Climate averages 1991–2020
Padang weather
in April.
A hot, very wet month: the joint 5th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a hot month in Padang: daytime highs average 28.8°C and nights cool to about 23.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 350 mm of rain on roughly 25 days, which makes April a very wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 05 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Solok (38 km away). In April its highs average 27.9°C, 0.9°C cooler than Padang, with 209 mm of rain.
Among the 200 cities listed in Indonesia, Padang ranks joint 139th of 200 for the warmest April highs and 181st of 200 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 200 cities is 29.0°C; Padang is 0.2°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 0.4°C to 29.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 350 mm to 291 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
Padang climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.8°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 315 | 23.1 | 12.212 h |
| February | 29.3°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 265 | 20.1 | 12.112 h |
| March | 29.1°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 284 | 24.9 | 12.112 h |
| April, selected | 28.8°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 350 | 25.2 | 12.112 h |
| May | 29.2°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 291 | 21.5 | 12.112 h |
| June | 29.1°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 210 | 18.5 | 12.112 h |
| July | 28.6°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 245 | 20.3 | 12.112 h |
| August | 28.4°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 319 | 23.6 | 12.112 h |
| September | 28.3°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 354 | 24.4 | 12.112 h |
| October | 28.0°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 397 | 26.5 | 12.112 h |
| November | 27.9°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 481 | 27.0 | 12.212 h |
| December | 28.2°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 387 | 25.7 | 12.212 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
- Solok in AprilIndonesia · 38 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 21.5°C · 209 mm rain
- Pariaman in AprilIndonesia · 45 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 23.3°C · 413 mm rain
- Bukittinggi in AprilIndonesia · 71 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 19.2°C · 385 mm rain
- Payakumbuh in AprilIndonesia · 87 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 20.8°C · 268 mm rain
- Sungai Penuh in AprilIndonesia · 169 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 20.4°C · 329 mm rain
- Pekanbaru in AprilIndonesia · 203 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 23.5°C · 233 mm rain
- Padangsidempuan in AprilIndonesia · 286 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 21.8°C · 291 mm rain
- Dumai in AprilIndonesia · 315 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 24.1°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 Padang) is explained once on the Padang year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.