Climate averages 1991–2020
Banda Aceh weather
in April.
A hot, very wet month: the joint 4th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a hot month in Banda Aceh: daytime highs average 29.8°C and nights cool to about 24.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 202 mm of rain on roughly 24 days, which makes April a very wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 14 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Lhokseumawe (205 km away). In April its highs average 29.5°C, about as warm as Banda Aceh, with 86 mm of rain.
Among the 200 cities listed in Indonesia, Banda Aceh ranks joint 49th of 200 for the warmest April highs and joint 46th of 200 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 200 cities is 29.0°C; Banda Aceh is 0.8°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 0.1°C to 29.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 202 mm to 219 mm.
The annual picture
April in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Banda Aceh climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.8°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 137 | 15.0 | 11.812 h |
| February | 29.4°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 98 | 13.2 | 11.912 h |
| March | 29.8°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 156 | 19.0 | 12.112 h |
| April, selected | 29.8°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 202 | 24.4 | 12.212 h |
| May | 29.9°C25.2°C | 25.2°C | 219 | 20.4 | 12.412 h |
| June | 30.2°C25.3°C | 25.3°C | 113 | 14.5 | 12.412 h |
| July | 30.0°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 125 | 15.1 | 12.412 h |
| August | 29.8°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 159 | 17.3 | 12.312 h |
| September | 29.4°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 192 | 19.2 | 12.212 h |
| October | 28.6°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 282 | 24.6 | 12.012 h |
| November | 28.3°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 361 | 26.1 | 11.912 h |
| December | 28.4°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 262 | 20.9 | 11.812 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
April in nearby cities
- Lhokseumawe in AprilIndonesia · 205 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 25.1°C · 86 mm rain
- Langsa in AprilIndonesia · 315 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 24.3°C · 133 mm rain
- Binjai in AprilIndonesia · 411 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 22.1°C · 252 mm rain
- Belawan in AprilIndonesia · 420 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 23.6°C · 229 mm rain
- Sunggal in AprilIndonesia · 424 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 22.5°C · 252 mm rain
- Subulussalam in AprilIndonesia · 427 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 21.8°C · 368 mm rain
- Phuket in AprilThailand · 427 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 26.7°C · 125 mm rain
- Medan in AprilIndonesia · 429 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 22.9°C · 243 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Banda Aceh) is explained once on the Banda Aceh year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.