Climate averages 1991–2020
Medan weather
in April.
A hot, very wet month: the 3rd warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a hot month in Medan: daytime highs average 30.1°C and nights cool to about 22.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 243 mm of rain on roughly 26 days, which makes April a very wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 12 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Sunggal (6 km away). In April its highs average 30.0°C, about as warm as Medan, with 252 mm of rain.
Among the 200 cities listed in Indonesia, Medan ranks joint 17th of 200 for the warmest April highs and joint 97th of 200 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 200 cities is 29.0°C; Medan is 1.1°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 0.2°C to 30.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 243 mm to 279 mm.
The annual picture
April 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
Medan climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.7°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 203 | 24.7 | 11.912 h |
| February | 29.3°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 147 | 20.6 | 12.012 h |
| March | 30.0°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 190 | 23.1 | 12.112 h |
| April, selected | 30.1°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 243 | 26.0 | 12.212 h |
| May | 30.2°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 279 | 27.1 | 12.312 h |
| June | 30.2°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 209 | 22.8 | 12.312 h |
| July | 30.0°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 217 | 24.0 | 12.312 h |
| August | 29.9°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 249 | 26.1 | 12.212 h |
| September | 29.5°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 353 | 28.1 | 12.112 h |
| October | 29.0°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 393 | 29.5 | 12.012 h |
| November | 28.5°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 366 | 28.7 | 12.012 h |
| December | 28.2°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 302 | 27.9 | 11.912 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
April in nearby cities
- Sunggal in AprilIndonesia · 6 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 22.5°C · 252 mm rain
- Binjai in AprilIndonesia · 20 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 22.1°C · 252 mm rain
- Belawan in AprilIndonesia · 21 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 23.6°C · 229 mm rain
- Percut in AprilIndonesia · 22 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 23.7°C · 229 mm rain
- Perbaungan in AprilIndonesia · 32 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 24.3°C · 195 mm rain
- Kabanjahe in AprilIndonesia · 57 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 17.7°C · 230 mm rain
- Tebingtinggi in AprilIndonesia · 62 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 23.8°C · 183 mm rain
- Pematangsiantar in AprilIndonesia · 82 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 21.0°C · 249 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 Medan) is explained once on the Medan year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.