Climate averages 1991–2020
Lhokseumawe weather
in October.
A hot, wet month: the 9th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a hot month in Lhokseumawe: daytime highs average 28.5°C and nights cool to about 24.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 158 mm of rain on roughly 24 days, which makes October a wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 01 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Langsa (120 km away). In October its highs average 28.9°C, about as warm as Lhokseumawe, with 225 mm of rain.
Among the 200 cities listed in Indonesia, Lhokseumawe ranks joint 156th of 200 for the warmest October highs and joint 97th of 200 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 200 cities is 30.1°C; Lhokseumawe is 1.6°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 0.5°C to 28.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 158 mm to 248 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
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 | 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Langsa in OctoberIndonesia · 120 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 23.7°C · 225 mm rain
- Banda Aceh in OctoberIndonesia · 205 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 24.2°C · 282 mm rain
- Binjai in OctoberIndonesia · 230 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 21.7°C · 338 mm rain
- Belawan in OctoberIndonesia · 231 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 23.1°C · 362 mm rain
- Sunggal in OctoberIndonesia · 241 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 22.1°C · 338 mm rain
- Medan in OctoberIndonesia · 244 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 22.5°C · 393 mm rain
- Percut in OctoberIndonesia · 257 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 23.1°C · 362 mm rain
- Perbaungan in OctoberIndonesia · 269 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 23.7°C · 276 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.