Climate averages 1991–2020
Bukittinggi weather
in August.
A warm, very wet month: the joint 7th warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a warm month in Bukittinggi: daytime highs average 25.8°C and nights cool to about 18.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 363 mm of rain on roughly 26 days, which makes August a very wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 06 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Payakumbuh (31 km away). In August its highs average 28.0°C, 2.2°C warmer than Bukittinggi, with 178 mm of rain.
Among the 200 cities listed in Indonesia, Bukittinggi ranks joint 193rd of 200 for the warmest August highs and 199th of 200 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 200 cities is 29.5°C; Bukittinggi is 3.7°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 0.1°C to 25.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 363 mm to 396 mm.
The annual picture
August 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 | 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, selected | 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
August in nearby cities
- Payakumbuh in AugustIndonesia · 31 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 20.3°C · 178 mm rain
- Pariaman in AugustIndonesia · 44 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 22.8°C · 382 mm rain
- Solok in AugustIndonesia · 63 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 21.1°C · 137 mm rain
- Padang in AugustIndonesia · 71 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 23.2°C · 319 mm rain
- Pekanbaru in AugustIndonesia · 150 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 23.2°C · 157 mm rain
- Padangsidempuan in AugustIndonesia · 224 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 21.2°C · 226 mm rain
- Sungai Penuh in AugustIndonesia · 225 kmHigh 26.8°C · Low 19.7°C · 218 mm rain
- Dumai in AugustIndonesia · 250 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 23.8°C · 195 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.