Climate averages 1991–2020
Bukittinggi weather
in September.
A warm, very wet month: the joint 5th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
September is a warm month in Bukittinggi: daytime highs average 25.9°C and nights cool to about 18.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 396 mm of rain on roughly 27 days, which makes September a very wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 07 min on an average September day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Payakumbuh (31 km away). In September its highs average 27.9°C, 2.1°C warmer than Bukittinggi, with 213 mm of rain.
Among the 200 cities listed in Indonesia, Bukittinggi ranks 197th of 200 for the warmest September highs and 199th of 200 for the driest September (rainfall, lowest first). The mean September high of those 200 cities is 30.1°C; Bukittinggi is 4.2°C cooler than that mean.
From September to October, average highs fall by 0.3°C to 25.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 396 mm to 461 mm.
The annual picture
September 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, selected | 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
September in nearby cities
- Payakumbuh in SeptemberIndonesia · 31 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 20.4°C · 213 mm rain
- Pariaman in SeptemberIndonesia · 44 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 22.7°C · 406 mm rain
- Solok in SeptemberIndonesia · 63 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 21.2°C · 157 mm rain
- Padang in SeptemberIndonesia · 71 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 23.2°C · 354 mm rain
- Pekanbaru in SeptemberIndonesia · 150 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 23.1°C · 195 mm rain
- Padangsidempuan in SeptemberIndonesia · 224 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 21.3°C · 236 mm rain
- Sungai Penuh in SeptemberIndonesia · 225 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 19.8°C · 257 mm rain
- Dumai in SeptemberIndonesia · 250 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 23.6°C · 253 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.