Climate averages 1991–2020
Bukittinggi weather
in April.
A warm, very wet month: the 3rd warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a warm month in Bukittinggi: daytime highs average 26.2°C and nights cool to about 19.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 385 mm of rain on roughly 27 days, which makes April a very wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 06 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Payakumbuh (31 km away). In April its highs average 28.0°C, 1.9°C warmer than Bukittinggi, with 268 mm of rain.
Among the 200 cities listed in Indonesia, Bukittinggi ranks joint 192nd of 200 for the warmest April highs and 197th of 200 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 200 cities is 29.0°C; Bukittinggi is 2.8°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 0.3°C to 26.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 385 mm to 315 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
Bukittinggi climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 25.3°C18.7°C | 18.7°C | 315 | 25.5 | 12.112 h |
| February | 25.8°C18.7°C | 18.7°C | 281 | 23.4 | 12.112 h |
| March | 26.0°C18.9°C | 18.9°C | 335 | 27.8 | 12.112 h |
| April, selected | 26.2°C19.2°C | 19.2°C | 385 | 27.4 | 12.112 h |
| May | 26.5°C19.3°C | 19.3°C | 315 | 24.2 | 12.112 h |
| June | 26.3°C18.9°C | 18.9°C | 220 | 20.6 | 12.112 h |
| July | 25.9°C18.4°C | 18.4°C | 260 | 22.9 | 12.112 h |
| August | 25.8°C18.5°C | 18.5°C | 363 | 25.7 | 12.112 h |
| September | 25.9°C18.6°C | 18.6°C | 396 | 26.6 | 12.112 h |
| October | 25.6°C18.7°C | 18.7°C | 461 | 28.0 | 12.112 h |
| November | 25.1°C18.9°C | 18.9°C | 525 | 28.2 | 12.112 h |
| December | 24.9°C18.8°C | 18.8°C | 391 | 27.8 | 12.112 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
- Payakumbuh in AprilIndonesia · 31 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 20.8°C · 268 mm rain
- Pariaman in AprilIndonesia · 44 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 23.3°C · 413 mm rain
- Solok in AprilIndonesia · 63 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 21.5°C · 209 mm rain
- Padang in AprilIndonesia · 71 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 23.8°C · 350 mm rain
- Pekanbaru in AprilIndonesia · 150 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 23.5°C · 233 mm rain
- Padangsidempuan in AprilIndonesia · 224 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 21.8°C · 291 mm rain
- Sungai Penuh in AprilIndonesia · 225 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 20.4°C · 329 mm rain
- Dumai in AprilIndonesia · 250 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 24.1°C · 249 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 Bukittinggi) is explained once on the Bukittinggi year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.