Climate averages 1991–2020
Bukittinggi weather
in October.
A warm, very wet month: the 9th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a warm month in Bukittinggi: daytime highs average 25.6°C and nights cool to about 18.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 461 mm of rain on roughly 28 days, which makes October a very wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 07 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Payakumbuh (31 km away). In October its highs average 27.7°C, 2.1°C warmer than Bukittinggi, with 252 mm of rain.
Among the 200 cities listed in Indonesia, Bukittinggi ranks 197th of 200 for the warmest October highs and 198th of 200 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 200 cities is 30.1°C; Bukittinggi is 4.5°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 0.5°C to 25.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 461 mm to 525 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
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 | 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Payakumbuh in OctoberIndonesia · 31 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 20.4°C · 252 mm rain
- Pariaman in OctoberIndonesia · 44 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 22.6°C · 481 mm rain
- Solok in OctoberIndonesia · 63 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 21.2°C · 181 mm rain
- Padang in OctoberIndonesia · 71 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 23.2°C · 397 mm rain
- Pekanbaru in OctoberIndonesia · 150 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 23.1°C · 241 mm rain
- Padangsidempuan in OctoberIndonesia · 224 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 21.3°C · 310 mm rain
- Sungai Penuh in OctoberIndonesia · 225 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 20.0°C · 313 mm rain
- Dumai in OctoberIndonesia · 250 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 23.6°C · 308 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.