Climate averages 1991–2020
Medan weather
in July.
A hot, very wet month: the joint 4th warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
July is a hot month in Medan: daytime highs average 30.0°C and nights cool to about 22.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 217 mm of rain on roughly 24 days, which makes July a very wet month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 18 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Sunggal (6 km away). In July its highs average 30.3°C, about as warm as Medan, with 186 mm of rain.
Among the 200 cities listed in Indonesia, Medan ranks joint 55th of 200 for the warmest July highs and 191st of 200 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 200 cities is 29.0°C; Medan is 1.0°C warmer than that mean.
From July to August, average highs fall by 0.1°C to 29.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 217 mm to 249 mm.
The annual picture
July 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 | 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, selected | 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
July in nearby cities
- Sunggal in JulyIndonesia · 6 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 22.3°C · 186 mm rain
- Binjai in JulyIndonesia · 20 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 22.0°C · 186 mm rain
- Belawan in JulyIndonesia · 21 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 23.3°C · 213 mm rain
- Percut in JulyIndonesia · 22 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 23.5°C · 213 mm rain
- Perbaungan in JulyIndonesia · 32 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 24.2°C · 126 mm rain
- Kabanjahe in JulyIndonesia · 57 kmHigh 25.3°C · Low 17.2°C · 160 mm rain
- Tebingtinggi in JulyIndonesia · 62 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 23.7°C · 143 mm rain
- Pematangsiantar in JulyIndonesia · 82 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 20.8°C · 236 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.