Climate averages 1991–2020
Lhokseumawe weather
in January.
A hot, wet month: the joint 10th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a hot month in Lhokseumawe: daytime highs average 28.0°C and nights cool to about 24.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 113 mm of rain on roughly 18 days, which makes January a wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 51 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Langsa (120 km away). In January its highs average 28.4°C, about as warm as Lhokseumawe, with 137 mm of rain.
Among the 200 cities listed in Indonesia, Lhokseumawe ranks joint 143rd of 200 for the warmest January highs and 1st of 200 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 200 cities is 28.2°C; Lhokseumawe is 0.2°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 0.6°C to 28.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 113 mm to 60 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
Lhokseumawe climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 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 | 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
January in nearby cities
- Langsa in JanuaryIndonesia · 120 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 23.2°C · 137 mm rain
- Banda Aceh in JanuaryIndonesia · 205 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 24.0°C · 137 mm rain
- Binjai in JanuaryIndonesia · 230 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 21.5°C · 237 mm rain
- Belawan in JanuaryIndonesia · 231 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 22.6°C · 213 mm rain
- Sunggal in JanuaryIndonesia · 241 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 21.8°C · 237 mm rain
- Medan in JanuaryIndonesia · 244 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 22.1°C · 203 mm rain
- Percut in JanuaryIndonesia · 257 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 22.8°C · 213 mm rain
- Perbaungan in JanuaryIndonesia · 269 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 23.4°C · 202 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.