Climate averages 1991–2020
Jambi City weather
in January.
A hot, very wet month: one of the coolest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a hot month in Jambi City: daytime highs average 29.0°C and nights cool to about 23.1°C. By daytime temperature it is one of the coolest months of the year.
Expect about 239 mm of rain on roughly 26 days, which makes January a very wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 12 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Palembang (193 km away). In January its highs average 29.3°C, about as warm as Jambi City, with 248 mm of rain.
Among the 200 cities listed in Indonesia, Jambi City ranks joint 41st of 200 for the warmest January highs and 30th of 200 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 200 cities is 28.2°C; Jambi City is 0.8°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 0.6°C to 29.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 239 mm to 199 mm.
The annual picture
January 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
Jambi City climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 29.0°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 239 | 26.1 | 12.212 h |
| February | 29.7°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 199 | 22.9 | 12.212 h |
| March | 30.1°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 272 | 28.3 | 12.112 h |
| April | 30.1°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 276 | 28.6 | 12.112 h |
| May | 30.1°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 197 | 25.4 | 12.012 h |
| June | 30.1°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 121 | 19.1 | 12.012 h |
| July | 30.0°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 120 | 18.3 | 12.012 h |
| August | 30.9°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 115 | 17.4 | 12.112 h |
| September | 31.1°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 136 | 17.2 | 12.112 h |
| October | 30.7°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 234 | 24.7 | 12.112 h |
| November | 29.6°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 296 | 28.4 | 12.212 h |
| December | 29.0°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 289 | 28.3 | 12.212 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
January in nearby cities
- Palembang in JanuaryIndonesia · 193 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 23.4°C · 248 mm rain
- Lubuklinggau in JanuaryIndonesia · 206 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 22.1°C · 312 mm rain
- Prabumulih in JanuaryIndonesia · 215 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 23.1°C · 242 mm rain
- Sungai Penuh in JanuaryIndonesia · 252 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 20.1°C · 340 mm rain
- Pagar Alam in JanuaryIndonesia · 273 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 20.4°C · 291 mm rain
- Sungailiat in JanuaryIndonesia · 280 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 24.5°C · 264 mm rain
- Pangkalpinang in JanuaryIndonesia · 284 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 24.2°C · 289 mm rain
- Bengkulu in JanuaryIndonesia · 287 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 23.2°C · 284 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 Jambi City) is explained once on the Jambi City year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.