Climate averages 1991–2020
Banda Aceh weather
in February.
A hot, wet month: the joint 7th warmest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a hot month in Banda Aceh: daytime highs average 29.4°C and nights cool to about 24.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 98 mm of rain on roughly 13 days, which makes February a wet month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 57 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Lhokseumawe (205 km away). In February its highs average 28.6°C, 0.8°C cooler than Banda Aceh, with 60 mm of rain.
Among the 200 cities listed in Indonesia, Banda Aceh ranks joint 32nd of 200 for the warmest February highs and joint 3rd of 200 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 200 cities is 28.4°C; Banda Aceh is 1.0°C warmer than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 0.4°C to 29.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 98 mm to 156 mm.
The annual picture
February 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, selected | 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 | 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
February in nearby cities
- Lhokseumawe in FebruaryIndonesia · 205 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 24.1°C · 60 mm rain
- Langsa in FebruaryIndonesia · 315 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 23.3°C · 88 mm rain
- Binjai in FebruaryIndonesia · 411 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 21.4°C · 180 mm rain
- Belawan in FebruaryIndonesia · 420 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 22.7°C · 146 mm rain
- Sunggal in FebruaryIndonesia · 424 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 21.7°C · 180 mm rain
- Subulussalam in FebruaryIndonesia · 427 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 20.9°C · 294 mm rain
- Phuket in FebruaryThailand · 427 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 25.9°C · 21 mm rain
- Medan in FebruaryIndonesia · 429 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 22.0°C · 147 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.