Climate averages 1991–2020
Lhokseumawe weather
in August.
A hot, moderately wet month: the 5th warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Lhokseumawe: daytime highs average 29.4°C and nights cool to about 25.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 79 mm of rain on roughly 15 days, which makes August a moderately wet month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 17 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Langsa (120 km away). In August its highs average 30.1°C, 0.7°C warmer than Lhokseumawe, with 126 mm of rain.
Among the 200 cities listed in Indonesia, Lhokseumawe ranks joint 114th of 200 for the warmest August highs and joint 125th of 200 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 200 cities is 29.5°C; Lhokseumawe is 0.1°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 0.3°C to 29.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 79 mm to 92 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
Lhokseumawe climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.0°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 113 | 17.6 | 11.912 h |
| February | 28.6°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 60 | 11.3 | 12.012 h |
| March | 29.2°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 66 | 13.0 | 12.112 h |
| April | 29.5°C25.1°C | 25.1°C | 86 | 17.2 | 12.212 h |
| May | 29.8°C25.4°C | 25.4°C | 95 | 16.4 | 12.412 h |
| June | 29.9°C25.4°C | 25.4°C | 61 | 12.4 | 12.412 h |
| July | 29.5°C25.1°C | 25.1°C | 66 | 13.1 | 12.412 h |
| August, selected | 29.4°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 79 | 15.2 | 12.312 h |
| September | 29.1°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 92 | 18.0 | 12.112 h |
| October | 28.5°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 158 | 24.1 | 12.012 h |
| November | 28.0°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 248 | 26.0 | 11.912 h |
| December | 27.7°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 258 | 24.1 | 11.812 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
- Langsa in AugustIndonesia · 120 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 24.2°C · 126 mm rain
- Banda Aceh in AugustIndonesia · 205 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 24.8°C · 159 mm rain
- Binjai in AugustIndonesia · 230 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 22.0°C · 213 mm rain
- Belawan in AugustIndonesia · 231 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 23.3°C · 252 mm rain
- Sunggal in AugustIndonesia · 241 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 22.3°C · 213 mm rain
- Medan in AugustIndonesia · 244 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 22.6°C · 249 mm rain
- Percut in AugustIndonesia · 257 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 23.4°C · 252 mm rain
- Perbaungan in AugustIndonesia · 269 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 24.1°C · 147 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 Lhokseumawe) is explained once on the Lhokseumawe year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.