14	86
5	14	86
6	14	86
7	14	86
8	13	87
9	14	86
10	14	86
11	14	86
12	14	86
13	13	87
14	13	87
15	13	87
16	12	88
17	12	88
18	12	88
19	11	89
20	11	89
21	10	90
22	9	91
23	9	91
24	9	91
25	9	91
26	9	91
27	9	91
28	9	91
29	9	91
30	10	90
31	10	90

	Rain chance (%)
1	65
2	65
3	65
4	65
5	66
6	66
7	67
8	68
9	69
10	70
11	71
12	71
13	72
14	73
15	74
16	74
17	75
18	75
19	76
20	76
21	77
22	77
23	77
24	77
25	77
26	77
27	77
28	78
29	78
30	78
31	78

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	15	85
2	15	85
3	15	85
4	15	85
5	15	85
6	15	85
7	15	85
8	15	85
9	15	85
10	15	85
11	15	85
12	14	86
13	14	86
14	14	86
15	13	87
16	13	87
17	13	87
18	13	87
19	13	87
20	12	88
21	12	88
22	12	88
23	12	88
24	12	88
25	12	88
26	12	88
27	13	87
28	13	87
29	13	87
30	13	87
31	13	87

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	31	22
2	31	22
3	31	22
4	31	22
5	31	22
6	31	22
7	31	22
8	31	22
9	31	22
10	31	22
11	31	22
12	31	22
13	31	22
14	31	22
15	30	22
16	30	22
17	30	22
18	30	22
19	30	22
20	30	22
21	30	22
22	30	22
23	30	22
24	30	22
25	30	22
26	30	22
27	30	22
28	30	22
29	30	22
30	30	22
31	30	22

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	14	86
2	14	86
3	13	87
4	14	86
5	14	86
6	14	86
7	14	86
8	13	87
9	14	86
10	14	86
11	14	86
12	14	86
13	13	87
14	13	87
15	13	87
16	12	88
17	12	88
18	12	88
19	11	89
20	11	89
21	10	90
22	9	91
23	9	91
24	9	91
25	9	91
26	9	91
27	9	91
28	9	91
29	9	91
30	10	90
31	10	90

	Rain chance (%)
1	65
2	65
3	65
4	65
5	66
6	66
7	67
8	68
9	69
10	70
11	71
12	71
13	72
14	73
15	74
16	74
17	75
18	75
19	76
20	76
21	77
22	77
23	77
24	77
25	77
26	77
27	77
28	78
29	78
30	78
31	78

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	15	85
2	15	85
3	15	85
4	15	85
5	15	85
6	15	85
7	15	85
8	15	85
9	15	85
10	15	85
11	15	85
12	14	86
13	14	86
14	14	86
15	13	87
16	13	87
17	13	87
18	13	87
19	13	87
20	12	88
21	12	88
22	12	88
23	12	88
24	12	88
25	12	88
26	12	88
27	13	87
28	13	87
29	13	87
30	13	87
31	13	87