Destination guides / Where to go in August Where to go in August Our guide destinations ranked for August: ten years of real weather records, how good a time it is to visit, and the holidays and festivals that month. Narrow it down, then plan the trip or compare a few.
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Summer Bank Holiday (regional holiday) (Aug 30)
Best time · summer continues
Assumption of Mary (Aug 15)
Good · start of rainy season
Indonesian Independence Day (Aug 17)
Good · warm with some rain
Malaysia's National Day (Aug 31)
Quieter · hot, humid, storms
Quieter · still hot, typhoons
Mountain Day (Aug 11)
Quieter · humid and rainy
Mountain Day (Aug 11)
Quieter · rainy season starts
The Queen Mother's Birthday (Aug 12)
National Day (Aug 9)
The Queen Mother's Birthday (Aug 12)
Not ideal · humid and rainy
Not ideal · rainy season peaks
Mountain Day (Aug 11)
The Queen Mother's Birthday (Aug 12)
Not ideal · monsoon season
Liberation Day (Aug 15)
Not ideal · rainy and humid
Not ideal · hot, humid, typhoons
Not ideal · very wet, hot
Average daily high and monthly rain over the last ten years, from weather records by Open-Meteo
