Climate averages 1991–2020
Padang weather
in August.
A hot, very wet month: the 8th warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Padang: daytime highs average 28.4°C and nights cool to about 23.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 319 mm of rain on roughly 24 days, which makes August a very wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 05 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Solok (38 km away). In August its highs average 28.2°C, about as warm as Padang, with 137 mm of rain.
Among the 200 cities listed in Indonesia, Padang ranks joint 144th of 200 for the warmest August highs and 197th of 200 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 200 cities is 29.5°C; Padang is 1.1°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 0.1°C to 28.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 319 mm to 354 mm.
The annual picture
August 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 | 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, selected | 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
August in nearby cities
- Solok in AugustIndonesia · 38 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 21.1°C · 137 mm rain
- Pariaman in AugustIndonesia · 45 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 22.8°C · 382 mm rain
- Bukittinggi in AugustIndonesia · 71 kmHigh 25.8°C · Low 18.5°C · 363 mm rain
- Payakumbuh in AugustIndonesia · 87 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 20.3°C · 178 mm rain
- Sungai Penuh in AugustIndonesia · 169 kmHigh 26.8°C · Low 19.7°C · 218 mm rain
- Pekanbaru in AugustIndonesia · 203 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 23.2°C · 157 mm rain
- Padangsidempuan in AugustIndonesia · 286 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 21.2°C · 226 mm rain
- Dumai in AugustIndonesia · 315 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 23.8°C · 195 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.