Mukah weather in August

In August, Mukah sees average daytime highs of 29°C and overnight lows near 26°C, with 173 mm of rain across 20.8 wet days and about 12.1 hours of daylight. It is the 4th-warmest and 8th-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 6% of the time in August, and the air most often feels miserable.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 06 min at the start of August to 12 h 06 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Mukah's 5th-clearest and 7th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Mukah's year-round climate.

Daytime high
29°
4th warmest
Overnight low
26°
9th coldest
Rainfall
173 mm
20.8 wet days
Daylight
12 h 06 min
6:33 AM – 6:39 PM
Cloud cover
79%
5th clearest
Wind
10 km/h
7th windiest
Solar energy
5.39 kWh/m²
Travel score
4.0
out of 10

Mukah is human settlement in Malaysia.

Density
4/km²
people per km²
Founded
~700 CE

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 Mukah reaches about 29°C in the afternoon and slips back to 26°C overnight — a 3°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 28°C and 30°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 Mukah

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
31
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.

Mukah weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 4th-warmest and 8th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan27° / 25°34927.511.93.6
Feb27° / 25°20822.611.94.0
Mar28° / 25°15223.6124.1
Apr29° / 26°1562412.13.7
May29° / 26°16422.512.13.8
Jun29° / 26°1742012.24.0
Jul29° / 26°17119.412.24.1
Aug29° / 26°17320.812.14.0
Sep29° / 26°21123.6123.7
Oct28° / 25°26827.611.93.3
Nov28° / 25°29528.611.93.3
Dec28° / 25°39729.111.83.4

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 6% of the time in August.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 13% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 81%. Skies tend to cloud over as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
12575
22476
32476
42377
52377
62278
72179
82179
92179
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112080
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Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Mukah gets around 173 mm of rain over 20.8 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 67% and peaks near 75% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
160
260
360
461
561
662
762
863
963
1064
1165
1265
1366
1466
1567
1667
1768
1868
1969
2069
2170
2270
2371
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2672
2773
2873
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3075
3175

Humidity in August

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, August lands in the miserable band about 54% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

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Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
14159
24159
34159
44159
54159
64159
74159
84258
94258
104357
114456
124456
134555
144654
154654
164654
174753
184753
194753
204753
214753
224753
234852
244852
254852
264852
274951
285050
295050
305149
315248

Wind in August

Winds average 10 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 9 km/h on the calmest days to 10 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 06 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 grow by about 0 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 6:34 AM to 6:30 AM, and sunset from 6:42 PM to 6:33 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.16:346:42
212.16:346:41
312.16:346:41
412.16:346:41
512.16:346:41
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712.16:346:41
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Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 5.39 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.35 kWh/m² to a high of 5.51 kWh/m² in March across the year — August's 5.39 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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315.3Bright
Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for Mukah

In seasonPeak

In August, Mukah sits inside its pacific typhoon season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

Mukah sits in the Pacific typhoon belt; the season peaks July–October.

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

Is August a good time to visit Mukah?

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
5.1
Beach & pool
3rd-best month of the year

August is a reasonable time to visit Mukah for sightseeing.

What to pack for Mukah in August

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

In August, Mukah sees daytime highs around 29°C and nights near 26°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 21 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

Sea temperature near Mukah 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 February near 28°C.

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

26°28°30°32°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecwarmtropicalcomfortable to swim
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan28Tropical
Feb28Tropical
Mar29Tropical
Apr30Tropical
May30Tropical
Jun30Tropical
Jul30Tropical
Aug30Tropical
Sep30Tropical
Oct30Tropical
Nov29Tropical
Dec29Tropical

UV index in Mukah 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 Mukah peaks around February 22 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near July 14 at about 11 (extreme).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeFeb 22UV 15Jul 14UV 11
UV index (midday)Level
Jan13Extreme
Feb15Extreme
Mar15Extreme
Apr15Extreme
May14Extreme
Jun12Extreme
Jul11Extreme
Aug13Extreme
Sep13Extreme
Oct14Extreme
Nov11Extreme
Dec11Extreme

Air quality in Mukah 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 Mukah is worst in September — around 21 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.8× the cleanest month (November, 8 µg/m³).

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

0102030JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateGoodSep 1321 µg/m³Nov 238 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan9Good
Feb10Good
Mar10Good
Apr10Good
May10Good
Jun11Good
Jul12Good
Aug17Moderate
Sep21Moderate
Oct12Moderate
Nov8Good
Dec8Good
Location & terrain

Where is Mukah?

Mukah sits at 2.9°N, 112.1°E, 6 m above sea level, in Malaysia. The nearest listed city is Dalat, 25 km away.

Topography around Mukah

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Mukah has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 23 m around an average of 6 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 29 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 598 m.

The land around Mukah is covered by trees (60%) within 3 km, trees (52%) and water (43%) within 16 km, and trees (63%) and water (34%) within 80 km.

3 km
23 m
16 km
29 m
80 km
598 m
treesshrubsgrasslandartificial surfaceswatermangroves
August weather nearby: Dalat 25 km · Selangau 49 km · Sibu 73 km · Sibu Jaya 74 km · Tatau 84 km · Daro 85 km · Kanowit 89 km · Julau 100 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
Muslim 64%Buddhist 19%Christian 9%Hindu 6%

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 Mukah (2.8944°, 112.0914°, elevation 6 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. 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).