Climate averages 1991–2020
Padang weather
in December.
A hot, very wet month: the 10th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a hot month in Padang: daytime highs average 28.2°C and nights cool to about 23.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 387 mm of rain on roughly 26 days, which makes December a very wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 10 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Solok (38 km away). In December its highs average 26.8°C, 1.4°C cooler than Padang, with 228 mm of rain.
Among the 200 cities listed in Indonesia, Padang ranks joint 130th of 200 for the warmest December highs and 149th of 200 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 200 cities is 28.4°C; Padang is 0.3°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs rise by 0.6°C to 28.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 387 mm to 315 mm.
The annual picture
December 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 | 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, selected | 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
December in nearby cities
- Solok in DecemberIndonesia · 38 kmHigh 26.8°C · Low 20.9°C · 228 mm rain
- Pariaman in DecemberIndonesia · 45 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 22.8°C · 453 mm rain
- Bukittinggi in DecemberIndonesia · 71 kmHigh 24.9°C · Low 18.8°C · 391 mm rain
- Payakumbuh in DecemberIndonesia · 87 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 20.4°C · 292 mm rain
- Sungai Penuh in DecemberIndonesia · 169 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 20.0°C · 372 mm rain
- Pekanbaru in DecemberIndonesia · 203 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 22.9°C · 263 mm rain
- Padangsidempuan in DecemberIndonesia · 286 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 21.3°C · 335 mm rain
- Dumai in DecemberIndonesia · 315 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 23.4°C · 343 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.