Climate averages 1991–2020
Medan weather
in February.
A hot, wet month: the 8th warmest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a hot month in Medan: daytime highs average 29.3°C and nights cool to about 22.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 147 mm of rain on roughly 21 days, which makes February a wet month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 00 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Sunggal (6 km away). In February its highs average 29.2°C, about as warm as Medan, with 180 mm of rain.
Among the 200 cities listed in Indonesia, Medan ranks joint 36th of 200 for the warmest February highs and 14th of 200 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 200 cities is 28.4°C; Medan is 0.9°C warmer than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 0.6°C to 30.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 147 mm to 190 mm.
The annual picture
February 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, selected | 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 | 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
February in nearby cities
- Sunggal in FebruaryIndonesia · 6 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 21.7°C · 180 mm rain
- Binjai in FebruaryIndonesia · 20 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 21.4°C · 180 mm rain
- Belawan in FebruaryIndonesia · 21 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 22.7°C · 146 mm rain
- Percut in FebruaryIndonesia · 22 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 22.9°C · 146 mm rain
- Perbaungan in FebruaryIndonesia · 32 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 23.6°C · 139 mm rain
- Kabanjahe in FebruaryIndonesia · 57 kmHigh 24.5°C · Low 17.3°C · 156 mm rain
- Tebingtinggi in FebruaryIndonesia · 62 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 23.0°C · 130 mm rain
- Pematangsiantar in FebruaryIndonesia · 82 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 20.2°C · 190 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.