Climate averages 1991–2020
Banda Aceh weather
in October.
A hot, very wet month: the 10th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a hot month in Banda Aceh: daytime highs average 28.6°C and nights cool to about 24.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 282 mm of rain on roughly 25 days, which makes October a very wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 00 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Lhokseumawe (205 km away). In October its highs average 28.5°C, about as warm as Banda Aceh, with 158 mm of rain.
Among the 200 cities listed in Indonesia, Banda Aceh ranks joint 153rd of 200 for the warmest October highs and 168th of 200 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 200 cities is 30.1°C; Banda Aceh is 1.4°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 0.3°C to 28.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 282 mm to 361 mm.
The annual picture
October 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 | 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Lhokseumawe in OctoberIndonesia · 205 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 24.5°C · 158 mm rain
- Langsa in OctoberIndonesia · 315 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 23.7°C · 225 mm rain
- Binjai in OctoberIndonesia · 411 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 21.7°C · 338 mm rain
- Belawan in OctoberIndonesia · 420 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 23.1°C · 362 mm rain
- Sunggal in OctoberIndonesia · 424 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 22.1°C · 338 mm rain
- Subulussalam in OctoberIndonesia · 427 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 21.3°C · 419 mm rain
- Phuket in OctoberThailand · 427 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 25.3°C · 306 mm rain
- Medan in OctoberIndonesia · 429 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 22.5°C · 393 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.