Climate averages 1991–2020
Medan weather
in November.
A hot, very wet month: the 11th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
November is a hot month in Medan: daytime highs average 28.5°C and nights cool to about 22.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 366 mm of rain on roughly 29 days, which makes November a very wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 58 min on an average November day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Sunggal (6 km away). In November its highs average 28.4°C, about as warm as Medan, with 358 mm of rain.
Among the 200 cities listed in Indonesia, Medan ranks joint 137th of 200 for the warmest November highs and 165th of 200 for the driest November (rainfall, lowest first). The mean November high of those 200 cities is 29.2°C; Medan is 0.7°C cooler than that mean.
From November to December, average highs fall by 0.3°C to 28.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 366 mm to 302 mm.
The annual picture
November 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 | 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, selected | 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
November in nearby cities
- Sunggal in NovemberIndonesia · 6 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 22.1°C · 358 mm rain
- Binjai in NovemberIndonesia · 20 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 21.7°C · 358 mm rain
- Belawan in NovemberIndonesia · 21 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 23.0°C · 392 mm rain
- Percut in NovemberIndonesia · 22 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 23.1°C · 392 mm rain
- Perbaungan in NovemberIndonesia · 32 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 23.6°C · 338 mm rain
- Kabanjahe in NovemberIndonesia · 57 kmHigh 24.1°C · Low 17.3°C · 338 mm rain
- Tebingtinggi in NovemberIndonesia · 62 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 23.1°C · 298 mm rain
- Pematangsiantar in NovemberIndonesia · 82 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 20.6°C · 351 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.